Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

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

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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

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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

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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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CRHA files site plan to redevelop Westhaven with more than double the units

Westhaven was built in 1964 as Charlottesville’s first public housing site and will soon become the latest property to be reimagined and rebuilt by the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. […]

Sean Tubbs | October 19, 2025

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Crozet advisory group seeks further revision of Albemarle Comprehensive Plan before adoption

The Albemarle Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt a new Comprehensive Plan on October 15 after a public hearing, but at least one county advisory board has urged revisions […]

Sean Tubbs | October 15, 2025

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AstraZeneca to invest in pharmaceutical factory at Albemarle’s Rivanna Futures

Two and a half years after Albemarle County announced the purchase of 462 acres around the Rivanna Station military base, British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has announced it will invest $4.5 […]

Sean Tubbs | October 9, 2025

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Riverbend Development files plans for 33-unit apartment building at site of old church

Riverbend Development intends to use Charlottesville’s new development code to bring as many as 239 apartments to an area of the city that street signs refer to as Downtown Belmont. […]

Sean Tubbs | October 8, 2025

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Charlottesville moves forward with Holiday Drive office building for low-barrier shelter

In recent years, Charlottesville City Council has agreed to spend millions of dollars to purchase land in order to advance their priorities. That trend is set to continue this fall […]

Sean Tubbs | October 3, 2025

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AC44 eliminates study of development around two interchanges

After nearly four years of review, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt a new Comprehensive Plan on October 15. Such documents contain directions for staff to […]

Sean Tubbs | October 1, 2025