Despite some signs of life on the site this morning, construction has apparently been halted on the nine-story Landmark Hotel, according to The Daily Progress, pending a missed payment of $1.1 million to Clancy & Theys Construction Company.
Charlottesville now has it’s own monument to the financial crisis rocking the world: the nine-story hotel rising on the Downtown Mall is on indefinite hold after a bank apparently failed to pay its bills.
After Halsey Minor, the venture capitalist backing the Landmark Hotel, accused Silverton Bank of not delivering cash to make payroll for the nine-story Downtown project, Silverton Bank issued a statement suggesting that all’s good.
“Cash rules everything around me,” growled the Wu-Tang Clan back in 1993. And what was true then in Staten Island is still true 15 years later in Central Virginia. Checks & Balances: It Takes All Types Charlottesville’s biggest donors Heavy Hitters Just ask Tom Perriello, who has a six-term incumbent congressman on the verge of […]
When you’re going up against a six-term incumbent who has never won a congressional election by less than 19.5 percentage points, the best thing
Yet again, the area’s long-range water supply plan is facing new delays. The plan, meant to provide enough water for the City of Charlottesville and urban Albemarle County until 2055, involves two major construction components: a taller dam at the Ragged Mountain Reservoir and a new pipeline that connects the Ragged Mountain Reservoir to the […]
In 2005, State Senator Creigh Deeds, whose district includes Charlottesville and most of Albemarle, was involved in the closest statistical race in Virginia history and on the losing side of a recount. We asked him what advice he had for Perriello, who won’t officially win until mid-December if Goode calls for a recount. Creigh Deeds: […]
Though the Fifth District elected Perriello, if the presidential election were decided by our 22 localities, John McCain would be our president and Sarah Palin might be having a conversation with the real Nicholas Sarkozy. But at least our area went with the winner. Here’s how Albemarle County and Charlottesville broke down. No big surprises—Stone […]
Top Donors: The Races Top Donors Across All Campaigns Rank Name Amount City Employer/Occupation Donated to 1. (tie) E. Renee Grisham $14,800 North None/Homemaker Clinton, Perriello, Garden Warner, Obama 1. (tie) John Grisham $14,800 North Self employed/Writer Clinton, Warner, Garden Perriello, […]
229 locals who gave $2,300 or more to this year’s candidates Name Total City Employer/ Donated to donations Occupation Ranjit Ahluwalia $6,900 C’ville Silver Point Capital/ Perriello, Obama Senior Analyst Sara Harris Ahluwalia $6,900 C’ville Silver Point Capital/ Perriello, Obama Attorney Janice Aron $6,900 […]