Danville, Virginia
In Danville the Caesars Virginia casino on the old Schoolfield mill site is assessed at $597.8 million, about 15% of the whole $4.01 billion city roll; the City itself is the largest landowner, and the housing authority the largest holder by parcel count.
9 buildings · 9 with an owner established · 14 sources · 5 tier B · 4 tier A · prepared 2026-11-04
Virginia records title by deed, and Danville, an independent city outside Pittsylvania County, keeps its deeds at the Danville Circuit Court Clerk on Patton Street. The City's Real Estate division appraises every parcel and 'maintains current ownership and mailing address information', and the City's own GIS server publishes the whole roll free and queryable: owner of record, mailing address, land and building values, and the last sale with date, price and deed book/page. The City also posts its taxable and exempt land books as PDFs every year back to 2007. The Clerk's remote land-records access is not described on the City's page.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caesars Virginia (casino resort, former Schoolfield mill site) 1100 W Main St 107,000 sq ft casino space |
Hotel | Caesars Virginia LLC Roll: account 51530, 76.73 acres (legal '54.012 AC W MAIN ST & MEMORIAL DR'), zoned CE, owner CAESARS VIRGINIA LLC; 2025 assessment land $9,821,000, improvements $588,000,000, total $597,821,000, by far the city's highest parcel. Caesars Entertainment's 2025 10-K lists Caesars Virginia, Danville VA, as Regional segment 'Owned-Domestic' with 107,000 sq ft casino space, 1,510 slots, 90 tables and 320 hotel rooms, and says its permanent facility was completed in December 2024; Exhibit 21 names Caesars Virginia, LLC (Delaware) as a subsidiary. Wikipedia: the casino is 'at the site of the old mill' and opened 17 Dec 2024. |
Public company | $5,000,000 2020-12 Roll's last sale for account 51530: 30 Dec 2020, $5,000,000, deed book D 20 page 4884 (the land, before construction). B |
| Sovah Health - Danville hospital campus 142 S Main St |
Institutional | Danville Regional Medical Center LLC Roll: account 26338, 9.5 acres, zoned TOC, owner DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC, total $61,566,300 (improvements $60,739,600), last transfer 30 Jun 2005 at $0 (deed D 05/3194). The LLC holds 19 parcels, 23.93 acres, $71.2M, including 125 and 159 Executive Dr. Wikipedia lists 'Sovah Health - Danville' among the city's businesses. The hospital's corporate parent was not read from an opened source. |
Private company | $5,782,694 2005-06 Stated on the roll for the adjoining 9.22-ac 137 S Main St tract (30 Jun 2005, D 05/3192); the main 142 S Main St parcel shows the same date with $0. B |
| Municipal Building (City Hall) 427 Patton St |
Civic | City of Danville Roll: account 26472, 3.44 acres, zoned CBC, exempt, owner CITY OF DANVILLE, total $17,716,000. The City's site gives 'Municipal Building: 427 Patton Street' as its address; the Real Estate division sits in Room 301. The Circuit Court Clerk, who keeps the deeds, is next door at 401 Patton Street. |
Government | —A |
| Danville Regional Airport (KDAN) 424 Airport Dr |
Civic | City of Danville Roll: account 76366, about 961.5 acres (legal 'APPROX 961.5 AC AIRPORT DR'), exempt, owner CITY OF DANVILLE, total $13,686,200; the deed of record is dated 27 May 1919 (DP160/292). The City's airport page describes a primary 5,900-foot precision ILS runway and a south ramp for regional jets. |
Government | —B |
| Goodyear Danville tire plant 1901 Goodyear Blvd |
Industrial | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Roll: account 76481, 420.7 acres (legal '406.982 AC GOODYEAR BLVD'), zoned IM, owner GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO, total $29,313,500, year built 1966. Goodyear holds 4 parcels, 656.23 acres in all (including 208 acres on Jenny Lane bought 21 Dec 1973 for $100,000), the largest private landholding in the city. Wikipedia lists Goodyear among the city's businesses. |
