Three apartment buildings marketed to University of Virginia students sprung up on West Main Street in the 2010s, taking advantage of a zoning code from 2003 that encouraged residential density along major corridors.
On June 17, Charlottesville’s Board of Architectural Review had a first look at a proposal that would utilize a new zoning code that will prevent the many public hearings required for all three. Mitchell Matthews Architects & Planners submitted a preliminary plan to build 157 units in Fifeville just south of the railroad tracks.
“Our client, LCD Acquisitions, LLC is seeking to build new student housing, in full compliance with the City’s new Development Code on three contiguous parcels, 202, 204 and 208 7th Street SW,” reads the narrative for materials submitted for The Mark at Charlottesville…