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Albemarle Place update & podcast
Charlottesville Tomorrow has a podcast of Dennis Rooker’s appearance on WINA’s Charlottesville Live morning program. I hope that there is enough traffic and comments to encourage WINA to podcast their shows, both their morning show and their new afternoon show with Coy Barefoot. I expect that the afternoon show is probably very good, but I have not been able to listen yet.
Albemarle Place discussion
Cox: “Interim transportation improvements …Â the improvements that we will be making will help calm the situation for about a 5 year period …Â ” those improvements are temporary …Â adding quite a bit more asphalt to 29 and Hydraulic …Â Jane: “It sounds like the City and County are saying let’s let Albemarle Place be in control of Hydraulic so we don’t have to think about it.”What happens when your development company makes some short-term improvements, what happens when they introduce a grade-separated interchange?
Another Albemarle Place update
CvilleTomorrow has another excellent update on the plodding path of Albemarle Place.I may be ignorant here, but this seems to be a partial reason for its non-approval so far:Buildings are being proposed that would exceed the 90’ height limit for residential/mixed use at this location … The applicant expressed frustration about the challenge of getting approval, all at once, for all aspects of a massive urban project like Albemarle Place. …
Will Albemarle Place ever happen?
Charlottesville Tomorrow has an excellent update on the status of the proposed/pending/possible Albemarle Place development. The impact that this development will have on its immediate surroundings is not insignificant. Adding thousands of vehicle trips every day to this area, with no substantial infrastructure improvements will be a “bad thing.” This project has been in development for an unreasonable and unfair amount of time – unfair and unreasonable to all involved – the developer, the residents, possible tenants … On the question of a long-term grade-separated interchange for US 29 and Hydraulic (i.e. Hydraulic road traffic would pass over US 29), Frank Cox says he has come to an agreement with VDOT and the County to fund the preliminary engineering for a design. This interchange design would then become part of the “official map†and thus a clearly defined transportation project. That, however, does not guarantee any funding or a specific timeline for construction. An interchange plan would allow Mr. Cox to move ahead with development of Albemarle Place as the right-of-way line would be designated allowing him to finalize building locations.
Albemarle Place is coming
I saw a note on cvillenews that their site has been updated …… Make no mistake; this project is going to be massive.I will let my bolding speak in place of my sarcasm:No one has time these days to spend all day in the car, so why not park your car at our town center, then stroll along our Main Street. Meet friends, window shop and enjoy the atmosphere. Find clothing for that upcoming event and a special gift at one of our many boutique shops. Then, swing by and pick up fresh produce at our high-end market before heading home, and you haven’t had to navigate any traffic to get it all done!This is a good concept, and it should prove interesting to watch…. Source: VDOTNew Urbanism is all the rage. Bacon’s Rebellion had an interesting article a little while ago about this project.By traditional planning logic, the Albemarle Place project is in the worst possible location: The trips generated by thousands of additional residents and workers should turn U.S. 29 into a poster child for gridlock. But the Albemarle planners know what they’re doing.
Albemarle Place
From today’s C-Ville, written by John Borgmeyer – With the promise of 1.8 million square feet of new construction—including a hotel, restaurants, a cinema, retail outlets, a grocery store, a two-storey department store and up to 800 residential units—Albemarle Place would be the latest incarnation of Albemarle County’s “neighborhood model.â€Â Adopted in 2001, the neighborhood model asks developers to create more “urban†landscapes by building according to 12 principles, including “pedestrian orientation,†“buildings and spaces of a human scale,†“relegated parking†and “affordability with dignity.â€It seems the developers are fairly confident they will receive approval, yet not a word about infrastructure.