Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville publishes its whole roll free under CC BY 4.0, and it shows a university town: UVA holds $2.34B of the $16.2B roll, led by its $942M hospital parcel.
9 buildings · 9 with an owner established · 19 sources · 7 tier A · 2 tier B · prepared 2026-11-03
Can you find out who owns it?
Virginia records title by deed, and Charlottesville, an independent city surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County, keeps its deeds at the Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk. The City Assessor values every parcel each year, and the City publishes the roll on its open-data portal under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence: owner of record and mailing address for every parcel and condominium unit, current assessed value, and a sales history with date, price and deed book/page. Virginia will not record a deed unless the consideration is stated on its first page, which is why prices appear. Deed images are online only through the Clerk's third-party vendor, pay-per-view.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchOwner of record free on the City's open-data portal. Deed images: Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk via a third-party vendor (US Land Records) 'on a pay-per-view basis'; vendor's price not read. By statute a clerk may charge a remote-access subscriber fee not exceeding $50 per month, or a convenience fee not exceeding $2 per transaction, plus a per-image fee (Code of Virginia 17.1-276). Recordation tax 25 cents per $100; grantor tax 50 cents per $500
Bulk ownership dataCity of Charlottesville open data (gisweb.charlottesville.org OpenData_1/OpenData_2 MapServer, mirrored on opendata.charlottesville.org): 'Parcel Owner Points' (15,805 points, one per parcel or condo unit, owner name and mailing address, current assessed value) plus 'Real Estate (Sales)', 'Commercial Details' and 'Residential Details'; CC BY 4.0
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UVA University Hospital (UVA Medical Center) 1215 Lee St |
Institutional | The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia The City roll lists parcel 100116000 (20.91 ac) to 'THE RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA', 2026 value $942,459,100, the highest-assessed parcel in Charlottesville and 5.8% of the whole roll. Commercial details give eight-storey building records, year built 2019 (s8). Last recorded instrument 13 Jun 2025 (book 2025:1504), no price. Wikipedia (s9) gives 645 beds and a Level I trauma centre. The Rector & Visitors is the University's governing board, a state body. |
Government | —A |
| Barracks Road Shopping Center 1117 Emmet St N 487,000 sq ft |
Retail | Federal Realty Investment Trust Roll parcel 010001000 (44.47 ac; legal description '39.77 ACRES BARRACKS ROAD SHOPPING CENTER') owned by 'FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST', 2026 value $166,743,800, the highest privately owned parcel in the City. FRT's 2025 10-K (s10) lists Barracks Road, built 1958, acquired 1985, 487,000 sq ft, 91% leased, $29.95 average rent, anchors Harris Teeter and Kroger. Latest instrument 29 Apr 2025, no price. |
REIT | —A |
| Omni Charlottesville Hotel 212 Ridge McIntire Rd 173,868 sq ft (roll, 3 building records) · 7 floors |
Hotel | Omni Charlottesville Virginia Corp Roll parcel 330155L00, 4.39 ac, legal description '4.386 ACRES VINEGAR HILL', owner 'OMNI CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA CORP', 2026 value $46,751,200. Commercial details: seven storeys, built 1985 (s8). Sales history from s3. The hotel brand is identified from the owner name; the roll does not name the hotel. |
Private company | $9,600,000 1985-04 Roll sale 30 Apr 1985, deed book 462:487. Two further instruments 24 Jun 2004: $11,550,000 and $3,151,500. A |
| Pavilion apartments at Georgetown 2101 Arlington Blvd |
