Neko's powerful new storm
On Middle Cyclone, Neko Case refines and deepens lessons learned from country, the singer/songwriter tradition and the off-center pop art of her sometimes band, the New Pornographers. With a terseness […]
Judge denies injunction to stop Meadowcreek Parkway
The City of Charlottesville and the Virginia Department of Transportation nominally won in a circuit court hearing last week over a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the Meadowcreek […]
Charlottesville and Albemarle's top 10 private property owners
JUMP TO… • Douglas Caton (No. 10) • Coran Capshaw (No. 9) • Federal Realty Investment Trust (No. 8) • Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge (No. 7) • Martha Jefferson […]
No. 1: University of Virginia Foundation
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION Assessed value: $342 million Acres: 4,766 Notable holdings: Boar’s Head Inn and Birdwood Golf Course; North Fork Research Park; Fontaine Research Park; Morven Farm; 18 residential […]
No. 2: Dr. Charles Hurt
DR. CHARLES HURT Virginia Land Company Assessed value: $132 million* Acres: 3,155 Notable holdings: Fray’s Grant, Pavilions at Pantops, Advance Mills Farms, Mink Creek Estates, Montgomery Ridge. In 1961, Virginia […]
No. 3: Hunter Craig
HUNTER CRAIG Assessed value: $126 million* Acres: 1,305 Notable holdings: Biscuit Run, Wachovia tower on the Mall, the Bank of America building on the Mall, Chancellor Building on the Corner, […]
No. 4: Wendell Wood
WENDELL WOOD United Land Corporation Assessed value: $122 million* Acres: 1,966 Notable holdings: Undeveloped portions of Hollymead Town Center; office buildings adjacent to NGIC; Forest Springs Mobile Home Park. In […]
No. 5: Charles Rotgin, Jr.
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 […]
No. 6: Martha Jefferson Hospital
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 […]
No. 7: Westerminster—Canterbury of the Blue Ridge
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 […]