Builder bows out: 3,000 houses later, Wade ends an era
With the real estate slump and glut of new houses on the market, it probably comes as no surprise that one of Charlottesville's many builders has decided to get out of the biz. But few in the home building community could have predicted the first to go would be one of Charlottesville's most prominent.
In late October, after 42 years and nearly 3,000 houses built around the area, Randy Wade, founder and owner of R.D. Wade Builder, announced, "We have informed our employees that we will discontinue homebuilding as of January 31, 2008."
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