City Market came one step closer to a permanent home by 2017 after City Council unanimously approved a permit for Market Plaza on December 1. The nine-story, L-shaped structure and plaza will occupy the parking lot used by City Market since 1993 and now owned by developer Keith Woodard.
Market Plaza will house up to 69 apartments, three floors of office space, two of retail, underground parking and a 25,000-
square-foot open air plaza, according to Charlottesville Tomorrow. The project, which will close First Street, is expected to begin next summer and will take two years.
Also expected: Some confusion that Market Plaza is on Water Street, not Market Street.