CHARLES ROTGIN, JR. President and CEO of Great Eastern Management Company Assessed value: $120 million Acres: 402 Notable holdings: Much of North Pointe, Pantops Shopping Center (the one with Food Lion), Solomon Court and Pineridge. A 1966 graduate of UVA, Charles “Chuck” Rotgin, Jr. began his real estate development, construction and management career in 1971 […]
MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITAL Assessed value: $112 million Acres: 110 Notable holdings: Downtown campus; new center at Peter Jefferson Place; Crozet Family Medicine; Health Services at Proffit Road A nonprofit, community hospital established in 1903, Martha Jefferson has recently entered negotiations with a North Carolina development firm to redevelop its 14-acre downtown campus. The hospital is […]
WESTMINSTER—CANTERBURY OF THE BLUE RIDGE Assessed value: $112 million Acres: 57 Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, a faith-based retirement community, opened in 1990 as a joint venture between the Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. The 57-acre nonprofit sits off Route 250 at Pantops. Fun Fact: Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge is one of approximately 350 retirement […]
FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST Assessed value: $106 million Acres: 37 Notable holdings: Barracks Road Shopping Center; Shopper’s World Shopping Center One of the few nonlocal entities on the list, Federal Realty Investment Trust specializes in retail assets and, as such, owns or manages over 100 commercial properties, or 18.1 million square feet, across the country. […]
CORAN CAPSHAW Assessed Value: $99 million* Acres: 1,352 Notable holdings: Tiverton Farm in Greenwood, the former ConAgra building in Crozet, former SNL building that is now Red Light Building on the Mall, the Jefferson Theater, and the undeveloped Coal Tower property. Though his people make clear that Coran Capshaw does not himself own $99 million […]
DOUGLAS CATON Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Management Services Corporation MSC Assessed Value: $98 million Acres: 437 Notable holdings: Northwoods at Four Seasons Apartments (310 units), Cambridge Square Apartments (92 units), Rugby McIntyre Apartments (76 units). A UVA law school graduate, Doug Caton fell into property ownership by accident. “I came back […]
In Live Arts’ production of the The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder offers unexpected advice for the penny pincher in tough economic times: Ladies and fellas, fall in love. The play focuses on the transformation of Horace Vandergelder from a miserly, lonely merchant to a generous husband. Instigating this transformation—and at the center of all the raucous […]
Six Years marks an evolution for Charlottesville’s Old School Freight Train, in which the band leaps from the well-traveled track of “newgrass” onto a blend of pop and traditional music that’s all its own. Place your bets on the new Old School Freight Train record, the long-awaited Six Years. The album will be released during […]
You know, when it comes to politics, sometimes it’s good to be invisible. Sure, most elected officials dream of having Barack Obama’s charisma, JFK’s sex appeal, Hillary Clinton’s smarts and Ronald Reagan’s hair—but then, most of them also dream of being president, and we all know how often that fantasy ends in tears. But the […]
Dear Ace: Last week I drove by the McIntire Skate Park and saw grown men and women riding bikes in circles while whacking balls with mallets. What were they doing and should I be scared?—CiCi Ryder CiCi: Congratulations. You have discovered an urban subculture new to Charlottesville: the exciting world of hard court bike polo. […]