An Illinois-based developer has submitted a site plan for a 240-unit student housing complex on West Main Street. If the project is approved by the City Council, the unnamed project would join the Flats at West Village and the Standard in a major transformation of one of Charlottesville’s most important streets. “All of a sudden […]
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Commission recommends approval for West Main apartments
An apartment complex that would put more than 600 bedrooms on West Main Street has moved one step closer to becoming a reality after the Charlottesville Planning Commission recommended approval of a special-use permit last week. Georgia-based Landmark Development next needs the City Council to approve the permit to allow the project — known as […]
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City reviews impacts of more housing for university students on West Main
Members of Charlottesville’s Board of Architectural Review said a proposed student housing project on West Main Street would have an “adverse impact’ on the surrounding architectural design control district. Planning for the 189-unit building, “The Standard,” comes as construction of a similar student apartment housing complex is already underway across the street. “I am concerned […]
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New West Main housing complex critiqued
Several members of the Charlottesville Planning Commission said Tuesday they leaned toward not approving an apartment complex on West Main Street unless the needs of an adjacent public housing site are taken into consideration. “I have grave concerns about the social justice and the environmental justice issues of putting a project like this next to […]
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BAR approves demolition for 25-year-old building on West Main
The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review on Tuesday granted a permit for demolition of a 60,000 square-foot office complex on West Main Street to make way for a six-story apartment building. “The West Main Street Architectural Design Control district would not be affected adversely by the demolition of this building,” said Mary Joy Scala, the […]
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Republic Plaza slated for demolition to clear way for six story building
A 25-year-old office building on West Main Street near the University of Virginia Medical Center may be demolished to make way for a six-story, 192-unit apartment building. “We’re proposing a new multifamily apartment complex and we’re working now on a design that will cater to the surrounding uses of the university and the hospital,” said […]
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Council OKs controversial student-oriented housing project for West Main
The Charlottesville City Council has granted a special-use permit to allow the Ambling University Development Group and Riverbend Management to build the Plaza on West Main, an eight-story building that will have 595 bedrooms and ground-floor commercial space. “I think this is the right project in the right location,” said Mayor Satyendra Huja. “It […]
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Charlottesville planners get first look at Plaza on West Main
The developers of a new 595-bedroom residential complex on West Main Street are hoping to move swiftly through the city of Charlottesville’s review process. “We’re trying to get approved by the end of the year and we need to be able to break ground and move dirt by the end of February,” said Ryan Holmes […]
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Building at JPA-West Main intersection to come down
A subcommittee of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors has approved the demolition of a six-story building next to the new children’s hospital on West Main Street. The Blake Center was built in 1970 and has served as the home of several offices. The University of Virginia Foundation has owned the building since 2004. […]
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Council expresses support for further streetcar study
Artist’s rendering of how a streetcar might look outside the City Center for Contemporary Arts The Charlottesville City Council will consider a proposal to fund a further study of the feasibility of a streetcar system for the West Main Corridor. On June 16, 2008, Council heard the report of the streetcar task force created by […]
