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Sean Tubbs

Sean Tubbs moved to Charlottesville in 2002 and has since sought to understand why development occurs the way it does. Since 2005, he’s helped innovate information-gathering to try to help people know they belong and how they can have their say. In addition to writing a C-VILLE Weekly column on real estate, Tubbs is also the person behind Town Crier Productions, which seeks to rebuild journalism for the rest of the 21st Century.

News Transit

Increased bus service a top topic at recent UVA, Albemarle, and Charlottesville meeting

When the Albemarle Board of Supervisors met with the Charlottesville City Council on October 6, Albemarle County Executive Jeffrey Richardson was still glowing over what he said was a successful […]

Sean Tubbs | October 14, 2026

News Transit

Charlottesville finally acquires key parcel needed to complete commuter trail

The City of Charlottesville has not updated a website that the Public Works Department uses to communicate the status of upcoming transportation projects since last November.  It “is currently undergoing […]

Sean Tubbs | October 14, 2026

Development News

Third owner to take over West Main boutique hotel

A construction boom in the 2010s resulted in a new generation of larger buildings on West Main Street that responded to calls for a more active roadway with places for […]

Sean Tubbs | October 7, 2026

News Real Estate

New owner of building that housed downtown private club planning office space

The landscape of downtown Char­lottes­ville’s northwestern edge is forever changed after demolition crews removed a commercial shopping center at 218 W. Market St. to make way for a 156-room hotel […]

Sean Tubbs | October 7, 2026

Development News

Architect launches critique of UVA’s Emmet-Ivy Corridor, plans series of public events

The University of Virginia’s real estate foundation spent decades slowly acquiring an entire city block to the northwest of Central Grounds for future buildings. All but two spaces have now […]

Sean Tubbs | September 30, 2026

News Real Estate

CRHA to spend $12.6 million for another round of property acquisitions

The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is moving forward with the purchase of nearly a dozen single-family homes across the city, as well as a large residential development off River […]

Sean Tubbs | September 30, 2026

Development News

Charlottesville and Chapel Hill officials hit the road to learn what works in both cities

When the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce led a delegation of government and business officials to Chapel Hill this past May, participants had the chance to see how the University […]

Sean Tubbs | September 23, 2026

News Real Estate

BAR pulls review of Downtown Mall outdoor cafe counter

The appointed body with power to approve the design of buildings and streetscapes in certain parts of Charlottesville had been expected to weigh in September 15 on a service counter […]

Sean Tubbs | September 23, 2026

Development News

Albemarle supervisors approve rezoning to add 165 more units at existing Fifth Street complex

When real estate investment firm Bonaventure purchased the former Cavalier Crossing apartment complex in the summer of 2024, housing advocates sounded the alarm that many tenants would not be able […]

Sean Tubbs | September 16, 2026

News Real Estate

Charlottesville on track to meet spending goal for subsidized housing

In March 2021, Charlottesville City Council adopted a plan that made a moral commitment to invest $100 million in affordable housing initiatives through the end of 2032. The elected body […]

Sean Tubbs | September 16, 2026

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