Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

Local land use in 2024, by the numbers

There has not been an uneventful year in Charlottesville real estate for a long time, and no amount of column inches can capture all that happened in 2024. Here’s one way to take the pulse of this year. 0: The number of places there will be to live at 218 W. Market St. The developer […]

Sean Tubbs | December 18, 2024

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UVA unveils preliminary design for new Center for the Arts

As the University of Virginia continues to expand onto Ivy Road, its new buildings are creating a new urban fabric for the public institution’s footprint in Charlottesville. On December 5, a committee of the Board of Visitors reviewed a preliminary design for the proposed Center for the Arts, and recommended a smaller building. “You’re dealing […]

Sean Tubbs | December 11, 2024

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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 to support business and commerce. Decades later, the foundation is prepared to turn a section of the 562-acre site into a place where hundreds of […]

Sean Tubbs | December 4, 2024

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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 the Downtown Mall site of the Violet Crown movie theater. “I completely understand the magnitude of the importance of this property cannot be overstated,” said […]

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 by the changes. Last week, Charlottesville Circuit Judge Claude Worrell dismissed two of the four counts in White v. Charlottesville but left room for further […]

Sean Tubbs | November 20, 2024

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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 services in a county where growth and development is only allowed on 5 percent of the land mass. One service is day care, a function […]

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 continue to make investments. At least that’s what a Chesterfield-based firm did when it purchased 917 W. Main St. for $1.3 million in August 2022. […]

Sean Tubbs | November 6, 2024

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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 and develop 130,000 square feet of commercial space. Eight years later, Riverbend has asked Albemarle for permission to build 300 more homes as part […]

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 Supervisors may be up for re-election. Among other things, the update, known as AC44, will reaffirm rules about what can be built in Albemarle and […]

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 or rented at levels below the market value. The relatively new owners of 1609 Gordon Ave., an LLC who bought the property in December 2021 […]

Sean Tubbs | October 16, 2024