Harrisonburg Housing Today

Thursday, July 10, 2025

If you've attended any of the summer concerts downtown, located next to the Turner Pavilion (home of the Harrisonburg Farmers Market) you have been on the site of a planned downtown park.

In September 2024, a conceptual plan was approved by City Council for a downtown park with a stage for performances.

And... while you have been at said concerts... you have been next door to the proposed developing shown above, which will potentially feature...

Here's the current site...

And here's a top down view of the proposed site of this new development...

The Planning Commission met yesterday (July 9, 2025) to review this proposal and City Council will review the request on August 12, 2025.

Some additional details from the proposal include...

Here's another view of the proposed development...

Here's a birds eye view from the opposite direction...

For context...

This proposal would place 265 units on 2.75 acres (96 units/acre) as compared to another large downtown apartment complex, Urban Exchange, which features 194 apartments on 2.63 acres (73 units/acre).
The proposed 2,000 SF of commercial space is slightly larger than the 1,600 SF space occupied by Coffee Hound and the 1,400 SF occupied by Benny Sorrentino's.
The proposed 6-story building is about the same height as Urban Exchange, Hotel Madison, the JMU Student Success Center (former RMH), two bank buildings on Court Square, and the Public Safety Building.

The developer (Timberwolf Capital Partners) has recently completed similar projects in Williamsburg, VA (Midtown Row, 2022) an Syracuse, NY (CODA, 2024).

City staff recommends approval of the rezoning that would allow for this develop - and the Planning Commission also recommends approval.