Red Dirt Alert!

Don’t get mad—get even. After West Main Street parking lot owners Gabe Silverman and Allan Cadgene lost a highly publicized dust-up to Maya restaurant co-owner Peter Castiglione, the pair agreed to pave the pothole-plagued lot. Silverman and Cadgene contracted Digs, Inc. to do the job, which began in March and should conclude by June 1. Silverman and Cadgene bought the lot for $707,838 in 1997. In 2009, C-VILLE named the lot Charlottesville’s priciest commercial property, when it bore a $13.5 million price tag. Recently, however, the asking price jumped to $15.5 million. The Charlottesville City Assessor’s Office values the property at roughly $4.3 million.