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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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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

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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

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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

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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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Closing arguments filed in challenge to city’s new zoning code

The waiting game continues for a lawsuit filed earlier this year that seeks to nullify Charlottesville’s new zoning code.  A group of residents filed suit against Charlottesville in January alleging […]

Sean Tubbs | September 4, 2024

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Project Julius to help Home Depot’s redevelopment of Fashion Square Mall

Shortly after the signalized intersection at Rio Road and U.S. 29 was converted to an underpass in July 2016, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors adopted a small area plan […]

Sean Tubbs | August 28, 2024

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The city’s first large student apartment complex on West Main turns 10 

With the University of Virginia back in session next week, students are returning to Charlottesville—including the several hundred who live at 852 W. Main St. The first residents of the […]

Sean Tubbs | August 21, 2024

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A dangerous Charlottesville intersection could become more crowded

If implemented as planners hope, Charlottesville’s new development rules will provide more places for people to live by making it easier for builders to navigate the process. Less certain is […]

Sean Tubbs | August 14, 2024

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Chamber of Commerce to relocate after downtown building is sold 

For more than four decades, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce has operated at the corner of East Market Street and Fifth Street NW just down the hill from the […]

Sean Tubbs | August 7, 2024

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Businesses near the much-debated Belmont Bridge hopeful for a comeback

Both Project Gait-Way and the Belmont Vortex created ways for planners to dream up ideas for the urban landscape around Avon Street. Since 2011, there have been many transformations while […]

Sean Tubbs | July 31, 2024

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