Growth and development

What’s coming to Christiansburg.

Every development project before the Town of Christiansburg, from the first application to the finished building. In plain English, with a link to the official record for each step.

9Under reviewBefore Town boards now12ApprovedNot yet under construction6Under constructionBeing built now
578New homes in the pipelinePlanned across active projects

Information from Town of Christiansburg public records and other official sources. Check the official record for decisions.

Projects on the map

  • Under review
  • Approved
  • Under construction
  • Completed or on hold

3 projects are not on the map (3 town-wide). Every project is listed below.

Under review now.

Requests the Planning Commission or Town Council have not decided yet, and site plans still in the Town's staff review. Upcoming public hearings are listed with each project.

Under reviewHomes

Midway Plaza Townhomes, Midway Plaza Drive NW

A townhome development off Midway Plaza Drive NW near Corning Drive NW at the north end of town. Council approved a plat combining Midway Plaza lots in April 2021 and public utility easements in January 2022, when staff said an older site plan had been revised for 46 townhomes with three entrances from Midway Plaza Drive. The Midway Plaza Townhomes site plan was listed as resubmitted in May 2026; its layout sheet lists lots 1 to 46. 46 townhomes LatestMay 1, 2026Midway Plaza Townhomes site plan listed with the Town's May 2026 resubmittals Learn more Under reviewHomes

Macie's Place Townhomes, 1413 Scott Street NE

On May 23, 2023 Town Council rezoned about 2.57 acres between Scott Street NE and Roanoke Street from General Business (B-3) to Multi-Family Residential (R-3), 6-0, but denied, 0-6, a permit for a 47-townhouse planned housing development there. A Macie's Place Townhomes site plan was then submitted in December 2023 and resubmitted in May, August and October 2024; the Town's Plans in Review page lists no approval. County parcel records now show a Macie's Place Townhomes subdivision of 40 numbered lots. 40 townhomes LatestOct 22, 2024Revised site plan listed with October 2024 resubmittals, the latest listing on the Town's Plans in Review page Learn more Under reviewDevelopment

Sale of Town land at Peppers Ferry Road NW and Booker T. Washington Parkway NW

The Town proposes to sell 5.335 acres it owns at Christiansburg Huckleberry Park, at the intersection of Peppers Ferry Road NW and Booker T. Washington Parkway NW (New Lot 2, Parcel ID 300240, and New Lot 3, Parcel ID 300241). Council authorized the Town Manager to sign a sales contract in April 2026 and set a public hearing on the sale for October 27, 2026. The buyer and intended use are not named in the posted agendas. 5.3 acres NextOct 27, 2026Town Council public hearing on the proposed sale, 7:00 p.m., Town Hall Learn more Under reviewCommercial

Towing service permit, 492 Kiwanis Lane SE

Tow 360 LLC has asked for a conditional use permit to run a towing service on about 4.396 acres at 492 Kiwanis Lane SE, zoned General Industrial (I-2). The Planning Commission held its hearing on September 28, 2026. Town Council's public hearing is October 27, 2026, with action scheduled November 10, 2026. 4.4 acres NextOct 27, 2026Town Council public hearing, 7:00 p.m., Town Hall Learn more Under reviewCommercial

105-foot manufacturing structure permit, 2040 Parkway Drive SE

The Economic Development Authority of Montgomery County asked for a conditional use permit to allow a structure taller than 70 feet, a manufacturing area with an 8,500-square-foot footprint and a height of 105 feet, on its 38.102 acres at 2040 Parkway Drive SE, zoned General Industrial (I-2). The Planning Commission held its hearing on August 31, 2026. A Council hearing set for September 22, 2026 did not appear on that night's posted agenda, so its status is not confirmed. LatestAug 31, 2026Planning Commission public hearing Learn more Under reviewHomes

Chrisman Townhomes, 350 to 370 First Street SW

West of downtown A site plan for Chrisman Townhomes at 350 to 370 First Street SW was listed as a new submittal in May 2026. It follows Town Council's 4-2 denial on February 3, 2026 of a permit for 28 apartments by Clayco, LLC on about 2.031 acres northwest of Chrisman Street SW and First Street SW. The posted grading sheet does not state the number of townhomes. LatestApr 28, 2026Chrisman Townhomes site plan for 350 to 370 First Street SW prepared and listed with May 2026 submittals Learn more Under reviewTown policy

Christiansburg Comprehensive Plan update

Town-wide The Town is replacing its 2013 Comprehensive Plan with a new plan that has nine elements: Government, Environment, Economic Development, Recreation and Destination, Infrastructure, Transportation, Public Safety, Housing, and Future Land Use, including a new Future Land Use Map. Town Council held the public hearing on October 6, 2026. The Planning Commission's September 28, 2026 agenda lists Council action for October 27, 2026. NextOct 27, 2026Town Council action on the revised Comprehensive Plan, 7:00 p.m., Town Hall Learn more Under reviewPublic

