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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.

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City holds off Fifeville street pattern changes after neighborhood outcry

The primary goal of Charlottesville’s new zoning code is to increase the number of places for people to live within city limits. Along with that comes initiatives to make adjustments […]

Sean Tubbs | November 22, 2025

News Real Estate

Albemarle looks to extend Boulders Road as part of Rivanna Futures project

One of the biggest challenges facing a growing locality is how to pay for infrastructure needed to support a larger population. Most funding from the Commonwealth of Virginia depends on […]

Sean Tubbs | November 19, 2025

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United Land seeks rezoning for residential units at entrance to Carrsbrook

One of the last undeveloped stretches of U.S. 29 in Albemarle’s urban ring could soon be the home of new apartment buildings.  Landshark LLC, a subsidiary of the United Land […]

Sean Tubbs | November 17, 2025

News Real Estate

City Council to consider restrictions on student housing in Charlottesville neighborhoods

For months, the Public Housing Association of Residents has been asking Charlottesville City Council to step in to halt two proposed student housing buildings, on West Main Street and in […]

Sean Tubbs | November 12, 2025

News

MicroCAT beats ridership expectations but decision to continue will made next spring

For over two years, a fleet of minivans has traveled thousands of miles across Albemarle County’s growth areas, carrying passengers as part of an experiment in on-demand public rideshare transport […]

Sean Tubbs | November 12, 2025

News Real Estate

Bonaventure’s Attain on Fifth is first project to seek affordability incentives in Albemarle

Albemarle County has one of the highest median incomes in Virginia, with $125,800 for a family of four, which is an important statistic that makes the provision of affordable housing […]

Sean Tubbs | November 5, 2025

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Holiday Inn on Emmet Street eyed for conversion to apartments

Since 1972, the Holiday Inn on Emmet Street has been a temporary home for people visiting the Charlottesville area and the University of Virginia.  In the near future, dozens of […]

Sean Tubbs | November 5, 2025

News Real Estate

Council agrees to purchase $6.2 million office building for low-barrier shelter

Virginia law requires localities to hold a public hearing in certain instances, and City Council’s consideration of spending $6.2 million for a 3.8-acres site at 2000 Holiday Dr. met that […]

Sean Tubbs | October 29, 2025

News

National investment firms purchase the Flats at West Village for $107 million

The world’s largest operation of student housing complexes now operates two of three such buildings on West Main Street.  On October 9, a business trust connected to the Inland Real […]

Sean Tubbs | October 22, 2025

Arts News

Local group preserves Violet Crown by arranging building purchase

The future of the Violet Crown cinema on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall seemed bleak this past February when the Board of Architectural Review granted Heirloom Development approval to demolish the structure […]

Sean Tubbs | October 21, 2025

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