Wendell Wood
Wendell Wood is President and Chairman of United Land Corporation. He has been a land developer in Albemarle County since the early 1960s and has sold tracts of land for the development of Barracks Road Shopping Center, Fashion Square Mall, Hollymead Town Center, Wal-Mart and the U.S. Army's National Ground Intelligence Center, among other projects.[1]
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Biography
Wood attended Mars Hill College in North Carolina. [2]
In 2000, Wood ranked 65th in Virginia Business Magazine's "The Virginia 100", which ranks the one hundred wealthiest individuals in the Commonwealth. At that time he was estimated to have a net worth of approximately $160 million.[3]
Positions
At a City Council public hearing in October 1983, Wood spoke against $9.5 million in bonds for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to pay a private developer for what would become the Omni Hotel. Wood was opposed to the use of public dollars, but added if they were used, a local developer should be doing the work. [4]
Developments
Somerset Farms
Wood has proposed a 1,902-home development called Somerset Farms along Route 20 south of Charlottesville. However, the development would be just outside the designated growth area.[5] The Albemarle Board of Supervisors last discussed the development in November 2012, when it split as to whether it should consider the proposal.[6]
References
- ↑ "King of the Road: The unstoppable Wendell Wood", Dave McNair, The Hook. 05 Feb. 2009. <http://www.readthehook.com/Stories/2009/02/05/COVER-wood-E.aspx>
- ↑ Print: Of Personal Interest, Staff reports, Daily Progress, Lindsay family January 5, 1960, Page A7.
- ↑ "The Virginia 100, Page 7." Virginia Business Magazine. <http://www.virginiabusiness.com/edit/magazine/yr2000/june00/va100/list7.html>
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, October 24, 1983.
- ↑ Web. Albemarle planners look favorably on expansion of growth area along Route 20, Charlottesville Tomorrow, June 8, 2011, retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Board stalemates on Somerset Farm expansion despite road promise, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, 18 Nov 2013, retrieved 31 July 2013.