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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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