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Biscuit Run Dispute Gets Messier

November 25, 2011

For those of you who are following the ongoing saga of the Biscuit Run development south of Charlottesville, we have some updates for you.   The story of how a proposed housing development became a proposed state park…. is long and complicated.   We’ve previously given you links for more details you can find HERE.   Taxpayer funding is at [...]

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Neil’s Opinion of the Charlottesville By-Pass

October 4, 2011

Neil Williamson is a well-known Charlottesville observer/participant in the business and real estate-related issues of central Virginia.  He’s the president and executive director of the Free Enterprise Forum, a privately funded organization with a focus on local governments.  Neil has contributed enormous energy, research, and planning to a variety of entities… including our Charlottesville Area Association of [...]

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Charlottesville Plans Mixed-Income Housing

August 30, 2011

There are 2 new plans for new mixed-income housing in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area.   The Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) intends to develop one plan which consists of 24 condominiums near the University of Virginia hospital in town.  That one has been named “SoHo” because it is “SOuth of the HOspital”.    25% of the units will be [...]

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Spring Creek Golf Course Review

August 30, 2011

The Spring Creek Golf Course in Louisa Co (near Charlottesville) routinely receives glowing reviews of its facilities.   This time it’s a Washington Examiner article which give a great review of the course …. complete with descriptions of the various golf holes and how they play, as well as descriptions of the scenery and tips for your enjoyment.   The Spring Creek [...]

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Bundoran Farms Development Gets Bank Support

July 13, 2011

Bundoran Farm is a development west of the city of Charlottesville VA.  The concept of Bundoran Farm has been to maintain and perpetuate its 2,000+ acres of approximately 100 lots…. as a preserved rural agrarian enclave.   The community is under various land use and conservation restrictions which were designed to maintain the rural feel, while allowing sustainable residential development [...]

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CFA Institute Expands Charlottesville Operations

June 18, 2011

Today we’ve learned that the Charlottesville training center for financial investors…. CFA Institute… is relocating its Charlottesville operations.  They have successfully obtained the Charlottesville structure of the former Martha Jefferson Hospital on Locust Street for their expansion. CFA Institute is a global company of investment professionals.  Currently their Charlottesville business is occupying 3 different locations around town in [...]

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Charlottesville Groundbreaking at Hydraulic Rd. Shops

May 11, 2011

Apparently the construction of the mixed use development at the corner of Hydraulic Rd. and Rt. 29N seems finally about to begin.  Groundbreaking has begun on the project which was once known as Albemarle Place … and is now called The Shops at Stonefield.  It’s taken nearly 4 years to reach this point.  The land is approximately 65 acres in the heart [...]

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Update on Kluge Winery Sale

March 31, 2011

We’ve been telling you recently about the events that are unfolding as the large Kluge Winery in Albemarle County is going through a foreclosure and a bank sale. The estate and vineyard will be offered as 6 tracts for sale at an auction on April 7th.   All of the winemaking and bottling equipment will be auctioned [...]

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Biscuit Run Development Update

October 29, 2010

It appears that the saga of Biscuit Run is far from completed.  Biscuit Run is the name of a 1200 acre parcel south of Charlottesville VA which was once slated to become a subdivision in one of the largest zoning approvals ever conducted in Charlottesville’s Albemarle County.  To oversimplify… after its 2007 approval, the approved project stalled in the economic [...]

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Charlottesville’s Parade of Homes Tour

October 8, 2010

Beginning this weekend is your annual chance to attend the Charlottesville Parade of Homes tour, sponsored each year by the Blue Ridge Home Builder’s Association  (BRHBA).  This year there are 28 homes that will be open for people to tour from 12:00 to 5:00pm.  Prices range from the low $200′s to over a million dollars. This event [...]

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