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Preston Lake Urgent Care Center Under Construction |
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If you have drive by the Exxon at the corner of Stone Spring Road and Spotswood Trail lately you have likely seen the building under construction next door. That building will be... an Urgent Care Center. In the site plan submitted to the County it was called Preston Lake Urgent Care Center... ...though per the County tax records, the property is owned by MPB INC out of Norfolk, which seems to be a branch of Sentara. I'm sure more details will come to light as construction wraps up in the coming months. | |
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The Phoenix at Harrisonburg, A Senior Living Community, Viewed From Above |
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view a larger photo here If you have wondered what is being built at the intersection of Boyers Road and Stone Spring Road (on the opposite side of Stone Spring Road from Preston Lake) it's a Senior Living Community called The Phoenix at Harrisonburgwhich intends to open early next year. Per the the Phoenix Development Group Partners website, this community will include...
The community will also include "exterior amenities such as a bocce ball court, covered pavilion with fireplace and grill station, and three interior courtyards." | |
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Apartments That Look Like Townhouses Under Construction On Boyers Road |
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view a larger photo here In addition to the apartments under construction at Preston Lake, and the apartments on Boyers Road being built by Cosner Investments, there are yet more apartments being built on Boyers Road... The apartments -- or townhouses -- or apartments shown above are currently under construction almost directly across Boyers Road from Sentara RMH Medical Center. Each "townhouse" structure actually features two apartments -- one up, and one down. These townhouses are off of Congers Creek Road -- in fact, on the other side of Congers Creek Road from The Townes at Congers Creek, townhouses for sale built by a different developer. So, in conclusion, there are quite a few rental properties are under construction on Boyers Road. Per my best estimations, it looks like this...
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Apartment Complex Under Construction On Boyers Road |
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view a larger image here If you have drive along Boyers Road lately you may have wondered about the large building starting to be built near Preston Lake. As shown in the photo above, it is a series of buildings that will comprise a large apartment complex. This development, being built by Cosner Investments, would seem likely to be comprised of around 86 apartments as per the original plans proposed to Rockingham County. As described by the developer last year... "Specifically, Locust Grove Village will house no more than 86 individual condominiums containing a mixture of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units. Units will be clustered into four buildings of 20-22 units apiece, with a majority of these units having a townhouse style and appearance. Building corners will be comprised of six condominium units served by a common entry and stairwell. Each pair of buildings will encircle a central green, with each townhouse-style condo having direct access through their own private courtyard. Half of the corner units will have balconies/courtyards that face the common green (interior), while the other half will face the exterior." "The central greens will be improved with tasteful landscaping (mixture of trees and shrubbery), paved walkways, a central gazebo, charcoal grills, and benches, intended to promote resident interaction and sense of community. If desired by residents, allowances will be made for community gardens, to be maintained by the residents themselves, and thereby promoting a sense of pride and ownership within the community. Pedestrian connectivity between the greens will be provided through walkways and a mid-block crosswalk through the parking area." "In sum, Locust Grove Village is intended to serve a growing desirability for attractive, communal living opportunities within a rural setting. Through emphasis of common areas and promotion of interaction between residents, Locust Grove Village will position itself as the premier condominium-based community within Rockingham County." | |
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Preston Lake Apartments, A View From Above |
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view a larger image here If you haven't driven by (or flown by) lately... Construction is moving along steadily at Preston Lake Apartments -- a rental community being developed adjacent to Preston Lake at the intersection of Boyers Road and Stone Spring Road. Quite a few of the buildings are still being finished, but residents have been moving into the first buildings to have been completed. Find out more about renting a 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartment at Preston Lake Apartments here. | |
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102 Apartments Proposed On Apple Valley Road |
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Driving down Port Republic Road, from the County towards the City, you'll spot a tall apartment building on the left side of the road where you'd turn to go to Moe's Southwest Grill. This apartment complex -- Altitude Apartments -- opened in 2019 and features 140 apartments and a clubhouse. The current owner of Altitude Apartments is asking the County to rezone 2.7 acres of adjacent land to allow for an additional apartment building with 102 apartments on five levels. This new apartment building is planned to include:
The complex will be marketed towards undergraduate students, graduate students and young professionals. Below you'll see the existing building in yellow and the proposed new building in red... Finally, here's a rendering of what it will look like if you're standing next to the first building, looking down the road towards the new building... Find out more about this proposed development in the County's full rezoning packet here. | |
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95 New Townhouses Proposed At Massanutten Resort |
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view a larger image here Great Easter Resort Corporation, the developer at Massanutten Resort, has requested a rezoning of a parcel of land just under 10 acres to allow for 95 townhouses to be built near the intersection of Bloomer Springs Road and Resort Drive. Here's the proposed site layout... view a larger image here Find out more about this proposal by downloading the full rezoning request packet here. | |
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Townhouses in Phase 2 of The Townes at Congers Creek Now Available For Purchase |
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![]() The Townes at Congers Creek is a new townhouse development located in Rockingham County, across Boyers Road from Sentara RMH Medical Center. The first phase of the development included 26 townhouses, all of which are under contract or sold. A second phase of townhouses is now under development that will include 133 more townhouses in a few different styles... view a larger plat here The three styles of townhouses will include...
