Sean Tubbs

The Piedmont Housing Alliance has purchased two lots on Cherry Avenue, where it plans to build 71 affordable apartments as well as space to be held for a future community grocery store on one of Charlottesville’s busiest streets.  “The goal is to start construction in October,” says Sunshine Mathon, PHA’s executive director.  On August 18, […]

Developer Nicole Scro is working on several projects across the City of Charlottesville that take advantage of higher residential density allowed by the zoning code adopted in late 2023. One of them is a 13-unit development on two parcels, separated by a narrow strip of city-owned land, on Palatine Avenue in Belmont.  On August 17, […]

When the Board of Supervisors approved Greystar Development’s request to rezone 36 acres of land just to the west of the University of Virginia’s North Grounds, there was no mention of what the area would be called after 525 new units were built.  At some point between March 2023 and now, marketing officials came up […]

In the very near future, new residential units will come online near the University of Virginia, including 463 units at the 12-story Verve and 550 units on Old Ivy Road in an area Greystar Development and Construction has dubbed Spring Valley.  There is also new life planned for existing buildings such as the Holiday Inn […]

One of the goals of the extension of Hillsdale Drive from Greenbrier Drive to Hydraulic Road was to help encourage redevelopment of shopping centers designed for the 20th century.  “The new street alignment will begin to break down the block structure east of U.S. Route 29 and shape future development parcels in the area toward […]

Shortly before the pandemic in March 2020, former University of Virginia president Jim Ryan announced an initiative to contribute land for the development of up to 1,500 affordable housing units in Albemarle County and Charlottesville.  While none have yet been built, UVA officials remain committed to moving forward at three sites. Each is at a […]