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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 Real Estate

Upfitting a West Main building for new kind of donut shop

While the city may have recently abandoned an expensive plan to upgrade West Main Street to be more of a destination, those who want to take a risk on business […]

Sean Tubbs | November 6, 2024

News Real Estate

Another mixed-use project hopes to build more homes, less space for business 

When Albemarle supervisors approved a rezoning of 277 acres north of Polo Grounds Road in November 2016, Riverbend Development got the green light to build up to 1,550 residential units […]

Sean Tubbs | October 30, 2024

News Real Estate

Albemarle supes resume Comprehensive Plan review with discussion of growth area 

A delay in the completion of a new comprehensive plan for Albemarle County means adoption won’t happen until at least summer 2025, a time when half of the Board of […]

Sean Tubbs | October 23, 2024

News Real Estate

Five-unit Venable apartment building to be replaced with nine-dwelling structure 

The future of land use in Charlottesville will be determined parcel by parcel as property owners make decisions about whether they will build units that are required to be sold […]

Sean Tubbs | October 16, 2024

News Real Estate

Albemarle County biotech company to add 200 jobs at expanded facility

Albemarle County’s campaign to grow the biotechnology industry showed a major sign of progress earlier this month when one company announced plans to invest $200 million into an expansion project. […]

Sean Tubbs | October 9, 2024

News Real Estate

A hotel seems more likely at Artful Lodger shopping center

A New York-based developer who had planned to build a nine-story apartment tower on the site of a downtown Charlottesville shopping center has sold the property for $5.75 million.  Jeffrey […]

Sean Tubbs | October 2, 2024

News Real Estate

Major real estate transactions taking place this month in Fifeville

As planning and negotiations continue over a grocery story at 501 Cherry Ave., major transactions continue to take place in the Fifeville neighborhood.  On September 9, the firm Neighborhood Investments […]

Sean Tubbs | September 25, 2024

News

How a coalition is trying to return Black grocery store ownership to Charlottesville

There are no places on Cherry Avenue or West Main Street where residents of the Fifeville neighborhood can walk to buy fresh ingredients to prepare nutritious meals, but Aleen Carey […]

Sean Tubbs | September 25, 2024

News Real Estate

Albemarle County to seek federal funding to jump-start initiatives

The recent purchase of the Cavalier Crossings apartment complex on Fifth Street Extended by an Alexandria-based investment company prompted one member of the Albemarle Planning Commission to tell his colleagues […]

Sean Tubbs | September 18, 2024

News Real Estate

UVA Board of Visitors to meet this week over two private development projects

The governing body of the area’s largest landowner will meet this week with five new members, at least one of whom has significant experience in real estate. Governor Glenn Youngkin’s […]

Sean Tubbs | September 11, 2024

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