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…
“Our decisions have a long-standing impact on the University,” said John L. Nau III of Houston, Texas.
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The University of Virginia has plans to expand the Fontaine Research Park to include the new Paul and Dianne Manning Biotechnology Institute. The state institution has now filed plans with Albemarle County for a new energy plant that will provide utilities to the institute. “The Fontaine Central Energy Plant will provide district heating and cooling…
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…
There is a lot of growth happening across the entire region and there is endless planning work intended to inform the next set of projects to build infrastructure to handle all of the traffic. At any given point, the Virginia Department of Transportation has multiple studies underway to come up with the next of candidate…
The closed-door Land Use and Environmental Planning Committee meets virtually today at noon but no members of the public are allowed unless you’ve been invited. We also won’t know what they’ve discussed for a couple of weeks. To recap, the LUEPC group replaces a public body called the Planning and Coordination Committee that consisted of…
“There’s a wonderful parallel with the fact that the Rotunda was completed in 1826 and the Karsh Institute will be completed in 2026,” Raucher said. “Clearly we want a design that speaks to Democratic ideals and promotes health debate and discourse far into the future.”
There’s almost a billion dollars of construction projects underway at the University of Virginia on land that is exempt both from local control and taxation authority. Each project came out of a series of plans. What’s being planned for the future, and how can anyone in the public find out? In addition to the watching…
Infrastructure projects in Virginia localities get funded and built through capital improvement programs. The University of Virginia has something similar in the Major Capital Plan. “This is a plan that started out in 2022 at about $2.9 billion,” said Colette Sheehy, senior vice president for operations and state government relations “We’ve completed a number of…