Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.
Downtown will get a nearly year-round City Market and a taller downtown …
– at C-Ville, take a look at the proposed building (it’s huge).
The vote was met with applause Monday night after the council selected the Market Plaza proposal. Local builder Keith Woodard intends to purchase and redevelop a city-owned parking lot into a nine-story building that will have homes, offices and stores.
In context, this is a pretty fast decision for local government.
This is another reason to live close to Downtown Charlottesville … more walkable to more stuff typically = increased property values and higher quality of life.
Did they ever figure out what caused the City building to catch on fire in December (archived: 2013)?
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