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On December 10, a thick forest of trees sat idly alongside Sunset Avenue Extended, separating the developments of the Villas at South Ridge and Jefferson Ridge. Four days later, the trees were gone, and in their stead stood a barren landscape of red clay upon which 300 residential units will be built. The development is one in a chain of “Woodlands” developments by Georgia-based Dovetail Companies, which has built them in other college towns like Athens, Knoxville and College Station. Designed for students, Woodlands of Charlottesville will be a gated community with “high end” amenities: volleyball courts, a fitness center, a putting green, an endless pool. And all those other Woodlands seem to have made Charlottesville’s version a well-oiled machine: Despite the fact that ground was only recently broken, they’re in full advertising swing, having opened an office on the Downtown Mall hoping to draw in parents looking to invest in swanky living for Junior’s bright college years. Developers want housing ready by August 2007.