You can find pricing, availability, a site plan, standard features, available upgrades and more at CongersCreek.com. The first (10) townhouses at Congers Creek hit the market yesterday and it seems likely that (5) of those will be under contract by the end of the weekend. You can also email me with any questions you might have, as I am the Realtor representing the builder/developer. | |
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Preston Lake Apartments Now Available For Lease |
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view a larger map here After having been under construction for quite a while now, it seems that Preston Lake Apartments are now available for lease. These apartments were built by and are owned by a different developer than the developer who is building out Preston Lake. Here's an overview of the types of apartments that are available...
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The Phoenix at Harrisonburg, A Senior Living Community, Opening in Spring 2022 |
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view a larger map here A Senior Living Community called The Phoenix at Harrisonburg is opening early next year at the intersection of Stone Spring Road and Boyers Road, across Stone Spring Road from Preston Lake Apartments. Per the the Phoenix Development Group Partners website, this community will include...
The community will also include "exterior amenities such as a bocce ball court, covered pavilion with fireplace and grill station, and three interior courtyards." | |
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Further Details Of Cobblers Valley, The Latest Ryan Homes Community In Rockingham County |
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![]() Ryan Homes is currently building duplexes in McGaheysville (South Peak) and single family homes and townhomes in Grottoes (Shady Creek) and now they will be building more single family homes and townhomes in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Here's what we know so far... Here's the original (perhaps now out of date) plat of the neighborhood... view a larger jpg here The Ryan Homes website indicates that the single family homes will have garages... and yards... and will start in the low $300K's. TBD if that's $305K or $349K. ;-) Ryan Homes (via the current landowner) is asking the City approve a rezoning to allow for up to 40 townhomes to be built on the City's portion of the development. Here's the plat from the City Planning Commission's packet... view it larger here The full packet of information from the City Planning Commission can be downloaded here. In the County, Ryan Homes (via the current landowner) is asking permission to only limit their construction to 80 homes per year (instead of 40 homes per year) -- and they would not be planning to build townhomes until July 2022. You can see a bit of the site plan from Ryan Homes here... view it larger here You can download the full packet from the County Planning Commission here. | |
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22 Townhouses Proposed For Suter Street In Harrisonburg |
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![]() A property owner on Suter Street, in the City of Harrisonburg, is proposing to build 22 townhouses on a 2.03 acre parcel of land zoned R-2. The City of Harrisonburg Planning Commission will review this requested rezoning (R-2 to R-8C) on August 11, 2021. City staff recommends that this rezoning be approved. The owner of the property, Philip Yutzy, purchased the two acre tract of land and wants to develop the property into "an attractive family oriented neighborhood" with primarily duplexes and one triplex. The owner sites a lack of "affordable housing" and they plan to address it by building these townhomes to be priced between $200K and $270K. They anticipate that families earning $40K - $60K would be able to purchase these homes. Read all about this proposal in the City Planning Commission's packet here. | |
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460 Bedroom Student Housing Complex Proposed For Neff Avenue |
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![]() On August 11, 2021 the City of Harrisonburg Planning Commission will consider a request from Forbes Development to amend the proffers for a 5.44 acre parcel on Neff Avenue near its intersection with Port Republic Road. The property is currently zoned R-5C and the developer previously planned to build one, six-story mixed-use building with non-residential and multi-family residential units. The plan was for the building to include 16,000 SF of retail space such as restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores, clothing retailers, convenience stores, etc. When the developer had gone through the process of rezoning the property to R-5C and obtaining special use permits to allow for the construction of the above referenced project, the developer had referenced the building including a mix of (20) one bedroom apartments, (20) two bedroom apartments, (30) three bedroom apartments and (50) four bedroom apartments - which presumably might be student housing, or possibly not... Within a year of the rezoning and special use permits being approved, the developer began the further planning of the project but began to only reference including (100) four bedroom units -- which would clearly be designed to be entirely student housing. ![]() Now, however, the developer does not want to build the project as previously planned as a multi-family development -- with apartments over top of commercial / retail space. The developer is now asking the City for permission to amend the proffers to allow for the project to be a single six-story apartment building without any commercial or retail uses and they want the project to allow for more bedrooms in the apartments. The original proffers would have allowed for 400 bedrooms and the developer is now requesting permission to have 460 bedrooms in total. The developer indicates they are requesting the removal of the commercial/retail space because of changes in the commercial real estate market due to Covid. The developer does not seem to have spoken to their pivot from having 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom apartments -- to having almost all (104 of 126) four bedroom apartments. City staff does not recommend that these changes be approved because they do not believe more student housing is needed at this time. Planning Commission will now review this request and will forward their recommendation to City Council who will make the final decision about whether to allow these changes for another 460 bedrooms of student housing on Neff Avenue. Read up on more details of these proposed changes in the City Council packet here. | |
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Over 4,000 New Homes Are Under Construction Or Being Planned In Harrisonburg, Rockingham County |
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![]() From time to time I post information here on my blog about new neighborhoods or communities that are being developed. I thought it might be helpful to compile all of that information in one place. Here are the new communities where dirt is moving for a combined total of over 1,800 new homes...
