Taking Residence: $25mm hotel targets Random Row site
Even before the Landmark mess gets sorted out, a developer has made plans to build a new hotel in Charlottesville that will transform a high-profile corner of West Main Street where a funky used-book store and other businesses have set up shop.
A Marriott extended-stay Residence Inn, comprising seven stories around an interior courtyard standing atop an underground parking area, would be one of the largest buildings ever built in Charlottesville at about 113,000 square feet of space under roof. The developer is Charles Wendell of Virginia Inn Management Inc., and he says Charlottesville's in for a treat.
June 7th, 2012 issue #1123
Landmark move: Hotel shell bids due in early June
As Williamsburg-area officials prepare one Halsey Minor mansion for sale and as the embattled internet financier himself tries to unload his San Francisco version of the Petit Trianon along with his sprawling Fox Ridge Farm in Western Albemarle, a moldering eyesore on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall joins the property parade. Bids are due soon in the auction of the unfinished Landmark hotel.
News
Charlottesville 3: Capitol steps protesters dislike the deal
Two Charlottesville women are reluctantly leaning toward accepting a plea agreement in a high-profile body-rights protest case, while a third indicates she plans to reject ...
Condemned land: Council okays eminent domain for Parkway
The long-planned Meadow Creek Parkway has overcome two hurdles in the past week that would allow construction of the interchange to begin in January. A federal judge reject...
Crozet wrinkle: Eyed for re-do, Barnes lumberyard skids
Eighteen months ago, Crozet was abuzz at the news that J. Bruce Barnes Lumber in the heart of the village would be redeveloped into a pedestrian mall. Today the town is stu...
Mural-sized photographs by Bruce Gilden get applied to the side of the Regal cinema on the Downtown Mall by a team of volunteers on the morning of Thursday, May 31. The Cha...
Indicted: Officer who pumped bullets into motorist charged
It took nearly four months for the case to reach this point, but a grand jury has handed down a multi-count murder indictment against Daniel Harmon-Wright, the Culpeper tow...
Jennifer Stuart: She's the Paramount Idol winner
On the same night that semi-shaven fellow with similar first and last names won the eleventh season of American Idol, a Central Virginian was named the winner of the Paramo...
Wet capsule: Soggy city memorabilia retrieved at opening
If any water-proofing sealants had been applied to the Charlottesville time capsule dug up Sunday afternoon, they weren't evident during the public ceremony at which an arr...
A six-foot swath of blood drops splattered on the Downtown Mall bricks near the crossing at Second Street greeted people Thursday morning. Police had not responded to an in...
Made in Louisa: Unique Asian near Walmart
If you're ever up near the Lowe's or Walmart at Zion Crossroads– and you should check both out for the sheer drop in prices compared to Charlottesville locations̵...
A samaritan who plucked a newborn fawn that had been wandering amid the traffic of Mint Springs Road near Crozet directs a trio of girls to return the errant youth to its m...
The Dish
After Jefferson: Leahy pens history of Virginia wine
Richard Leahy, who helped launch Wine Made Simple over the Townside Shopping Center on Ivy Road, has penned a book: Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Win...
Here come da judge: Broad Appétit showcases Richmond eats
On Sunday, June 3 the Hook had a chance to sample the signature dishes of 62 Richmond restaurants that were participating in Broad Appétit, the 5th annual gathering of res...
Hot oil: Grease creates a lucrative new crime
Back in the day, when John Spagnolo was in the restaurant business, he remembers having to pay to get rid of used cooking oil. "Then they began taking it away for free," sa...
Pub hub: Mall burger bar set to open Friday
This Friday, June 8 the Citizen Burger Bar makes its debut on the Downtown Mall. Owner Andy McClure has been busy renovating the space formerly occupied by Siips Wine &...
Essays
1964 epiphany: The day the curtain pulled back
The scales fell from my eyes one day when I was twelve years old, as I looked away from the priest, scanned the appalled faces of the girls seated around me and thought…by Janis Jaquith
Facetime
Indie artist: Musical Oldham finally tackles film acting
Local musician Ned Oldham's artistic journey has been a quirky and interesting one–- punk rocker, psychedelic groove maker, college and middle school teacher, writing...
Walk-in doc: FirstMed hits 51,000th patient mark
Thirteen years ago, William G. "Gaines" Talbott and his family took a big risk, selling their home to purchase UVA's urgent care unit on Pantops without a single patient li...
