The City of Charlottesville has stopped taking any applications for new development while officials figure out how to move forward after its zoning code was thrown out by Judge Claude Worrell on June 30 for a technical error. On July 1, the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services let builders and developers know that all […]
The City of Charlottesville has stopped taking any applications for new development while officials figure out how to move forward after its zoning code was thrown out by Judge Claude Worrell on June 30 for a technical error. On July 1, the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services let builders and developers know that all […]
When Charlottesville City Council granted permission for three student apartment buildings to be constructed on West Main Street in the 2010s, the zoning rules at the time required that the ground floor have space for commercial establishments. Since then, several of the required spaces have remained vacant while other businesses have struggled to stay afloat. […]
Since the University of Virginia purchased the Fifeville estate known as Oak Lawn in October 2023, officials have pledged to include the neighborhood in the discussion of how the 5.2-acre property will be used. A concept plan for the future of Oak Lawn was shared with members of the Fifeville neighborhood during a June 18 […]
The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority has been on a roll in recent years with renovations at Crescent Halls and new units at S. First Street. In August 2022, the government agency began a new era of buying what Executive Director John Sales called “naturally occurring affordable housing.” “This portfolio started after a couple properties […]
The two candidates hoping to succeed Diantha McKeel as Jack Jouett District supervisor offered differing views on economic development and growth in Albemarle County at a recent campaign event sponsored by the Free Enterprise Forum. School teacher Sally Duncan and economist David Shreve are on the ballot in the June 17 Democratic primary. Since 1980, […]
These are complicated times for anyone who’s tracking the details of how new housing gets constructed in Charlottesville. While planners and builders are still learning how the new development code works, staff in the Department of Neighborhood Development Services are hoping to adopt the first set of amendments by the end of the year. A […]
As more proposals seek approval under Charlottesville’s new development code, the Board of Zoning Appeals will play a technical role in making some of the decisions. Its meetings will also be one of a few places where people can officially express their objections. “We are hearing an administrative modification today,” said zoning administrator Read Brodhead […]
The U.S. Department of Education rescinded its recommendation that Charlottesville City Schools acquire the site of the former Federal Executive Institute. In a May 9 email to CCS, the DOE said it will instead recommend the U.S. General Services Administration move forward with the University of Virginia’s bid for the property. “Upon further review of […]
One of the areas Albemarle Board of Supervisors has identified for industrial development is along Broadway Street in a land-locked section of the county only accessible via roads through Charlottesville. The future happens one application at a time and the Board will soon consider whether it wants to allow the owners of a project called […]
Over the last few years, analysis from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has captured a trend of fewer homes being sold in the region, while the average purchase price continues to climb. There were 1,287 homes sold in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to 879 sold in the last three months of 2024. […]