Montgomery County Cooperative Extension office relocation and renovation, Radford Street NW

Montgomery County submitted a site plan in January 2026 to relocate and renovate space for the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension office, on a site bordered by Radford Street NW (U.S. Route 11), Depot Street NW and Taylor Street NW west of downtown. The plan sheet is dated December 29, 2025. The Town's Plans in Review page lists no approval through June 2026. LatestDec 29, 2025Site plan for the Cooperative Extension relocation and renovation dated December 29, 2025 and listed with the Town's January 2026 submittals Learn more ProposedInfrastructure

Cambria Trail

Cambria to downtown A 10-foot-wide paved multi-use trail is in design from Cambria Square, where Depot Street meets Cambria Street, to the Christiansburg Aquatic Center. A second phase is expected to continue along Depot Street to Roanoke Street. Phase 1 is funded through VDOT revenue sharing at 50 percent. LatestAug 12, 2025Town Council approved a resolution supporting the Town’s FY 2027 VDOT Revenue Sharing application for the Cambria Trail Learn more

Approved.

Approved by the Town. Construction has not started.

ApprovedHomes

The Verge Apartments, end of Farmview Road NE

Farmview Road NE off North Franklin… Town Council approved a conditional use permit on June 13, 2023, 6-0, for The Verge Apartments, a planned housing development of 209 apartments on about 18.77 acres at the end of Farmview Road NE, zoned General Business (B-3). On March 12, 2024 Council approved, 6-0, an amendment that lowered the count to 206 apartments and changed the layout on about 18.82 acres. The site plan was submitted in April 2024 and last listed as resubmitted in March 2025; the Town's Plans in Review page lists no approval through June 2026. 206 apartments LatestMar 13, 2025Fifth revision of the site plan listed with March 2025 resubmittals Learn more ApprovedHomes

Apartments between Moose Drive NW and Bishops Gate Road NW

West Christiansburg Town Council rezoned about 16.33 acres between Moose Drive NW and Bishops Gate Road NW, near College Street NW, from Agricultural and General Business to Multi-Family Residential (R-3), and approved a conditional use permit for a planned housing development of up to 162 apartments, both 6-0 on November 12, 2024. Construction status was not found. 162 apartments LatestNov 12, 2024Council approved the rezoning and the planned housing development permit, both 6-0 Learn more ApprovedHomes

Sunset Drive Apartments, terminus of Sunset Drive NE

Town Council approved a conditional use permit on January 23, 2024, 6-0, for a planned housing development of 114 apartments on about 7.497 acres at the end of Sunset Drive NE, zoned General Business (B-3). The Town approved the Sunset Drive Apartments site plan in September 2025, and an approved plan set was posted again in January 2026. Construction status was not found in official sources. 114 apartments LatestJan 12, 2026Approved plan set posted again with January 2026 approvals Learn more ApprovedHomes

Summitridge Road SW single-family homes

Summit Ridge On March 11, 2025 Town Council rezoned 17.7 acres at the end of Summitridge Road SW, beside I-81, from Agricultural to Single-Family Residential (R-1), 5-0, and approved a boundary adjustment bringing a 1.084-acre county parcel into the town. The same night a separate conditional use permit for a planned housing development of up to 60 single-family units failed 0-5. In February 2026 the applicant's engineer told Council that construction plans were being prepared for the previously approved Summit Ridge project. LatestSep 14, 2026Planning Commission agenda included a plat dedicating right-of-way for Wyatt Farms Subdivision, Phase I Learn more ApprovedHomes

300 Kimball Lane SW rezoning to single-family

Town Council rezoned about 37.987 acres at 300 Kimball Lane SW from Agricultural (A) to Single-Family Residential (R-1) on February 24, 2026, on a 3-3 vote broken by the Mayor in favor. The applicant's proffers cover density, a public road connection, warranted road improvements, keeping an existing wooded area, and phasing. Under the phasing proffer, building stops after the 53rd lot until another traffic study is done and any needed road improvements are made. 38 acres LatestFeb 24, 2026Council approved the rezoning; the Mayor broke a 3-3 tie in favor Learn more ApprovedTown policy

Conditional use permit requirement for data centers in General Industrial

Town-wide Data centers were allowed by right in the General Industrial (I-2) district. On September 8, 2026 Town Council voted 6-0 to amend Town Code Sec. 42-397 so that a data center now needs a conditional use permit, which means a public hearing and a Council vote for each one. LatestSep 8, 2026Public hearing; Council approved the amendment 6-0 Learn more ApprovedInfrastructure

