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ARB approves Hyatt Studios design for Route 250 site after landscaping revisions
Summary
The Albemarle County Architecture Review Board approved a certificate of appropriateness for ARB 2025-13, a four-story Hyatt Studios hotel on Route 250, requiring revisions to parking-lot tree spacing and plantings at the base of a retaining wall and a wording change to a staff condition.
The Albemarle County Architecture Review Board on July 7 approved a certificate of appropriateness for ARB 2025-13, a four‑story Hyatt Studios hotel proposed on the south side of U.S. Route 250 west of the Hanson Road intersection, adopting staff-recommended conditions and a small wording revision to one condition.
Staff recommended approval of the final site plan and architectural design with a revisions list after multiple prior reviews. The project includes a four‑story hotel, surface parking and related site improvements; staff raised concerns chiefly about interior parking‑lot tree spacing, conflicts between proposed trees and an existing stormwater pipe, and a lack of landscaping at the base of a lower retaining wall along the western perimeter of the site.
"Staff recommends approval of the final site plan with the revisions list and staff report," said Chris,…
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