Tracking the Craig Townhomes Being Built in Old Trail

In Crozet, real estate by Jim1 Comment

I am working with some wonderful buyer clients who are building a home in Old Trail . The building process started when they were out of town, so I started taking pictures and videos for them so that they would be able to see what was happening at the site of their new home. … If you’re curious about the prices for these new townhomes , I have you covered there, too. … 1- I always forget to remove my signature from the emails, thus cluttering up the posts and 2 – I really would like to get a new phone with a better camera than my blackberry.

Yancey Business Park Shot Down

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Charlottesville Tomorrow reports :

While Albemarle County is seeking to increase its industrial and commercial land activity, proposals reviewed as part of the Crozet Master Plan to build a new business park and convert some residential homes to mixed use have been rejected by the Planning Commission . The one thing I have not yet heard or read is what types of businesses might be in the business park. That would be helpful.

Crozet Real Estate Market Update – 12 July 2010

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Looking at single family homes for sale in Crozet, it certainly does look like inventory is increasing. Breaking the Crozet inventory down by te top and bottom pricing quartiles – Attached homes are a bit less predictable. I’m trying to sort out the massive spike, but I’m pretty sure I know what it is ( email me if you’re curious). There is so much more real estate data and reports; sign up to get them all for free. (and spam free )

Restore N Station On Hold?

In Crozet, Growth, Politics, real estate by Jim2 Comments

The Newsplex is reporting : Plans for a proposed gas station in Crozet remain on hold until June after a group of residents file an appeal.

…View Crozet, Virginia, USA in a larger map Background reading: – Public Hearing on 20 April – Gas Station coming to 250 in Crozet – Close-Knit Free Town is Feeling Squeezed Learn more at the County of Albemarle’s site : PROJECT: SP200900034 RE-STORE’N STATION PROPOSED: Use of more than 400 gallons of groundwater per site-acre per day for convenience store. ZONING CATEGORY/GENERAL USAGE: HC, Highway Commercial – retail sales and service uses; and residential use by special use permit (15 units/ acre); EC Entrance Corridor – Overlay to protect properties of historic, architectural or cultural significance from visual impacts of development along routes of tourist access SECTION: 24.2.2.13, Uses permitted by right, not served by public water, involving water consumption exceeding four hundred (400) gallons per site acre per day. … COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE/DENSITY: Rural Areas – preserve and protect agricultural, forestal, open space, and natural, historic and scenic resources/ density ( .5 unit/ acre in development lots) ENTRANCE CORRIDOR: Yes LOCATION: US 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) approximately 1,600 feet (0.3 miles) west of Western Albemarle High School TAX MAP/PARCEL: Tax Map 55B Parcel 1 MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT: Whitehall   By the way, I am marketing a great house on Free Town Lane . 🙂

Public Hearing on Restore N Station – 20 April 2010

In Crozet, real estate by Jim3 Comments

Public Hearing for Proposed Gas Station/Convenience Store on Route 250 – Before the Albemarle County Planning Commission There will be a public hearing for the proposed RestoreNStation gas station/convenience store looking to be located on Route 250 on April 20 at 6 p.m. at the Downtown County Office Building, Lane Auditorium, on the 2nd floor. … A VDOT traffic study is currently completed in order to fulfill a legal requirement for the project, as the applicant projects that the project will generate at least 2,500 additional trips on Route 250 per day- 25% more trips than are currently recorded on that section of Route 250. … Any applicant needs to get a Special Use Permit to build when the County determines that you are going to pull more than 400 gallons of water per site acre per day for a project. The site is approximately 4 acres in size, which would give the applicant an allotment of 1,600 gallons of water per day to pull from the ground, (4 acres x 400 gallons per site acre per day).