Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

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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 Estate Group of Companies of Oak Brook, Illinois, purchased the Flats at West Village for $107 million. Three days prior, the company announced via press […]

Sean Tubbs | October 22, 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 to be made first. On October 8, the Crozet Community Advisory Committee adopted a resolution critical of language in the AC44 document that points the […]

Sean Tubbs | October 15, 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. In late September, the company filed plans with Neighborhood Development Services to demolish a former church at 914 Monticello Rd. and replace it with a […]

Sean Tubbs | October 8, 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 work on new policies and retain old ones. Until mid-September, the proposed Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan included language that would have set up future study […]

Sean Tubbs | October 1, 2025

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Concerns over traffic, density, and scope stall vote on major Albemarle rezoning

For decades, Albemarle County’s Comprehensive Plan has placed a portion of land near the intersection of U.S. 29 and Interstate 64 in the growth area. Riverbend Development filed for a rezoning for the property in early 2022, and the Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 9. “We do think that there are lots […]

Sean Tubbs | September 17, 2025

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UVA Board of Visitors signs off on lease of Oak Lawn to Charlottesville City Schools

A new chapter is about to begin for a historic property in Charlottesville’s neighborhood Fifeville that for many years served as the home of two city mayors. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors has agreed to lease the 5.2-acre Oak Lawn property to Charlottesville City Schools with an option for the city to buy. […]

Sean Tubbs | September 12, 2025

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Will Albemarle land an AstraZeneca pharmaceutical factory?

In July, officials with the British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca announced they would be investing $50 billion in the United States for new factories and research centers. According to a press release, this would include a new “multi-billion dollar drug substance manufacturing centre focused on chronic diseases” to be located in Virginia. However, no official announcement […]

Sean Tubbs | September 3, 2025

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Judge reverses ruling that voided city’s zoning

Charlottesville is once again legally in the clear to implement a zoning code that was adopted in December 2023, and was intended to allow developers to build more places to live across the city. But legal clouds remain on the horizon. In a written opinion published August 22, Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell reversed a […]

Sean Tubbs | August 27, 2025

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Area home sales remain flat while prices continue to rise

The local real estate market remained relatively flat in April, May, and June, while prices continued to increase. That is reflected in the latest quarterly report from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors. There were 1,087 sales in the six localities covered by CAAR in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 1,100 sales the […]

Sean Tubbs | August 6, 2025

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Charlottesville wants judge to reconsider ruling that threw out new zoning code

Since February 2024, Charlottesville has processed dozens of land use applications under a new zoning code intended to increase the number of housing units in the city. All of that work was placed on hold June 30, when Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell entered a motion of default judgment because a law firm working for […]

Sean Tubbs | July 30, 2025