Advertisement

Header Utility Menu

  • Subscribe
  • Renew
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Events

LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram Get Our App

  • Login

Virginia Business

Mobile Menu

  • Issues
  • Industries
    • Banking/Finances
    • Law
    • Real Estate
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Energy/Green
    • Federal Contracting
    • Government
    • Healthcare
    • Hotels/Tourism
    • Insurance
    • Ports/Trade
    • Small Business
    • Startups
    • Technology
    • Transportation
  • Regions
    • Central Virginia
    • Eastern Virginia
    • Northern Virginia
    • Roanoke/New River Valley
    • Shenandoah Valley
    • Southern Virginia
    • Southwest Virginia
  • Reports
    • Best Places to Work
    • Business Person of the Year
    • Women in Leadership
    • Legal Elite
    • CEO Pay
    • COVID-19
    • Generous Virginians Project
    • Most Influential Virginians
    • Maritime Guide
    • Site Locator
    • The Big Book
    • Virginia CFO Awards
  • Company News
    • For the Record
    • People
  • Opinion
  • Lists
  • Awards/Events
    • 2023 Black Business Leaders
    • Diversity Leadership Series
    • Virginia 500
    • Legal Elite
    • CFO Awards
    • Big Book of Lists
    • 100 People To Meet
    • Best Places To Work
    • Order Women In Leadership Plaques
  • Virginia 500
    • Read The Issue
    • Buy an award plaque
    • Suggest execs for 2024

Advertisement

Header Primary Menu

  • Issues
    • December 2023
    • November 2023
    • October 2023
    • September 2023
    • August 2023
    • Issues Archive
  • Industries
    • Banking/Finances
    • Law
    • Real Estate
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Energy/Green
    • Federal Contracting
    • Government
    • Healthcare
    • Hotels/Tourism
    • Insurance
    • Ports/Trade
    • Small Business
    • Startups
    • Technology
    • Transportation
  • Regions
    • Central Virginia
    • Eastern Virginia
    • Northern Virginia
    • Roanoke/New River Valley
    • Shenandoah Valley
    • Southern Virginia
    • Southwest Virginia
  • Reports
    • Best Places to Work
    • Business Person of the Year
    • Women in Leadership
    • Legal Elite
    • CEO Pay
    • COVID-19
    • Generous Virginians Project
    • Most Influential Virginians
    • Maritime Guide
    • Site Locator
    • The Big Book
    • Virginia CFO Awards
  • Company News
    • For the Record
    • People
  • Opinion
  • Lists
  • Awards/Events
    • 2023 Black Business Leaders
    • Diversity Leadership Series
    • Virginia 500
    • Legal Elite
    • CFO Awards
    • Big Book of Lists
    • 100 People To Meet
    • Best Places To Work
    • Order Women In Leadership Plaques
  • Virginia 500
    • Read The Issue
    • Buy an award plaque
    • Suggest execs for 2024

Home News Regions Central Virginia Stonefield development in Charlottesville sparks lawsuit

Stonefield development in Charlottesville sparks lawsuit

Published March 26, 2013 by Paula C. Squires

Two local businesses in Charlottesville filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County against the developers of the Shops at Stonefield, a 1-million-square-foot mixed-use project under construction off U.S. Route 29.

Sequel Investors Limited Partnership, owned by Great Eastern Management Company and related entities, and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Central Virginia Inc. said in a news release that they have initiated legal action against the developer, the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle County because their property — located across U.S. Route 29 from Stonefield — will be inundated by millions of gallons of storm water from the development.

According to the suit, Albemarle Place EAAP, LLC (“E&A”) a subsidiary of Columbia, S.C.-based Edens, plans to drain storm water to a retention pond behind Seminole Square Shopping Center, located on land owned by Sequel and Pepsi.

“By its own engineering calculations, storm water from E&A’s land development will flood and damage Sequel and Pepsi’s private property at 50 times the frequency of current conditions,” David Mitchell, consultant to Great Eastern Management Company, which manages Seminole Square Shopping Center, said in a statement.

As part of the Stonefield development, the suit says E&A installed a new 72-inch drainage pipe beneath Route 29 near an existing 42-inch drainage pipe. The city and Albemarle County approved the use of the pipe as part of Stonefield’s storm water system.

The attorney representing Sequel/Pepsi, Brian Glasser of Bailey and Glasser, LLP, said in a statement, “E&A’s land development fails to meet state statutory and regulatory requirements including erosion and sediment control and flooding provisions of the Virginia Storm Water Management Program, the Charlottesville City Code, the Albemarle County Code and other Virginia law. Because the County and City misapplied storm water regulations to the project, they are also named in the suit.”

The suit says existing facilities on Sequel and Pepsi land were not designed to accommodate the millions of gallons of storm water that will result from the increased flow from Stonefield. It claims that increased velocity and volume of water will flood developable properties owned by Sequel and Pepsi and increase sentiments in the existing retention pond. 

By transferring the cost of managing storm water on its own property to downstream property owners, the suit says E&A has impeded Pepsi’s planned plant expansion and Sequel’s ability to replace parking spaces that will be lost to the extension of Hillsdale Drive.

Sequel and Pepsi seek a permanent injunction barring E&A from allowing water to pass onto their property as well as a declaration that the E&A has no legal right to pass millions of gallons of water onto the property.

Sequel Investors Limited Partnership is owned by Great Eastern Management Company and related entities. Great Eastern Management Company is a Charlottesville real estate development, construction, finance and management company with commercial, office, retail and multifamily residential properties in Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Harrisonburg.

Related Stories

Virginia Business logo

HemoShear moving to downtown Charlottesville

Virginia Business logo

Thalhimer Realty Partners buys Timbercreek Apartments for $3.5 million

Shopping center in Midlothian sells for $4.8 million

Trending

Pittsylvania site is top contender for $100M battery project

Va. could get $100M+ lithium-ion battery project

Bonaventure acquires Norfolk apartments for $42M

Benchmark Community Bank, parent announce next CEO

Va. joins collaborative to launch air taxi industry

Sponsored Stories

Precision Walls, Inc. Acquires SPS Corporation to Expand Service Offerings

Friendly and frictionless: 6 customer experience trends

Part 2: 2024; logistics nightmare or a re-awakening?

Advertisement

Advertisement

Trending

Pittsylvania site is top contender for $100M battery project

Va. could get $100M+ lithium-ion battery project

Bonaventure acquires Norfolk apartments for $42M

Benchmark Community Bank, parent announce next CEO

Va. joins collaborative to launch air taxi industry

Sponsored Stories

Precision Walls, Inc. Acquires SPS Corporation to Expand Service Offerings

Friendly and frictionless: 6 customer experience trends

Part 2: 2024; logistics nightmare or a re-awakening?

Get Virginia Business directly on your tablet or in your mailbox!

Subscribe to Virginia Business

Advertisement

Advertisement

Footer Primary Menu

  • virginiabusiness.com
  • Subscribe
  • Renew
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Footer Secondary Menu

  • Industries
  • Regions
  • Reports
  • Company News
  • Events

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

Sign Up

LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram Get Our App

Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Footer Utility Menu

Copyright © 2023 Virginia Business. All rights reserved.

Site Maintained by TechArk