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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.

Housing News

Work underway to understand region’s affordable housing needs

While a study may not be necessary to determine that housing costs in the Charlottesville area are high, staff at the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission are conducting one anyway […]

Sean Tubbs | November 11, 2026

News Real Estate

No timeline yet for major Charlottesville zoning reform, while more minor changes loom

S ince the summer of 2025, Fifeville resident Frank Bechter has been one of the most vocal opponents of The Mark, a student housing building planned for undeveloped land on […]

Sean Tubbs | November 11, 2026

Development News

UVA Health to open outpatient center on Pantops at former State Farm site

In 2025, the owners of a 55-acre parcel of land on State Farm Boulevard in Albemarle’s Pantops area paid $322,947 to the county in real property taxes. For years, the […]

Sean Tubbs | November 4, 2026

News Real Estate

Albemarle Supervisors approved $6.64 million for housing projects

In Albemarle County’s last two budget cycles, a coalition of groups have asked the Board of Supervisors to spend at least $10 million a year on projects to guarantee units […]

Sean Tubbs | October 28, 2026

Business News

West Main tattoo shop moves to Rose Hill Drive following renovation mishap

A company called Rock Mountain LLC purchased a two-story commercial building in the 700 block of West Main for $2.2 million in April 2025. The top floor is residential, with the […]

Sean Tubbs | October 21, 2026

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

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