Valerie Wagner Long Email & Phone Number

I practice land use, zoning and commercial real estate law in Charlottesville, Virginia, and represent a wide variety of clients, including developers, public companies, telecommunications providers, private institutions, foundations, retailers, non-profit entities, and other landowners. I guide clients through the intricacies of obtaining local government land use approvals, such as rezonings, special use permits, Architectural Review Board certificates, critical slope waivers, site plan approvals, and variances. With over 23 years of experience, and having handled the zoning approvals for a significant number of high-profile projects in the the Charlottesville, Virginia market, I have a particularly strong knowledge of the local land use and zoning approval process. Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville both have particularly complex land use approval and community engagement processes, and I have assisted a variety of clients obtain the necessary approvals to develop their properties in those jurisdictions and others nearby. Specialties: zoning approvals for wireless telecommunications facilities (cell towers), mixed use developments and other commercial developments, including large-scale residential projects and hotels. I have also handled unique land use and real estate matters for institutional clients such as Universities, foundations, private schools, hospitals, and other health care providers. Noteworthy projects have included a rezoning for a replacement inpatient community hospital, special use permits for several student housing projects, a special use permit for an electrical transmission line, the creation of a new zoning district to accommodate the expansion of a World Heritage Site, rezonings to allow expansion of research parks, special use permits to allow the renovation and expansion of a Historic Inn and Resort, rezonings for affordable housing communities, and design review approvals for an automobile dealership. We also regularly handle a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including purchases and sales, leasing, easements, development agreements, loan transactions, and owner's association documents.

Listed skills include Zoning, Land Use, Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, and 12 others.