The Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville said in April it wasn’t taking sides in the parking wars fueled by litigation between the city and Mark Brown, owner of the Charlottesville Parking Center. That course changed when Violet Crown hired public relations firm Payne Ross, also a DBAC member, which circulated a petition calling for the […]
The Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville said in April it wasn’t taking sides in the parking wars fueled by litigation between the city and Mark Brown, owner of the Charlottesville Parking Center. That course changed when Violet Crown hired public relations firm Payne Ross, also a DBAC member, which circulated a petition calling for the […]
Despite concerns that the Water Street Garage could close should the company that manages it and Charlottesville not resolve their escalating legal battle, the city filed a counterclaim April 29 against Charlottesville Parking Center one day after owner Mark Brown sent a letter urging the city to sell the complicatedly owned garage to him. And […]
Who owns what at Water Street Garage? Water Street Parking Garage Condo Association owns the structure Charlottesville Parking Center Has four seats on the condo association board Owns 390 spaces Owner: Mark Brown Runs the garage operations The city Has four seats on the condo association board Owns 629 spaces Charlottesville Parking Center owns the […]
The battle between Charlottesville Parking Center owner Mark Brown and the city got more heated with an April 6 letter from Brown that said the entity that runs the Water Street Garage is in default and one of his remedies is to terminate the complicated agreement between the parking center and the city and […]
Utilities relocation for Market Plaza had already closed the eastbound lane on Water Street and detoured traffic to South Street and Second Street SE, and when Second Street was also closed last week, many who park in the Water Street Garage were trapped in an extraordinarily long exit line March 3. “Staff met with [contractors] […]
The commercial real estate website Loopnet.com lists 200 E. Water St. for sale for $53 million as City Council went behind closed doors February 16 to discuss with counsel acquisition or conveyance of its parking spaces in the Water Street Garage. Just a coincidence, according to Charlottesville Parking Center owner Mark Brown, who says his […]