Residential | KRE UP III Pavilion Owner LLC Roll parcel 060001110, legal description 'PARCELS 1 & 2 GEORGETOWN', owner 'KRE UP III PAVILION OWNER LLC', 2026 value $118,886,400, apartment use code 220; buildings dated 2014 in commercial details (s8). The same 'KRE UP III' naming holds Wertland Square ($24.4M) and Jefferson Commons ($10.5M) on the roll. Who stands behind KRE UP III is not stated by any source opened. Sales from s3. |
Private company | $113,500,000 2021-12 Roll sale 29 Dec 2021, deed book 2021:6365. Previous priced sale $88,500,000 on 6 Feb 2017 (2017:461). A |
| Student apartments, 852-854 West Main Street 852-854 W Main St |
Residential | Charlottesville VA Student Housing DST Roll parcel 300003000, owner 'CHARLOTTESVILLE VA STUDENT HOUSING DST', 2026 value $109,035,700; built 2014 (s8). The 2025 sale is the largest priced transfer in the City's sales file for 2025. Sales from s3. |
Private company | $107,000,000 2025-10 Roll sale 9 Oct 2025, deed book 2025:2615. Prior priced sale $77,500,000 on 4 Nov 2016 (2016:4277). A |
| 240 West Main Street (nine-storey office, 2020) 240 W Main St 172,725 sq ft (roll, 3 building records) · 9 floors |
Office | Brands Hatch LLC Roll parcel 280001000 (0.98 ac, 'LOT & PAR Y'), owner 'BRANDS HATCH LLC', 2026 value $83,685,700, the most valuable office parcel in the City; built 2020, up to nine storeys (s8). Instruments 2019-2023 carry no price. Hourigan's 2019 note (s19) records site work for the CODE (Center of Developing Entrepreneurs) building on the Downtown Mall; no opened source ties that name to this address, so the name is not asserted. |
Private company | —A |
| Albemarle County Office Building (former Lane High School) 401 McIntire Rd |
Civic | County of Albemarle The County's seat of government sits inside the independent City (s18). Roll parcel 350134000, 14.62 ac, owner 'COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE', 2026 value $33,923,200; building records dated 1941, 117,270 sq ft (s8). Wikipedia (s11) identifies 401 McIntire Road as Lane High School, now the Albemarle County Office Building. The County also owns 901 Rose Hill Dr (17.66 ac, $26.5M) and, jointly with the City, nine court and office parcels on Park St and E High St. |
Government | $800,000 1978-06 Roll sale 30 Jun 1978, deed book 394:112. B |
| 3Twenty3 323 2nd St SE |
Office | 3Twenty3 Owner, LLC Roll parcel 280113001 (0.74 ac, 'PARCEL D'), owner '3TWENTY3 OWNER, LLC', 2026 value $53,855,300, office use code 344; at $73M an acre one of the three most valuable private sites per acre in the City. Later instruments (2018-2023) carry no price. Sales from s3. |
Private company | $5,426,389 2018-10 Roll sale 25 Oct 2018, deed book 2018:4086 (the site, before construction). A |
| Charlottesville High School 1400 Melbourne Rd |
Institutional | City of Charlottesville School Board Roll parcel 43A001000, 42.4 ac ('PARCELS A & B PARK MILL'), owner 'CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE SCHOOL BOARD', 2026 value $47,307,500, the School Board's largest holding. Wikipedia (s12) places the high school at 1400 Melbourne Road, opened 1974. |
Government | —B |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
Charlottesville's most valuable ground is the University hospital, not the Downtown Mall. All figures from the City's 2026 roll (s1).
Highest assessed parcel$942,459,100
UVA University Hospital, 1215 Lee St, 20.91 ac, The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (2026 roll).
Whole roll, 2026 value$16.17B across 15,804 parcels and condo units
Sum of CurrentAssessedValue including exempt property; public bodies hold $3.52B of it (2026 roll).
Downtown (DX zone)$767.1M across 408 parcels
Parcels zoned DX, the Downtown Mall and its blocks (2026 roll).
Highest value per acre$192M an acre
1204 W Main St, UVA, $202.0M on 1.05 ac; the highest private figures are 240 W Main St ($85M/ac) and 323 2nd St SE ($73M/ac) (2026 roll).
