There is a trend of late in Albemarle County for developers to return to the Community Development Department to amend previous rezonings and request that commercial space be swapped out for more residential units.
For instance, in April the Board of Supervisors approved a request from Great Eastern Management Company to add more than 700 places to live at North Pointe for a total of 1,600 units. Last September, they agreed to Riverbend Development’s rezoning to add another 300 units at Brookhill for a total of 1,850.
Now United Land Corporation has asked for a rezoning of the southern portion of Hollymead Town Center to provide between 1,500 and 2,400 new units in an area preparing for the arrival of AstraZeneca and the continuing expansion of the UVA North Fork Discovery park…