The plan for Shoppers World has been made public. Stein Mart and DSW will moving in to the complex recently vacated by Whole Foods. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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My daughters are doing backflips. My wife is trying as well, although it looks more like old school breakdancing.
I’d never heard of either of those places.
Steinmart is another low-end retailer of clothing and knick-knacks, while DSW is perhaps most famous for having their in-store wireless network compromised some years ago (they didn’t bother to encrypt the signal to and from the cash registers), and then trying to cover it up.
What an incredible lack of vision and inspiration. It’s odd that when you go to Federal Realty’s Website you see all these great mixed-use walkable developments. Why is it then that we here in Albemarle always get the same boring sprawltropolis? (Despite having a comprehensive plan that calls for “neighborhood model” development.) You’d think people would want to develop shopping centers where you actually visit more than one store…
Isn’t DSW similar to Super Shoes, which is already in that shopping center? I’d never heard of Steinmart either–I’m guessing it’s another version of Marshalls? Uninspired choices for an already boring shopping center.
Lonnie the footprint of this shopping center is staying exactly the same- this is little more than a facelift. Since there is no new construction changing the position of buildings they are exempt from the neighborhood model
Daughter sez Supershoes=Kmart and DSW=Macys. Heck if I know.
As to the security breach, we got nailed in that. Badly. Wife and I buying a bunch of furniture with credit card and suddenly the staff starts acting hinky and whispering etc. Turns out they not only did not notify everyone but they held back forever and my card came back with a big “FRAUDULENT USER,” on the receipt.
Nice.