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Global investment firm purchases The Standard, rebrands it as Yugo Crestline

Two transactions in Charlottesville this fall illustrate how student housing is a lucrative global business with healthy cash flow fueled by households that can afford to pay premium prices for […]

Sean Tubbs | December 10, 2025

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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

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PHAR resists West Main student housing

When Charlottesville City Council adopted a new zoning code in December 2023, a key idea was to reduce the role elected and appointed officials play in determining what can be […]

Sean Tubbs | August 27, 2025

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BOV committee reviews changes to Ivy Road dorms

The University of Virginia is moving ahead with an initiative to house more students on Grounds, and one component has shifted slightly this month.  A subcommittee of the Board of […]

Sean Tubbs | February 19, 2025

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The student housing scramble: Two roommates find a good fit off-Grounds

By Shrey Dua In Charlottesville, one of the largest populations of apartment dwellers can be found in the roughly mile-wide radius immediately surrounding the University of Virginia: students. Every year, […]

C-VILLE Writers | March 27, 2019

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West Grounds: More student apartments in Midtown

Another unremarkably named structure will soon be joining The Flats and The Uncommon student housing on West Main: The Standard. Located across the street from The Flats on the site […]

Lisa Provence | December 7, 2016

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