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Data Center on North Main Street Sold for $59MM |
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![]() A large data center on North Main Street in Harrisonburg has been sold for 59 million dollars. Read the Daily News Record article for some context for the sale. Here is a summary of the recent history of this property....
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Construction is booming at the Reserve at Stone Port |
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![]() click here for a larger version of this photo If you haven't driven down Ridgedale Road lately, you might not have seen how construction is booming at the Reserve at Stone Port! This luxury apartment community is slated to open this Fall, and is described as follows on the Cathcart (developer) and Reserve at Stone Port (community) websites.... "The Reserve at Stone Port is a wonderful escape from the ordinary. Relax in an atmosphere appointed with luxury and comfort, where exceptional finishes and remarkable features outline each unique and spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartment homes. Experience extraordinary style, convenience, resort-style amenities, and an award-winning customer service team." ![]() The site plan (above) references amenities including a clubhouse, swimming pool, fire pit, hot tub, cabana, tot lot, putting green, sport court and dog park! There appear to be 1 BR, 2 BR and 3 BR options available, the floor plans for which are available online. | |
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Move In Day at the Harrisonburg Ice House |
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![]() I suppose it shouldn't surprise us any longer.... LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN HARRISONBURG! The very first residents move into the Harrisonburg Ice House yesterday, and (surprise! or not!) all of the apartments are already leased! A bit more context from today's issue of the Daily News Record.... "The first tenants moving in to the $10 million mixed-use development's 34 apartments marked the beginning of a new phase in the life of the building along South Liberty and West Bruce streets. JMU already has offices in the building, and developers are hoping to finish most of the remaining commercial and office space by the year's end."View photos from move in day on the Matchbox Downtown blog. Read today's Daily News Record article about the Ice House. | |
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Bridgewater College purchasing Crimson Inn |
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![]() Bridgewater College is purchasing the Crimson Inn, located on Main Street in Bridgewater - to use as occasional overflow housing. They are not planning to house students at the Crimson Inn this semester. Read all of the details in today's Daily News Record article. | |
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Site of new Grocery Store on Mt Clinton Pike |
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![]() click here for a larger image The rezoning was approved for a new grocery store at the corner of North Main Street and Mt. Clinton Pike. The image below shows the intended layout of the site. ![]() From the July 9, 2014 Daily News Record article.... City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request Tuesday night that paves the way for a grocery store to be built at Mount Clinton Pike and North Main Street, perhaps by next spring. | |
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Port Republic Road Development Update |
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![]() click here to view a larger version of this image Construction is booming on Port Republic Road in the vicinity of the Sentara RMH Medical Center, to include....
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Will Hotel Madison ever be built in Harrisonburg? |
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![]() If Hotel Madison is built in the location shown above, it is likely to be without any financial support from the City of Harrisonburg. A private developer, JMU and the City of Harrisonburg have been negotiating for months on details of a potential partnership between the three entities to build a hotel and conference center on the site shown above -- but that deal has now apparently fallen apart. The developer was asking for $10 million towards the conference center construction, which would be a part of the overall $40 million cost of the entire project. Per today's Daily News Record article, after nearly every detail was in place, the City made a few changes to the draft memorandum of understanding, and the JMU Foundation could not agree to those changes. The developer indicates that the project will not be able to move forward without the now unlikely private-public partnership. Read more in today's Daily News Record article, or catch up on how this all played out....
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JMU to purchase 60 acres of land previously intended to be privately developed as student housing? |
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![]() It would seem that JMU will be buying this 60 acre parcel on South Main Street that was originally intended to be privately developed as student housing. Per the Daily News Record (June 7, 2014).... James Madison spokesman Bill Wyatt said that while the university has no immediate plans for the property, the board is buying it to add flexibility to shuffle the school's auxiliary, nonacademic services away from the center of campus, and create space for future facilities.Read the full DNR article here. Read about the 466 apartments that were originally going to be built on this land here. | |
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Sentara to open Primary Care Facility in Bridgewater? |
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![]() Sentara may soon open a primary care facility in Bridgewater, and they have an option to purchase an 8 acre parcel of land owned by the Town of Bridgewater located on Dinkel Avenue as shown above. Town Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on the potential sale at its regular meeting, which will be held at 7:30 p. m. at 201 Green St. Read all the details in the Daily News Record article. | |
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30.4 Acres on Boyers Road Sold for $1.05 Million |
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![]() click here for a larger version of this map Massanetta Springs, Inc. sold 30.4 acres on Boyers Road last week for $1,050,000. I have not yet heard of how or when this land will be developed, but it was purchased by the owner of several other development properties....
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Beautiful Water Filled Quarry in Harrisonburg |
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![]() Tucked away over on Linda Lane (and Smithland Road) is this beautiful body of water. Who knows, maybe there will eventually be a mixed use development around it!? | |
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Rezoning Approved for 8 Acre Commercial Development on Port Republic Road |
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![]() As suspected a few years ago, the location of the new hospital (now Sentara RMH Medical Center) did indeed bring with it plenty of additional commercial (and residential) development in its immediate vicinity. Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning request for "Coffman's Corner" -- a new commercial development intended to be developed at the intersection of Stone Spring Road and Port Republic Road, and with frontage on Ridgedale Road. It is a small, and somewhat irregularly shaped piece of land, so much so that it won't have a VDOT road system -- it will have private roads, maintained by a Property Owners Association. County staff approved this rezoning in February 2014, and the Planning Commission on March 4, 2014. This property is across the street (more or less) from The Reserve at Stoneport, an upscale apartment complex currently being constructed. Per the developer's narrative....
