Feb
07
2007
The Cavalier Daily has an article today about the North Fork and Fontaine Research Parks. I was astounded to hear that North Fork was more than 500 acres. I’ve been told that by 2020, the population center of Charlottesville would be near the intersection of 29 and airport road. That’s incredible if true. That said, that estimate was made with the initial, wildly optimistic projections U.Va. made about staffing levels at the research park. Still…
Jan
26
2007
The article in the Cav Daily discusses the new millionaires who owned property along Brandon ave. Those prices are making the University’s trade with Woddard Properties for all the Brandon Ave apartments, which seemed ridiculous to me at the time (that huge parking lot on the coner and $5 or 6 million for a hodge podge of Brandon Ave. properties) more reasonable.
The University needs to pull out the eminent domain card just once to keep from getting gouged. They forked over millions this month to save face with the community.