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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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Activity at all three sites where UVA will donate land for affordable housing

Though Jim Ryan is no longer the president of the University of Virginia, planning work continues on three affordable housing projects called for under one of his community initiatives. In […]

Sean Tubbs | February 4, 2026

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Final concept for Ridge/West Main intersection would convert part of Water Street

Four years after turning down millions in state funding to reconfigure one of Charlottesville’s most urban intersections, the city will try again with a version that would restrict the flow […]

Sean Tubbs | January 30, 2026

Feature News

Advocates seek limitation of tall buildings, while others support recently adopted rules

Since the University of Virginia held its first classes in 1825, West Main Street has served as an important thoroughfare between town and gown. The buildings and structures constructed along […]

Sean Tubbs | January 28, 2026

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Council supports several requests for affordable housing interventions

In its efforts to increase and preserve Charlottesville’s affordable housing, City Council took a first look at several requests on January 20 before its scheduled approval votes on February 2.  […]

Sean Tubbs | January 28, 2026

News Real Estate

Decision deferred on Belvedere proposal to add 128 more units

As one of her first acts in office, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order to create a task force to recommend ways to reduce barriers to building houses. “Slow […]

Sean Tubbs | January 28, 2026

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Planning Commission recommends approval of small changes to city’s zoning code

When Charlottesville City Council adopted a new zoning code in late 2023, it wanted to help developers make it easier to build new places to live. The city’s Department of […]

Sean Tubbs | January 21, 2026

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Albemarle Supervisors approve permit allowing floodplain fill-in

T he developer of a future industrial building in the Woolen Mills neighborhood has succeeded in a second attempt to convince the Albemarle Board of Supervisors to allow land to […]

Sean Tubbs | January 21, 2026

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Charlottesville’s economic development director addresses AI-powered parking 

The company that now operates both municipal downtown parking garages only collects data in order to make it easier for vehicles to get in and out, Charlottesville’s economic development director […]

Sean Tubbs | January 14, 2026

News Real Estate

City Council majority wants further negotiation with UVA on housing project

In 2019, former University of Virginia president Jim Ryan announced an affordable housing initiative in which the public institution or its real estate foundation would provide land to help bring […]

Sean Tubbs | January 14, 2026

News Real Estate

Developer’s bid to fill in floodplain for Woolen Mills building not recommended

The Albemarle Planning Commission has recommended denial of a developer’s second request to fill in a portion of the floodplain in order to build a commercial building in the county’s […]

Sean Tubbs | January 7, 2026

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