CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A funding snag has brought the mixed-use development, where a grocery store is also desired, to a halt at 501 Cherry Ave., according to City Manager Sam Sanders.
Updating City Council on what will be needed toward affordable housing needs in the next city budget, Sanders said, “There is a gap, there has been considerable effort to work to eliminate the gap that exists which is why there’s been no movement at the site.”
City Council approved a rezoning for the development back in March, and the effort to construct a grocery store on the site predates that decision as developers conceived the project…