The Albemarle Planning Commission has recommended approval of a request from Great Eastern Management Company to allow more townhomes at its North Pointe development near the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport.
The Board of Supervisors originally rezoned the 269-acre property in 2006 to allow up to 893 residential units and more than 837,000 square feet of commercial space. Development got underway in 2021 after years of infrastructure work and after new rules on stormwater management from the federal government and the Virginia Department of Environment Quality.
“There are areas that now we can’t build product on because we can’t fill the streams and we can’t impound the streams,” said David Mitchell, construction manager for GEMC. “So we have to respect the new regulations, and that’s part of why we’re here.”…