Another Brewery Coming to Charlottesville? (really, Albemarle)
Is an addition coming to the Brew Ridge Trail? Update - Sean at Charlottesville Tomorrow confirms - Deschuttes Brewery from Bend, Oregon is the brewery that is considering our area. Update #2 - Newsplex reports Tuesday night that the Albemarle County Planning Commission has voted against this…
Gas Price Math – Looking Back at 2008
The other day, we compared the (transportation)costs of living in Crozet/Albemarle County with the (transportation)costs of living in the City of Charlottesville. Researching that story caused me to look at some of the stuff I wrote a few years ago. In 2008, when gas prices…
Gas Price Math: Charlottesville City vs Albemarle County
Gas prices and commute times/distances matter. Shorter commutes have been proven to be better both for happiness and budgets. For those of us who do this every day, gas prices are something we evaluate frequently, from different angles and perspectives - those of our clients’.…
Learn the Crozet Real Estate Market in 8 Minutes
Anyone who knows me knows that I love to talk about real estate. If you're curious about the Crozet real estate market, please spend a few minutes watching this conversation about the Crozet market with my Nest colleague and friend, David Ferrall. (more…)
Reader Questions – Disclosures, Finding Accurate Information & Caveat Emptor
I love questions. "Full disclosure information - What are all the times that a buyer should ask about a property? Where is the best place to find that information? We find the listing information to be very sparse and often misleading. Agents often provide bad…
Nest’s 2015 Mid-Year Market Report
Download the Charlottesville Mid-Year Report; ask questions, get educated. In this report, we cover the City of Charlottesville (sales are up, days on market down), Albemarle County (same), Greene, Nelson, Louisa and Fluvanna. We're seeing mostly positive trends across the board. Broadly, we're looking at continued signs of…
Does Charlottesville Hate Chains?
Does Charlottesville hate chains? I got that question the other day, and I've not been able to stop thinking about it. My working response: C’Ville dislikes chains lacking personality. The second part of my answer is, "it depends." It depends on what kind of chain,…
Good Walking & Biking Infrastructure Matters
Several years ago in Crozet, before the Old Trail neighborhood was as populated as it is (and is yet to be), before Haden Place neighborhood had broken ground ... before the new Crozet Library was finished, Jarmans Gap was a challenging road on which to walk or…
Why Are Albemarle County Schools Building a Fiber Network?
Why is Albemarle County building their own private fiber network? I noted in early 2014 that Albemarle County Schools were looking for money to build a dark fiber network; now it's real. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that the school division is building "its own private network." Broadband access…
Wegman’s Fellow Tenants Announced
Set to open in the Fall of 2016, the developers of the Fifth Street Station announced new tenants today. Via Charlottesville Tomorrow: Long, counsel for 5th Street Station Ventures, confirmed additional planned tenants include Field & Stream, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Mattress Warehouse, Panera Bread, Lee Nails, PetSmart,…