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
The University dominates. The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia holds 99 parcels worth $2.34B, one-seventh of the City's $16.2B roll, and with the UVA Foundation 125 parcels. The City is the largest holder by acreage (parks and school sites), and public bodies together hold $3.5B, about 22% of the roll. Albemarle County, the surrounding county, keeps its government inside the City. Railroads and utilities hold only slivers of the roll. Counts are points on the City's 2026 roll (s1): one per parcel or condominium unit; acreage is the roll's lot area, so condominium and some apartment parcels add none. Private individuals on the roll are not named.
| Name | Type | Parcels / 2026 value / acres |
|---|---|---|
| The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia Largest parcels: the hospital at 1215 Lee St ($942.5M, 20.9 ac), 1204 W Main St ($202.0M on 1.05 ac, the highest value per acre in the City), 200 Jeanette Lancaster Way ($121.9M), 600 Massie Rd ('80 AC JAG SCHOOL', $140.8M) and 101 Emmet St N ($82.6M, legal description '128.82 ACRES'). UVA's main Grounds, Scott Stadium (s15) and the arena lie largely outside the City in Albemarle County. |
Government | 99 parcels, $2,339.7M, 254.4 acA |
| University of Virginia Foundation The University's real-estate foundation, separately titled from the Rector & Visitors on the roll. |
Institution | 26 parcels, $48.9M, 14.3 acA |
| City of Charlottesville The largest holder by area. Largest: 145.18 ac at 345 250 Bypass ($164.7M), Pen Park at 1300-1400 Pen Park Rd (266.7 ac, $109.6M), 18.87 ac at 1000 Cherry Ave ($86.2M), 120 7th St NE ($41.6M), 500 E Market St ($26.7M) and 605 E Main St ($26.4M). A further nine parcels ($79.3M, 6.4 ac) are titled jointly 'CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE & COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE', including 350 Park St ($32.0M, bought for $5,375,000 in 2005 per s3). |
Government | 149 parcels, $704.8M, 793.0 acA |
| City of Charlottesville School Board Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne Rd (42.4 ac, $47.3M; s12), 1645 Cherry Ave (17.35 ac, $42.8M) and elementary sites on 14th St NW, Belmont Ave, Long St and Greenbrier Dr. |
Government | 7 parcels, $142.0M, 90.3 acA |
| Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority 38 parcels titled to the Authority and 30 titled 'CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT & HOUSING AUTHORITY'; includes five apartment-class parcels worth $48.0M and 45 single-family or duplex parcels. |
Government | 68 parcels, $89.0M, 20.7 acA |
| County of Albemarle 401 McIntire Rd, the County Office Building (14.62 ac, $33.9M; s11), 901 Rose Hill Dr (17.66 ac, $26.5M) and 1200 Forest St (6.33 ac, $6.2M). |
Government | 3 parcels, $66.6M, 38.6 ac (plus 9 held jointly with the City)A |
| United States of America 1155 Seminole Trail ('PARCEL D-1 PEYTON PROPERTY', 9.49 ac, $31.6M, use code 581) and 1634 Cherry Ave (3.19 ac, $1.6M). |
Government | 2 parcels, $33.2M, 12.7 ac (plus 1 HUD-titled house)A |
| Piedmont Housing Alliance Non-profit affordable-housing developer; the largest non-profit holder after the housing authority. |
Institution | 37 parcels, $19.1M, 5.0 acA |
| Commonwealth of Virginia Largest is 1102 Monticello Rd (1.59 ac, $8.4M, use code 494). |
Government | 3 parcels, $8.9M, 2.5 acA |
| CSX; Norfolk Southern The roll carries only small 'RAILROAD LOT' parcels (CSX 4, Norfolk Southern 3); operating rail corridors are not assessed locally in this file. |
Public company | 7 railroad lots, $0.5M, 0.7 acA |
| Virginia Electric & Power Company; Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Dominion's operating company holds four parcels, including 10.086 ac at 1719 Hydraulic Rd and lots in Locust Grove, all assessed at $0; the regional water authority holds 0.45 ac on Chesapeake St ($376,400). |
Public company | 5 parcels, $0.4MA |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Charlottesville is a built-out independent city, and new housing is now mostly apartments: the Census Bureau counts 53 single-family permits in 2025 against 834 units in four buildings of five or more units (s13), after just 25 single-family and 24 multi-family units in 2024. The City roll's dwelling file records 103 homes with year built 2023-2026 (s17). The open roll has no grantor field, so builders are counted by lots and new homes they hold now (s1). Builders whose company name is a person's full name are left out.
