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Community , Growth 03:28 pm June 22nd 2006

Land clearing for Albemarle Place begins

by Dave McNair

As you can see, they’ve begun clearing the land for Albemarle Place, the self-proclaimed “town center” at the intersection of Route 29 and Hydraulic Road that will be two-times the size of the Downtown Mall. Developers still have a few hoops to jump through, such as getting Albemarle County Architectual Review Board approval for a possible 10-story residential building, a 14-screen movie theater, and final drawings for the new Whole Foods building, but it looks like the mega-development is a go. Apparently, this kind of early grading is allowed, even though the final site plan has not been approved, because it pertains to a zoning application that was already approved. Huh? Calls to the Albemarle Planning Commission were not returned by blog post time, but we hope to find out soon why developers were allowed to jump the gun. Stay tuned!

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DocMultimedia June 22nd, 2006 | 3:54 pm

Stadium seating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Build baby, build!
joyce June 22nd, 2006 | 3:56 pm

is that a really strict “blog post time” y’all adhere to?
jf June 22nd, 2006 | 4:38 pm

Better than driving all the way to Hollymead TC or North Pointe! Build baby build!
sell it now June 27th, 2006 | 3:13 am

they were allowed to “jump the gun” as you put it because the sale and urbanization of your county is a foregone conclusion… funny you haven’t noticed that

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