Community meeting to be held for Center II rezoning in Albemarle
This is one of two items on the agenda for the Places29-Hydraulic Community Advisory Committee for the September 11, 2023 meeting.
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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…
Albemarle review panel takes first look at plans for new Home Depot
Last year, a national hardware chain purchased a large portion of Fashion Square Mall in Albemarle County. Less than a year later, plans to redevelop a long-closed anchor store with a new Home Depot location are working their way through the process. On Monday, the Architectural Review Board took a look at the site plan. …
Cost increases to connect Berkmar Drive Extended to Airport Road
Earlier in the meeting during a discussion of Albemarle’s Secondary Six Year Plan, Supervisors also learned about another project that will be paid for in part by TeleFee Funds, which are paid by utility companies to the Virginia Department of Transportation for placement of infrastructure in the right of way. There’s a plan to connect…
Albemarle County seeking state funds to prepare North Fork for economic development
Albemarle County’s economic development office is waiting on the results of a grant application to help prepare a location to reach a new level of certification from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. “This is a process we’ve been in since September where we are working with the University of Virginia Foundation to ready 31 and…
Virginia Supreme Court rules against Albemarle in Jaunt proffer case
Albemarle County acted unconstitutionally when it demanded the developer of the Hollymead Town Center begin making $50,000 annual payments for a transit route operated by Jaunt. That’s according to a Virginia Supreme Court opinion issued this morning by Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn. (read the opinion) “While a state, under its police power, may regulate land…
Supervisors support Stonefield as a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area
A live music program at one of Albemarle County’s mixed-use communities got a boost earlier this month when the Albemarle Board of Supervisors agreed to a letter of support for an Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority license known as a DORA. “A DORA is a designated geographic area licensed by the ABC annually that allows the…
ARB makes comments on Premier Circle project
On Monday, the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board took a look at the initial site for Premier Circle which involves construction of a four story building as part of a three building campus.. The property is within the county’s Entrance Corridor Review guidelines. “The focus is largely on the site landscaping and the building design…
Chamber of Commerce profiles Fashion Square Mall
Every now and then, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce writes up a profile of a business in the area. This time around their staff asked the leasing and marketing manager of Fashion Square Mall a series of questions, including to mention recent success stories. “We have recently opened up three new stores and will be…
Regional planners get preview of North Fork rezoning
An official group of planning officials from around the Charlottesville area got a preview last month on a major rezoning on land at the University of Virginia Foundation’s North Fork research park. The Land Use Environmental and Planning Committee was created in 2019 when elected officials agreed to cease meeting in public as a body…
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