| Name | Type | Parcels held (2026 roll) |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley Martin Homes, LLC All in the Azalea Springs subdivision off Huntsman Run Ct, most still valued as unbuilt lots ($0.2M in total). The largest builder holding on the roll. |
Developer | 46 lots, 6.2 acA |
| KeyVA Coopers Row, LLC Cooper's Row subdivision (Cask Ct, Barrel Ct); the open-space parcel at 120 Barrel Ct changed hands for $7,410,000 in 2025 (s3), the second-largest priced sale of the year. |
Developer | 76 lotsA |
| CB North, LLC Unsold or rented units in Carlton Bridge Condo, 1000 Linden Ave. |
Developer | 47 condominium units, $6.2MA |
| Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority Redeveloping its public-housing sites; see landowners. |
Government | 68 parcelsA |
| Piedmont Housing Alliance; Greater Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Non-profit builders. Habitat's nine include Habitat Carlton Alliance, LLC and Habitat 991 Fifth Street LLC. |
Institution | 37 and 9 parcelsA |
| Flint Rock Builders, LLC; Glacier Homes VA LLC; Lochlyn Hill Development Group, LLC Small infill builders; Flint Rock holds three homes dated 2022-2026 in the dwelling file (s17). |
Private company | 4, 3 and 4 parcelsA |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
One listed REIT, Federal Realty, owns the City's biggest private parcel, Barracks Road. Beyond it, purpose-built student housing near UVA on West Main, Wertland and Jefferson Park Ave is the most valuable private property class, owned through single-asset LLCs and a statutory trust. Downtown offices are held by single-building LLCs. Figures are 2026 City roll values (s1); entity families are grouped by the name on the roll, not by any stated common control.
| Name | Type | Parcels / 2026 value |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Realty Investment Trust Barracks Road Shopping Center, acquired 1985, 91% leased (FRT 10-K, s10). |
REIT | 1 parcel, $166.7M; 487,000 sq ftA |
| KRE UP III entities (Pavilion Owner; Wertland Square Owner; Jefferson Commons Owner LLC) Pavilion at 2101 Arlington Blvd bought for $113.5M in Dec 2021 (s3). |
Private company | 3 apartment parcels, $153.8MA |
| Neighborhood Investments entities (-WS, -PL, -1910, -PC, -CV, -RC, -FA) The largest private holder by parcel count among landlords: student apartments at 1025-1213 Wertland St ($52.0M) and 1601 Grady Ave ($20.9M), plus 24 single-family houses and commercial lots on Jefferson Park Ave. |
Private company | 129 parcels, $167.2M, 23.4 acA |
| Charlottesville VA Student Housing DST 852-854 W Main St, bought for $107M on 9 Oct 2025 (s3). |
Private company | 1 parcel, $109.0MA |
| 853 West Main, LLC; Pavilion, LLC; Coal Tower Associates, LLC; Fifth Street Associates, LLC 853 W Main St ($108.2M), 301-307 15th St NW ($109.3M), City Walk at 1000-4000 City Walk Way ($88.1M), 100 Dalton Ln ($70.2M); each a single-asset owner on the roll. |
Private company | 4 apartment complexes, $375.8MA |
| Shamrock entities (Shamrock Corporation; Shamrock Breco; 128 Shamrock; others) Apartments on Jefferson Park Ave and Stadium Rd near UVA. |
Private company | 18 parcels, $36.7M, 19.5 acA |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Whether 240 W Main St (Brands Hatch LLC) is the CODE building: search results say so, but no opened source states the address.
- City Hall: the City owns 605 E Main St ($26.4M, 1.15 ac, acquired 1955 for $35,000 per the sales file), but no opened City page states that City Hall is at that address (the City directory page did not render the address).
- John Paul Jones Arena and Scott Stadium are UVA-owned (s16, s15) but are not identified on the City roll; Scott Stadium's address is in Albemarle County, so both likely sit outside the City's tax roll.
