Greene County Townhome Inventory to increase by 500+
When Greene County gets its 500+ townhomes, it will increase the number of attached housing in that county by many orders of magnitude. Townhomes and townhome neighborhoods in Northern Albemarle - Hollymead, Forest Lakes, Abington Place, Riverwood - to name a few, will be impacted…
Willoughby Neighborhood is Growing
The Willoughby neighborhood in Charlottesville/Albemarle is going to grow. Generally, this is where the development is located. * I'm fascinated by neighborhood mobilization and I'm also curious as to 1) what percent of the neighborhood knows about this and 2) what percent is for/against it.…
400 More Homes on Pantops? What Could Go Wrong?
The Newsplex notes that "the Albemarle County Supervisors heard a proposal for a Pantops Ridge Development. The developer wants to bring around 400 homes to the Pantops area near Hansen's Mountain Road and Route 250." Charlottesville Tomorrow, in typical detailed fashion, provides much more information…
Will $1 Million Help Charlottesville-Albemarle-UVA Cooperate?
I'm thinking that they'll get along just fine in the planning stages; actual implementation is where the system falls apart.
Crozet Struggles With Growth – Now a Lack of Implementation of Promises
The Road to Somewhere (Nowhere?) raises questions, as do rumored roads.
5 Ways Trader Joe’s is Going to be Good (or bad) for Charlottesville
Responding to a discussion on facebook in Cville Food's stream* in which the question was asked, "is Trader Joe's going to be good for Charlottesville?" As with most questions that pertain to real estate estate, the answer to the question is usually, "it depends." 1…
Good Fences And Non-Conforming Use in Albemarle
I'd like to think that we can all get along. If the choice were to come down to more houses, more (consistent) traffic, more (consistent) noise, more roads and more of a drain on the environment, which would you choose? First, the Blue Ridge Swim…
Slightly Less Development at Cherry/Ridge Intersection
From the Daily Progress: Charlottesville's City Council rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have modified the development plan for the William Taylor Plaza mixed-used project at the corner of Cherry Avenue and Ridge Street. The council voted 3-2 to reject changes proposed by the developer…
Redfields Neighborhood Growing?
This is as good a time as any to remind people that if you don't own that open space over there it's liable to eventually become something you don't like. Charlottesville Tomorrow has the report that the Redfields neighborhood may be changing, in a way…