Board OKs Land For Development (Daily News Record, March 28, 2014) Details from the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors Agenda Packet | |
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Major Developments in Downtown Harrisonburg (2007 through 2013) |
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![]() Context is everything --- and the map above provides a great snapshot of major developments taking place over the past seven years (2007-2013) in downtown Harrisonburg. Exciting times for downtown Harrisonburg! Click here for a larger version of the map above. This map is from the Harrisonburg's Downtown Streetscape Plan, a 36 MB, 89-page PDF that can be found here. | |
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Ice House in Downtown Harrisonburg to feature brewery, jewelry manufacturing facility |
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![]() Construction is under way on the Ice House in downtown Harrisonburg, to feature apartments, office space, and more. Earlier this week, City Council approved two special use permits for the Ice House earlier this week, one for a jewelry manufacturing business (6000 SF, to include retail and showroom space), and the second for a brewery (9000 SF, to include a tasting room and bottling distribution section). Read more about it in the March 13, 2014 Daily News Record article. | |
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Townhouses at Preston Lake |
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![]() click the image for a larger version Kensington Model (22' wide): floor plans -- starting at $289,990 Manchester Model (24' wide): floor plans -- starting at $294,990 Townhouses are under construction at Preston Lake, anticipated to start in the $280K price range. I took a quick ride through Preston Lake yesterday to see how things are looking.... ![]() The townhouses have been delivered! Well, at least the walls have. The townhouses will apparently be built with pre-framed walls. ![]() If you haven't already seen it, this is Preston Lake's model home. ![]() The upgraded entrances to Preston Lake are certainly looking good. ![]() There is even a new wall along Massanetta Springs Road that provides a bit more definition to the community. ![]() Finally, construction is almost complete on the bridge across the end of the expanded lake. For more information about Preston Lake, feel free to email me at scott@HarrisonburgHousingToday.com or call me at 540-578-0102. | |
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Luxury apartments to be built on Port Republic Road |
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![]() The Reserve at Belvedere, as shown above, is a project the Cathcart Group recently completed in Charlottesville. They have now begun work on the first 168 apartments. Per today's Daily News Record:
Today's Daily News Record article: Luxury Complex Coming My prior story about The Reserve: The Reserve at Stoneport seemingly one (significant) step closer to reality The Cathcart Group's January 2014 press release: Cathcart Group to break ground on Luxury Apartment Community The location of The Reserve at Stone Port.... ![]() This appears to be the layout of the community.... ![]() click here for a larger version | |
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The Village at Chicago Park approved for development |
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![]() Earlier this month, City Council approved a proposed project on Chicago Avenue that will include 15 residences --- 9 single family homes and six duplexes. ![]() Per the developers narrative provided to the Planning Commission.... The Village at Chicago Park intent is for environmentally friendly, relatively small mixed residential development with single-story and two-story homes with footprints from 1,500 sq-ft to 2,100 sq-ft under roof. ![]() Click here to review all of the details from the developer's presentation to the Planning Commission. | |
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Housing at the new Ice Factory |
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![]() From the Matchbox Realty blog.... The Ice Factory is one of Harrisonburg's most exciting 2014 projects. The project features over 130,000 square feet of mixed use (commercial/residential) space offering a unique mix of both recreational and living space.View more details (and fun photos) here.... Ice Factory overview | |
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The Reserve at Stoneport seemingly one (significant) step closer to reality |
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![]() Per my prior reports, The Reserve at Stoneport may be one of the first new residential developments close to the new hospital location. Original indications were that The Reserve at Stoneport would consist of 396 apartment homes on 21.8 acres. On the last day of 2013, 11.166 of those acres transferred from the land development company (Stoneleigh Associates, LLC) to what would appear to be the developer who will build this community (The Reserve at Stone Port I, LLC). This 11.166 acre parcel sold for $1,500,000 --- or $134,336 per acre. Click here for a larger version of the map shown above. Click here for the Owners Consent that shows the specific location of these 11.166 acres. The image shown below is a rendering of The Reserve at Stoneport that was available as of October 2012. Stay tuned for updated information as it becomes available. ![]() These were the prior details of The Reserve at Stoneport that are no longer available on the Stoneport web site, but are likely still indicative of the general direction that this development will take....
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Update on Hotel Madison |
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![]() A 205-room hotel and 21,000 SF conference center might be built on South Main Street between Grace Street and Cantrell Avenue through a public-private partnership. This $40 million project could result in over $1 million in tax revenues for the City during its first year of operations per a feasibility study recently provided to the City. The City of Harrisonburg is being asked to pay for $10 million of the project, which would cover the cost of the conference center. The developer would build the hotel and conference center on JMU-owned land in the location described and shown above. As a side note, this is being described as a downtown hotel and conference center --- though the corner of Cantrell Avenue and South Main Street doesn't quite seem downtown to me --- or to the creators of the downtown maps. Read more about this project....
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