Buildings and Grounds Committee review designs for biotech institute, energy plant, and garage at Fontaine Research Park 

In 1986, the land that is now the Fontaine Research Center had been slated for commercial development. The Albemarle Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning for a shopping center called Fontaine Forest on a 4-2 vote that January over the objections of both Charlottesville and UVA.  At the time, UVA officials expressed interest in the property.  “To…

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Albemarle Supervisors move forward with $178M in bonds with a third to be devoted to land purchase

The Albemarle Board of Supervisors has followed through with a prior decision to purchase 462 acres of land near Rivanna Station. On Wednesday, Supervisors voted unanimously to authorize the issue of municipal bonds to finance the property acquisition as well as items in county’s capital improvement plan.  “The financing plan that we have before the…

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Should uses in Albemarle’s Crossroads Communities be expanded?

On Wednesday, Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors will review work to date on AC44 process. That’s the name given to the review of the Comprehensive Plan that’s currently in the second phase.  In this part of the exercise, staff are presenting a series of questions about ways that growth area boundaries might be adjusted to…

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What issues exist on Pantops that the Community Advisory Committee can help with? 

The Pantops Community Advisory Committee will meet at 6:15 p.m. in the Kessler Conference Room at the Martha Jefferson Hospital Outpatient Center. (meeting info) There are two items today including a presentation from the Charlottesville Area Alliance.  “The Charlottesville Area Alliance was formed by 5 nonprofits serving seniors in 2015,” reads the agenda. “The focus of CAA…

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The overview of the Piedmont site

UVA has picked two groups to move forward with affordable housing projects

Two different non-profit groups have been selected by the University of Virginia to develop two parcels of land that will be donated by the institution or its real estate foundation for the purposes of affordable housing. The Piedmont Housing Alliance will develop the Piedmont site off of Fontaine Avenue. That’s a 12 acre site that…

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Albemarle development: Rezoning application filed in Albemarle for 244 apartment units on Berkmar drive

Great Eastern Management Company seeks rezoning at North Pointe to add 550 more homes More homes are slated for land within the Places29-Rio Master Plan area and close to the Rio Road Small Area Plan.  G.W. Real Estate Partners has filed a rezoning to build four multifamily apartment buildings on 7.2 acres of undeveloped land…

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