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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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UVA Foundation moving forward with North Fork residential development

When the University of Virginia Foundation purchased hundreds of acres of land by the Charlottesville Regional Airport in 1986, the intent at the time was to create a research park […]

Sean Tubbs | December 4, 2024

News Real Estate

Should a downtown movie theater be demolished to build new housing?

Crowds rarely attend meetings of the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review, but quite a few people showed up for a November 19 preliminary review of a potential 184-foot-tall building at […]

Sean Tubbs | November 27, 2024

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Judge is ready to rule in Charlottesville zoning case, but opens door to more evidence

One month after City Council approved a new zoning code that allows more residential density across Charlottesville, a group of property owners filed a lawsuit arguing they would be harmed […]

Sean Tubbs | November 20, 2024

News Real Estate

Neighbors oppose private school in Albemarle’s rural area

The Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia projects that Albemarle’s population will grow from around 116,000 now to more than 155,000 people in 2050, generating the need for […]

Sean Tubbs | November 13, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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