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Riverbend Development

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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

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

News Real Estate

Albemarle County biotech company to add 200 jobs at expanded facility

Albemarle County’s campaign to grow the biotechnology industry showed a major sign of progress earlier this month when one company announced plans to invest $200 million into an expansion project. […]

Sean Tubbs | October 9, 2024

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In brief: Capsized cop, jail board booed, and another Tar-jay?

Another Tar-jay? Local mogul Coran Capshaw’s Riverbend Development has plans for the former Kmart shopping center on Hydraulic, now known as Hillsdale Place. The company went before the Planning Commission […]

C-VILLE Writers | May 15, 2019

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New venture: Riverbend dips into public housing

Music and real estate mogul Coran Capshaw’s Riverbend Development, known for 5th Street Station, the Flats, and City Walk, among many other projects, is now aligning itself in a different […]

Lisa Provence | October 3, 2018

News

‘White hot:’ Building still booming—but not for everyone

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, the housing bubble had burst, the hottest area in real estate was foreclosures, and the Downtown Mall was littered with vacancies. […]

C-VILLE Writers | September 20, 2018

News

Brookhill base: Ice park planned at new subdivision

When an angel investor bought the Main Street Arena for nearly $6 million in March 2017 with the intent to turn it into a technology incubator, folks who frequented the […]

Samantha Baars | July 25, 2018

News

Incoming! Belmont Apartments on the horizon

Popular Mas Tapas in the middle of Belmont is getting a new neighbor. Actually, more than 100 of them. The Belmont Apartments, proposed by Coran Capshaw- and Alan Taylor-owned Riverbend […]

Samantha Baars | April 25, 2018

News

In brief: Emmet Street revival, guerrilla knitters and suing reporters

Emmet Street revival The vacant lot on the corner of Barracks Road and Emmet Street that once housed an Exxon station is finally seeing signs of life. Coran Capshaw’s Riverbend […]

C-VILLE Writers | November 15, 2017

News

Walk like an amphibian: The spotted salamander gets a little help from friends

When the time is right, they crawl. Once a year, over the span of a couple warm, wet nights, a local population of more than 1,000 spotted salamanders makes the […]

Samantha Baars | February 15, 2017

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