Public company | —B |
| Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) 150 Slayton Ave |
Institutional | Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority Roll: account 76442, 11.94 acres, zoned CP1, exempt, owner DANVILLE PITTSYLVANIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITY AUTHORITY, total $29,917,400. The authority, a joint City-County body, holds 17 parcels, 290.28 acres, $48.8M on Slayton Ave, Stinson Dr and Riverpoint Dr. IALR FOUNDATION REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY, giving 150 Slayton Ave as its address, bought the adjoining 10 acres at 149 Slayton Ave on 6 Sep 2024 for $5,700,000 (D 24/3146). |
Government | —A |
| Danville Mall (formerly Piedmont Mall) 325 Piedmont Dr |
Retail | Danville Mall LLC Roll: main account 59212, 34.37 acres, owner DANVILLE MALL LLC (mailing a PO box), total $6,673,200; the LLC holds 7 parcels, 49.93 acres, $9,393,600, and bought an outparcel at 350 Mall Dr on 15 Oct 2018 for $1,300,000. Wikipedia: 'Danville Mall, formerly Piedmont Mall, opened in 1984.' The LLC's own parent is not named on the roll. |
Private company | $11,000,000 2012-03 21 Mar 2012 sale price stated on the roll for tracts C, E3 and F of the mall (one multi-parcel deed, D 12/1070 on the main tract). B |
| Danville Community College 1008 S Main St |
Institutional | Commonwealth of Virginia (State Board for Community Colleges) Roll: account 26334, 15.99 acres, zoned TOC, exempt, owner COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA & STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, total $17,569,000, acquired 24 Jul 1968. The State Board holds 12 parcels, 83.3 acres, $25.6M in the city, including 30.7 acres at 1009 Bonner Ave and 10 acres at 121 Slayton Ave. |
Government | —A |
| River District Tower 109 Bridge St |
Office | River District Tower LLC Roll: the building is a commercial condominium of 16 units (100-700 and ground-floor G units) and every unit is owned by RIVER DISTRICT TOWER LLC; the units total $16,128,900, the largest unit (300) $3,744,600. No sale price is recorded for the units. |
Private company | —A |
The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The most valuable ground is not downtown but the casino on the west end. The downtown Central Business (CBC) zone and the Tobacco Warehouse (TWC) River District zone together are a small share of the roll.
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.
Danville's 25,341 parcels cover about 24,076 acres and are assessed at $4.01 billion (2025 values). Public bodies hold the most ground: the City (about 2,415 acres, nearly 1,000 of them the airport), its industrial development authority, the joint City-County industrial facility authority and the School Board. Goodyear is the largest private landholder by far. By parcel count the leader is the housing authority. The 1,118 exempt parcels cover 4,575 acres. Counts are from the City's roll, grouped by owner-name spellings, so variants may be split.
| Name | Type | Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| City of Danville Owner names CITY OF DANVILLE, CITY OF DANVILLE VIRGINIA and the two wastewater-plant entries combined (joint City/Pittsylvania County Habitat lots excluded). Includes the airport (961.5 ac), Municipal Building, Northside (102.2 ac) and Southside (47.8 ac) wastewater plants, the water plant on Park Ave and 629 Craghead St (17.7 ac). |
Government | 154 parcels, 2,414.7 acres, $130.3MA |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co The tire plant at 1901 Goodyear Blvd (420.7 ac) and 208 acres on Jenny Lane; the largest private holding in the city. |
Public company | 4 parcels, 656.2 acres, $31.0MA |