Here are the new communities currently being planned with a combined total of over 2,300 new homes...
I have compiled an overview document that includes all of the communities listed above as well as...
You'll find all of this information by visiting HarrisonburgNewHomes.com. If you have information about other new communities not currently on my list, let me know. If you see something on my list that is incorrect -- please email me with additional information so that I can make the list more accurate. | |
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Yes, We Need More Townhouses To Be Built! |
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![]() When you see more townhouses being built -- or when you see plans being discussed for more townhouses to be built -- you might be thinking... What!? More townhouses!? Don't we have enough townhouses!? But if you ask nearly any local Realtor who has represented the seller of a townhouse in or near Harrisonburg in 2021 they will tell you... Yes, We Need More Townhouses To Be Built! Whenever a resale townhouse comes on the market it is almost always overwhelmed with showings in the first few days on the market -- and then the offers start coming in, fast and furious. Buyers are offering over asking price. Buyers are waiving inspection contingencies. Buyers are desperate to find a townhouse to buy. But yet, when there are 12 offers on a townhouse, the seller is only able to accept one of those offers. As a result, there are still 11 would-be townhouse buyers circling the market waiting on that next townhouse to become available. As quickly becomes evident, demand for townhouses FAR exceeds supply -- so... Yes, More Townhouses Need To Be Built! If I dialed in a bit further on this issue, I suppose I should point out that...
So, while it would be great to continue to see options over $250K, it would also be amazing to see new townhouse options much closer to $200K. | |
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155 Single Family Homes Proposed In New Neighborhood, Peak Mountain, In McGaheysville |
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view a larger plat here We might see up to 155 detached single family coming to McGaheysville soon, located between McGaheysville Road, Power Dam Road and Three Leagues Road. Four tracts of land totaling 41.99 acres are currently zoned A-1 and A-2 but the owner is proposing that the County rezone them PSF-C... Planned Single-family Residential with Conditions. This neighborhood of detached homes is planned to include 155 homes...
The neighborhood would also include a shared-use path. View all of the details in the Rezoning Case Report here. | |
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225 Townhomes, 175 Single Family Homes or Duplexes Planned For Cobblers Valley |
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view a larger jpg here A new neighborhood is under development on the south side of Harrisonburg, straddling the City / County line. As shown on the site plan above, this development will potentially include 225 townhomes and 175 single family homes or duplexes. Details are still scarce as to what exactly will be built on these lots, but if you drive by, you'll note that dirt is moving - presumably for the construction of roads and installation of water lines and sewer lines. Download the site plan here. | |
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265 (More) Apartments Planned For Stone Spring Road |
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Harman Realty and Stone Spring Holdings LLC are proposing to build 265 apartments in a development to be called EPOCH on Stone Spring Road, between The Overlook at Stone Spring and Squire Hill Apartments. These apartments would be built on the 17 acres shown above. The proposed site plan references cottages, townhouses and apartments -- but they all seem to be multiple dwelling units per building, so they might all feel like apartments? City staff recommends approval of this proposal, as does the Planning Commission. City Council will have the final say on the matter in the near future. ![]() | |
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34 Single Family Home and Duplex Lots Planned At Highview Estates, Just North of Harrisonburg City Line |
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view a larger map here Per recent versions of the Rockingham County Planning Commission meeting packets, a new development is being planned for Route 42 North -- just barely outside the City of Harrisonburg, The site plan currently on file with the County is shown below, though it is likely not the final site plan. Per the County's notes it is "awaiting corrections and resubmittal." The current version of the site plan shows (18) single family home lots and (16) duplex lots -- for a total of 34 homes. view a clearer plan here This is one of the many new residential developments in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County that are under construction or in planning phases as outlined here. | |
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New Residential Developments In Harrisonburg, Rockingham County |
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![]() As I hear about new developments being planned or proposed or approved, I'll add them to the list below. What am I missing or forgetting? CITY OF HARRISONBURG - PLANNED / PROPOSED Two41 (Blue Ridge Drive)
Stoney Ridge (South Main Street)
Juniper Hill Commons (Keezletown Road) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY - UNDER CONSTRUCTION Congers Creek Townhomes (Boyers Road)
Congers Creek Apartments (Boyers Road)
Crescent Ridge (Taylor Spring Lane)
Bridgewater Fields (Bridgewater)
Locust Grove Village (Boyers Road)
Preston Lake Apartments (Boyers Road)
Senior Living Facility (Boyers Road)
South Peak (McGaheysville) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY - PLANNED / PROPOSED Wingate Meadows (Pleasant Valley Road)
Boyers Crossing (Boyers Road)
Stoney Ridge (South Main Street)
Crownpoint Independent Living (Apple Valley Road)
Overbrook (McGaheysville)
The Ponds of Island Ford (McGaheysville)
Highview Estates (Harpine Highway)
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