A company called Rock Mountain LLC purchased a two-story commercial building in the 700 block of West Main for $2.2 million in April 2025. The top floor is residential, with the street level occupied by a string of retail businesses on one of Charlottesville’s most-traveled corridors.
Earlier this year, the city’s Board of Architectural Review approved a plan to replace the windows on the second floor as part of an upgrade of all five apartments. Any exterior modifications must be approved by the BAR because the property is within an architectural design control district.
Staff in the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services issued a building permit in early March for the work, which included removing a ceiling with “asbestos-containing materials.”…