| Industrial Development Authority of Danville, Virginia All spellings combined. Industrial land on Stinson Dr, Cane Creek Blvd, Bishop Rd and Stokesland Ave (105.95 ac bought 3 Feb 2025 for $1,750,000), and River District buildings on Bridge and Craghead Sts, e.g. 512 Bridge St bought 13 Jan 2011 for $1,050,000. |
Government | 80 parcels, 620.6 acres, $19.1MA |
| Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority The Riverside/Slayton Ave research park, including the IALR building at 150 Slayton Ave ($29.9M) and 228 Slayton Ave ($15.5M). |
Government | 17 parcels, 290.3 acres, $48.8MA |
| School Board of the City of Danville Largest: 701 Broad St (53 ac, $35.0M), 300 Apollo Ave (41 ac, $22.0M), 680 Arnett Blvd ($15.0M). |
Government | 25 parcels, 255.1 acres, $115.8MA |
| Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority Both spellings combined; the most parcels of any owner in the city (203 of the 340 under the long spelling carry no improvement value). |
Government | 388 parcels, 169.6 acres, $35.0MA |
| Commonwealth of Virginia Includes the State Board for Community Colleges (12 parcels, 83.3 ac, Danville Community College), the State Hospital Board (19.3 ac, 382 Taylor Dr) and the Department of Military Affairs (14.8 ac, 3194 N Main St). |
Government | 39 parcels, 124.5 acres, $35.1MA |
| Averett University (Averett College of Danville, Virginia) College and university spellings combined: main campus 420 W Main St ($12.0M) and 70.2 ac at 707 Mt Cross Rd ($10.1M). |
Institution | 22 parcels, 93.2 acres, $40.7MA |
| ITG Brands LLC 200 Kentuck Rd (135.7 ac) bought 19 Jun 2015 for $25,000,000 (D 15/2022). |
Public company | 3 parcels, 136.7 acres, $16.9MA |
| Norfolk Southern / Southern Railway NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP (57.96 ac) and SOUTHERN RAILWAY (14 parcels) on the roll; rights-of-way are mostly not carried as parcels. |
Public company | 15 parcels, 76.8 acres, $0.4MA |
| United States (Postal Service) 105 Teal Ct (bought 17 Sep 1999 for $1,477,250) and the 700 Main St post office. No military land in the city. |
Government | 2 parcels, 7.5 acres, $7.5MA |
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.
Danville builds very few new homes: the roll's year-built field shows only 14 single-family houses dated 2022-2025, so there is no builder league table. New supply comes mostly from River District mill and warehouse conversions into loft apartments (Pemberton Lofts; 411 and 501 Craghead St, each $9.6-10.2M) and the 2012-built The View at Franklin ($16.6M). 2,784 single-family parcels are held by entities, led by MJRW Inc (136), MJM Capital LLC (91), Atkinson Rentals LLC (70), Good Living Group LLC (65), KHC Associates LLC (55) and SRE LLC (42). Figures below are lot counts on the City roll, not starts.
| Name | Type | Parcels on roll |
|---|---|---|
| C&A Developers LLC Lot inventory held by a developer; no improvements yet on the roll. |
Private company | 32 lots, all unimproved (13.9 ac)A |
| Dishman Developers Inc Lot inventory held by a developer. |
Private company | 19 lots, all unimproved (26.4 ac)A |
| Equity Builders and Investment Partners LLC Residential parcels held under a builder/investor name; 4 of the 17 under the main spelling are unimproved. |
Private company | 21 parcels (all name spellings)A |
| Habitat for Humanity (City of Danville and Pittsylvania County) Both name spellings combined; affordable ownership homes. |
Institution | 12 lots, all unimprovedA |
| Danville Family Homes LP 40 single-family parcels held by a limited partnership; a rental-housing portfolio rather than a seller. |
Private company | 42 parcels, 53.3 acres, $4.3MA |
Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
There is no REIT-scale office market. Commercial value is concentrated in one casino, the hospital, a handful of industrial plants and the retail strip on Piedmont Dr, Mt Cross Rd and Holt Garrison Pkwy. Commercial parcels total $1.65B on the 2025 roll, of which Caesars is $598M. Figures are from the City roll.
