Venable Condo for Sale

Venable is filled with the collegiate colors of orange and blue. “Charlottesville is University of Virginia, and University of Virginia is Charlottesville,” says Amy Spalding, accountant for Loring Woodriff Real Estate Associates. But while it’s fair to say that this neighborhood is largely centered on the campus, it’s also true that a lot of housing recedes into wooded streets that feel nearly monastic. Of course, excitement always awaits in the busy restaurant scene, which pulls in students, professionals and locals from nearby counties. It’s possible to see preppy polo shirts, flared yoga pants and scruffy overalls passing across the bustling intersection of Elliewood Avenue and University Avenue, where Starbucks is the lone chain eatery embedded in a strip of beloved haunts just steps from the college’s historic Rotunda, designed by Thomas Jefferson. “The deciding factor for homebuyers is the fact that they can walk to work,” says Lori Meistrell, associate broker at Nest Realty and a Charlottesville native who’s been involved in local real estate since 2008. Rugby Road is one of the key pathways in Venable, where drivers and pedestrians pass “Frat Row” as locals affectionately