J. Bruce Barnes Lumber Company
The J. Bruce Barnes Lumber Company was once a major industrial employers in the Crozet area [1] but is now the site of a proposed redevelopment being planned by Milestone Partners. [2]
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History
The company was founded in 1985[3] and was owned by Carroll Conley.
The company laid off its last employee at the end of August 2011. [4] Carroll and Donna Conley stayed on as office employees, with the hope of either restarting operations or eventually redeveloping.
However, the property was sold at auction in late June 2012.[5] It was purchased for $1.9 million [5] but that sale did not close. Union First Bank purchased the land instead and held the land for a while. [6]
Crozet New Town Associates purchased the property from Union First Bank in December 2014 for $2 million.[7] Milestone Partners is overseeing the redevelopment of the property.[8]
Redevelopment concepts
The Piedmont Development Group had submitted a application to Albemarle County's Department of Community Development to rezone the property from heavy industrial to Downtown Crozet District[when?]. That would allow for the lumberyard to be transformed into a mixed-use community with residences, stores and office space. [9]
As part of the 2010 revision of the Crozet Master Plan, there was preliminary discussion of the space redeveloping as a pedestrian mall for Crozet. [10]
Developer Frank Stoner, of Crozet New Town Associates and Milestone Partners, is hoping to develop the property in two phases. The first phase would be a rezoning to Downtown Crozet District zoning and involve a mix of uses, potentially with 114,500 feet of commercial space and 52 residential units. A 28,000 square foot plaza space would be included in this phase.[2]
A future phase would see more residential units, but Stoner said he does not want to move forward with that phase until there is a change in the requirements for developing under the DCD zoning designation. The county's zoning ordinance for DCD allows for by-right residential developments only if the first floor of a building with residential units has a non-residential use, such as retail or office. Stoner has said he would like to see this amended.[2]
Stoner is hoping to use bond financing to fund major public infrastructure improvements on the site, including the plaza and a connector road to Parkside Village.[2]
References
- ↑ Web. Crozet Master Plan, Chapter 3, October 13, 2010, retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Web. Bond financing proposed for Crozet Plaza, road to Parkside Village, Tim Dodson, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, June 24, 2017, retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Web. J Bruce Barnes Inc (Barnes, Inc , J Bruce) - Crozet, Virginia (VA), retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ↑ Web. Barnes Lumber Lays Off Last Employee, Crozet Gazette, Crozet Gazette, retrieved September 2, 2011. Print. September 2011 , Volume 6, Number 4, page 14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Web. Mystery bidder: Barnes Lumber sells to unidentified buyer, Lisa Provence, The Hook, 27 June 2012, retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ↑ Web. Bank Buys Prominent Piece of Land in Crozet, Chris Stover, Charlottesville Newsplex, September 28, 2012, retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Property Information for Parcel ID 056A2-01-00-07100, Albemarle County, retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ Web. Downtown Crozet Initiative — About, Downtown Crozet Initiative, retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ Web. Plan to Develop Barnes Lumber Submitted to County, Mike Marshall, Crozet Gazette, Crozet Gazette, March 3, 2011, retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ Web. Crozet “Downtown Mall” gets OK from advisory group, Bridgett Lynn, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, retrieved October 15, 2010. Also available at the Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center.