- Who controls the KRE UP III, Neighborhood Investments and Shamrock entities: no filing or company page was opened.
- No conflict-of-interest or council record linking a holding to an office holder was checked; civic is empty.
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Sources
- Parcel Owner Points (City of Charlottesville): one point per parcel or condominium unit with OwnerName, OwnerAddress, UseCode, Zone, LotSquareFeet, CurrentAssessedValue, CurrentTaxYear; 15,805 features; read 3 Nov 2026 — City of Charlottesville (City Assessor / NDS) via gisweb.charlottesville.org · openA
- Parcel Owner Points item: 'This layer represents the most recent parcels as recorded through deeds for the City... Since some parcels have multiple owners (e.g. Condos), this data set includes a point feature representing each'; licence CC BY 4.0 — City of Charlottesville via ArcGIS Online · openA
- Real Estate (Sales): 'transfer (sales) history for parcels' with ParcelNumber, SaleAmount, SaleDate, BookPage; licence CC BY 4.0 — City of Charlottesville via gisweb.charlottesville.org · openA
- Circuit Court Online Resources: 'Please visit the US Land Records website for information on how to remotely access our public court records, as provided through a 3rd party vendor, on a pay-per-view basis' — City of Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk · openA
- Code of Virginia 58.1-802: grantor tax 50 cents for each $500; no deed admitted to record unless 'the amount of the consideration is stated on the first page' — Virginia General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · openA
- Code of Virginia 58.1-801: state recordation tax '25 cents on every $100' of the consideration or actual value, whichever is greater — Virginia General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · openA
- Code of Virginia 17.1-276: subscriber fee 'not to exceed $50 per month'; or a 'convenience fee that shall not exceed $2 per transaction for remote access to land records' plus a per-image fee — Virginia General Assembly (Legislative Information System) · openA
- Real Estate (Commercial Details): GrossArea, NumberOfStories, YearBuilt, UseCode per building record — City of Charlottesville via gisweb.charlottesville.org · openA
- University of Virginia Medical Center: infobox 'Location Charlottesville, Virginia ... Level I trauma center Beds 645 ... Founded 1901' — Wikipedia · openA
- Federal Realty Investment Trust Form 10-K for 2025 (filed 12 Feb 2026), property table row: 'Barracks Road Charlottesville, VA 22905 1958 1985 487,000 $29.95 91% Harris Teeter Kroger Anthropologie Old Navy Ulta Michaels' — Federal Realty Investment Trust via SEC EDGAR · openA
- Lane High School (Charlottesville): 'Lane High School in its modern incarnation as the Albemarle County Office Building Location 401 McIntire Road'; opened 1940, closed 1974 — Wikipedia · openA
- Charlottesville High School: 'Location 1400 Melbourne Road Charlottesville, VA 22901'; opened 1974 — Wikipedia · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual county-level files 2025 and 2024 (co2025a.txt, co2024a.txt): Charlottesville (Independent City), FIPS 51-540 - 2025: 53 one-unit buildings ($16.8M), 1 two-unit, 4 buildings of 5+ units with 834 units ($209.1M); 2024: 25 one-unit, 4 buildings/24 units of 5+ — US Census Bureau · openA
- Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport: infobox 'Owner Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority ... Location Albemarle County, VA'; FY2025 passengers 720,856 — Wikipedia · openA
- Scott Stadium: 'Address 1815 Stadium Road Albemarle County, VA'; on the University of Virginia's Grounds — Wikipedia · openA
- John Paul Jones Arena: 'a multi-purpose arena owned by the University of Virginia'; opened 2006; operator ASM Global — Wikipedia · openA
- Real Estate (Residential Details): YearBuilt, style, finished area per dwelling record (15,134 rows) — City of Charlottesville via gisweb.charlottesville.org · openA
- Charlottesville, Virginia: 'an independent city in Virginia ... It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities' — Wikipedia · openA
- Site Work Underway for the CODE Building in the Charlottesville Downtown Mall (12 Jul 2019): 'Site work and mass excavation are underway for the Center of Developing Entrepreneurs (CODE)' — Hourigan · openA