| Name | Type | Assessed (2025) |
|---|---|---|
| CV SPE LLC & CAF2 SPE LLC & JMV SPE LLC Tenants-in-common owners of the shopping centre at 145 and 165 Holt Garrison Pkwy, bought 23 Jun 2023 for $20,825,000 (D 23/2210); mailing address Huguenot Rd, Richmond area. |
Private company | 3 parcels, 35.5 acres, $17.2MA |
| Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust / Sam's Real Estate Business Trust Walmart at 515 Mt Cross Rd (bought 12 Jun 1998 for $3,818,100) and Sam's Club at 215 Piedmont Pl (25 Sep 2006, $5,059,583). |
Public company | 3 parcels, 37.4 acres, $19.9MA |
| Danville Mall LLC The enclosed mall at 325 Piedmont Dr; $11,000,000 sale on 21 Mar 2012. |
Private company | 7 parcels, 49.9 acres, $9.4MA |
| Daniel Group Inc 18 commercial parcels (Exchange St, Enterprise Dr, Riverview Dr, Crown Dr) plus 39 residential-class tracts, most transferred 7 Oct 2004. |
Private company | 57 parcels, 366.4 acres, $10.4MA |
| Piedmont Lands of Virginia LLC 27 commercial, 20 residential; includes 150 Airside Dr (bought 23 Jan 2006 for $1,500,000) and 341 Main St downtown (26 Aug 2014, $2,000,000). |
Private company | 47 parcels, 38.3 acres, $14.2MA |
| River District Tower LLC All units of the River District Tower commercial condominium, 109 Bridge St. |
Private company | 16 condo units, $16.1MA |
Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- The White Mill (Dan River Mills) River District redevelopment: Wikipedia says it is being renovated as apartments, but the parcel could not be identified on the roll by name, so no owner is given.
- Sovah Health - Danville's corporate parent (owner of Danville Regional Medical Center LLC) was not read from an opened source.
- 424 Memorial Drive LLC (11.16 ac, $22.6M, built 1920, TWC zone) and 1 Community Way (Memorial HTC LLC, $8.9M) are large converted riverside buildings whose names were not confirmed.
- The City's GIS page says 'All requests for printed or digital GIS information require submission of a Map Request Form and City approval'; the parcel layer used here is published on the City's open REST server without any request or login.
- Deed copies and the Clerk's remote land-records subscription price were not read; the City's Clerk page does not state them.
- Builders: the roll's year-built field may lag; Danville publishes building-permit spikes (New_Housing_Permit_Spikes layer) not read here.
Sources
- Tax_Parcels_City (OpenGov MapServer layer 4): 25,341 parcels, owner, mailing address, last sale date/price, deed book/page, 2025 values (ASSESSDATE 28 Jul 2025; latest sale on file 17 Oct 2025) — City of Danville GIS · openA
- ArcGIS REST services directory (OpenGov, Explorer/Main 'Parcels', Real_Estate/RealEstateDashboard) — City of Danville GIS · openA
- Real Estate (division responsibilities: 'discovers, lists, and appraises all real property in the City; maintains current ownership and mailing address information') — City of Danville · openA
- Real Estate Land Books (taxable and exempt land books, PDF, 2007-2026) — City of Danville · openA
- Clerk of Circuit Court (401 Patton Street) — City of Danville · openA
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS): public access sites, Geographic Data Hub, Map/Data Request Form — City of Danville · openA
- Code of Virginia 58.1-801, state recordation tax (25 cents per $100 of consideration or value) — Virginia General Assembly (LIS) · openA
- Code of Virginia 58.1-802, grantor tax (50 cents per $500) — Virginia General Assembly (LIS) · openA
- Code of Virginia 17.1-276, fee for secure remote access to land records — Virginia General Assembly (LIS) · openA
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Form 10-K for 2025 (property table: Caesars Virginia, Danville VA, Regional segment, Owned-Domestic) — Caesars Entertainment, Inc. via SEC EDGAR · openA
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Exhibit 21 subsidiary list (Caesars Virginia, LLC, Delaware) — Caesars Entertainment, Inc. via SEC EDGAR · openA
- Danville, Virginia — Wikipedia · openA
- Danville Regional Airport (424 Airport Drive; 5,900-ft precision ILS runway) — City of Danville · openA
- Privacy Policy & Terms of Service (privacy terms only; no clause on reuse or automated access) — City of Danville · openA