The Gleason Building at 1st and Garrett Charlottesville, Virginia,
Streets dates back to 1919 when H. M. purchased the Gleason
Gleason & Co., bought the property. The Building in 2005. The firm
company, which began in 1871, started completed a full restoration,
as a retail and wholesale grocery business converting it to a multi-tenant
and over the years evolved into a livery retail and commercial building.
stable; sales and service of farm machinery, The original two-story building
implements and tractors; compact farm and now includes over 12,000 A rendering of The Gleason, a residential and commercial space
estate tractors and equipment; and finally square feet of Class A office
that will include luxury suites atop an array of retail including
lawn and garden tractors, mowers, tillers, etc. space and 12,000 square feet
what is presently in the renovated Gleason Hardware building.
of boutique retail. The building
Octagon Partners, a full-service real retains most of its original features,
Currently under construction is The Gleason
estate development firm founded by Sean including exposed beams, hardwood floors,
(www.thegleason.com), a new mixed-use
Stalfort and JP Williamson and based in brick walls and high ceilings.
condominium project being developed
by Octagon Partners, which will wrap
around and behind the existing building.
The Gleason offers 6,500 square feet of
ground-level retail space; 40,000 square
feet of Class A office space; and 36 private
residences.
Murphy said she and Woerpel always had a
special fondness for the Gleason Building.
“We would walk back to get our pieces and
parts from Gleason’s Hardware and visit Mr.
Marshall, who would be there faithfully in
his bow tie and Denise would run around
and help us out while he visited. He said if
he sold he would sell to her, and in waiting
we actually first pursued the Charlottesville
Warehouse space together.”
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