When a Southern Development representative recently asked the Charlottesville Planning Commission to consider changes to a mixed-use development to accommodate a hotel on Cherry Avenue, the response was not favorable. “I see this as extending the Fifth Street and Interstate 64 interchange into the heart of our city and I really don’t like that,” said […]
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Council clears way for West Main hotel at maximum height
Charlottesville’s City Council has granted permission for a 101-foot-tall hotel to be built on West Main Street, the fourth time in the past two years that an applicant has been granted the maximum height allowed on the street. The nine-story Sycamore House Hotel will be built on the site of the existing Studio Art […]
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Commission endorses West Main hotel at maximum height
For the third time in the past two years, the Charlottesville Planning Commission has recommended approval of a special-use permit that will allow a new building on West Main Street to be 101 feet tall, the maximum allowed by current zoning. Washington-based Carr Hospitality wants to build a nine-story hotel at 1106 W. Main St. […]
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Zoning board allows Oakhurst Inn to serve food to public
The Oakhurst Inn and Apartments on Jefferson Park Avenue is now legally allowed to serve food to people who are not guests of the 27-room boutique hotel. Charlottesville’s Board of Zoning Appeals last week overturned a ruling by city staff that Oakhurst’s operators needed a special-use permit to open up its café to the general […]
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Oakhurst Inn now open for business in historic homes
The owner of a large bed and breakfast that opened in January near Jefferson Park Avenue said he is confident his venture will be successful, despite an increasing number of hotel rooms in Albemarle County and Charlottesville. “We’re only trying to get about 1 percent of the market here,” said Bill Chapman, owner of The […]
