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National investment firms purchase the Flats at West Village for $107 million

The world’s largest operation of student housing complexes now operates two of three such buildings on West Main Street.  On October 9, a business trust connected to the Inland Real […]

Sean Tubbs | October 22, 2025

Arts News

Local group preserves Violet Crown by arranging building purchase

The future of the Violet Crown cinema on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall seemed bleak this past February when the Board of Architectural Review granted Heirloom Development approval to demolish the structure […]

Sean Tubbs | October 21, 2025

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CRHA files site plan to redevelop Westhaven with more than double the units

Westhaven was built in 1964 as Charlottesville’s first public housing site and will soon become the latest property to be reimagined and rebuilt by the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority.  […]

Sean Tubbs | October 19, 2025

News

AstraZeneca to invest in pharmaceutical factory at Albemarle’s Rivanna Futures

Two and a half years after Albemarle County announced the purchase of 462 acres around the Rivanna Station military base, British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has announced it will invest $4.5 […]

Sean Tubbs | October 9, 2025

News Real Estate

Riverbend Development files plans for 33-unit apartment building at site of old church

Riverbend Development intends to use Charlottesville’s new development code to bring as many as 239 apartments to an area of the city that street signs refer to as Downtown Belmont.  […]

Sean Tubbs | October 8, 2025

News Real Estate

AC44 eliminates study of development around two interchanges

After nearly four years of review, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt a new Comprehensive Plan on October 15. Such documents contain directions for staff to […]

Sean Tubbs | October 1, 2025

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Albemarle County weighs regulation on data center development

Virginia is for lovers—data center lovers. Nearly half of the nation’s facilities are in the Commonwealth, mostly concentrated in Northern Virginia where there are more data centers than anywhere else […]

Jake Solyst | October 1, 2025

News

Manning Institute of Biotechnology director outlines hope for creating new medicines

The skyline above the Fontaine Research Park temporarily includes two cranes as construction continues on projects such as the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology.  Last spring, the institute’s […]

Sean Tubbs | September 24, 2025

News Real Estate

Former Bamboo House on U.S. 29 in north Albemarle up for sale

Albemarle County and the University of Virginia are both betting that properties on U.S. 29 north of Airport Road will yield an economic development bonanza.  Now a development company representing […]

Sean Tubbs | September 19, 2025

News Real Estate

Concerns over traffic, density, and scope stall vote on major Albemarle rezoning

For decades, Albemarle County’s Comprehensive Plan has placed a portion of land near the intersection of U.S. 29 and Interstate 64 in the growth area.  Riverbend Development filed for a […]

Sean Tubbs | September 17, 2025

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