I-81 Northbound Widening, Mile Marker 116 to Exit 128

VDOT Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program project to add a third northbound lane between mile marker 116 and Exit 128 in Montgomery County, the stretch that includes Exit 118 (U.S. 460) at Christiansburg; southbound is already three lanes. VDOT's Improve 81 page, updated September 22, 2026, lists an estimated start of spring 2030 and completion in winter 2035. The NRV MPO 2050 plan lists the project at an estimated $502,000,000. LatestSep 22, 2026VDOT Improve 81 page lists estimated start spring 2030 and completion winter 2035 Learn more ApprovedInfrastructure

Roanoke Street at Depot Street pedestrian improvements and Roanoke Street sidewalk and crossing

Roanoke Street east of downtown On August 11, 2026 Town Council awarded a $1,198,644.03 construction contract to Jones Road & Bridge, Inc. and a $126,984.55 inspection task order to A. Morton Thomas & Associates for the Roanoke Street at Depot Street pedestrian accommodations and the Roanoke Street sidewalk and crossing projects. LatestAug 11, 2026Council awarded the construction and inspection contracts Learn more ApprovedInfrastructure

North Franklin Street and Depot Street intersection improvements

Downtown north The Town's design for North Franklin Street at Depot Street (anticipated cost $5.3 million, 0.27 miles) reduces North Franklin to one through lane each way with a center turn lane, converts College Street to right-in, right-out only, upgrades the signal and adds pedestrian facilities. The design public hearing was held December 18, 2024. The Town's project page lists right-of-way acquisition in late spring and summer 2025, construction starting in spring 2027 and completion in spring 2028. LatestJan 10, 2025Public comment period on the design closed Learn more

3 more approved

Under construction.

Approved and being built now.

Under constructionHomes

Campbell Town Green townhomes, Depot Street NE and Harless Street NE

Campbell Town Green is a 10-lot townhome subdivision with two open space lots at the corner of Depot Street NE and Harless Street NE: seven lots on Harless Street and three facing Depot Street. Council rezoned the 1.38 acres from General Business (B-3) to Multi-Family Residential (R-3) with proffers on March 9, 2021, and approved the subdivision plat in January 2022 and again in June 2024 after the land changed hands. The Town approved the site plan in August 2024 and a revised layout in September 2025, and county records list homes built in 2025 on the three Depot Street lots. 10 townhomes LatestSep 16, 2025Town approved a revised site plan with owner layout changes Learn more Under constructionMixed use

Clifton Town Center and The Stave Apartments, 495 Peppers Ferry Road NW

Clifton Town Center is a mixed residential and commercial development on about 28.6 acres at 495 Peppers Ferry Road NW, between Quin W. Stuart Boulevard NW and Stafford Drive NW. Council rezoned the land to General Business (B-3) with proffers and approved a planned commercial development permit at about 18 units per acre, both 5-0, on November 12, 2019. The Town approved Phase I site plans in March and October 2024 and Phase II in June 2025, and a plan for The Stave Apartments on Parcel K was resubmitted in November 2025. County records show 60 small numbered lots, 13 of them with homes built in 2026. 28.6 acres LatestOct 27, 2025The Stave Apartments plan revised and listed with November 2025 resubmittals Learn more Under constructionHomes

Kensington subdivision Phases VIII and XI, Kensington Way NW and Diana Drive NW

The Town approved site plans for two more phases of the Kensington subdivision in west Christiansburg in June 2024: Phase VIII on Kensington Way NW and Phase XI off Diana Drive NW. County parcel records show 17 recorded lots in Phase VIII, six of them with homes built in 2025 or 2026, and 7 recorded lots in Phase XI South on Diana Drive NW. LatestJun 21, 2024Town approved the Kensington Phase XI site plan Learn more Under constructionInfrastructure

Hickok Street downtown drainage improvements

The Town is rebuilding part of the downtown storm drainage system along Hickok Street to reduce flooding under downtown businesses. The Town's project page puts the construction cost at $4.4 million, half paid by VDOT revenue sharing, and says Hickok Street is closed between College Street and Main Street until the project is complete. LatestFeb 3, 2025Hickok Street closed between College Street and Main Street for construction Learn more Under constructionInfrastructure

New River Valley passenger rail station at Cambria

A new Amtrak station is being built at the Cambria site in Christiansburg, with a platform and canopy, parking, access roads, track and signal work, and a train layover facility in Radford. Ground was broken on April 24, 2025. Virginia Tech reported service is expected to begin in 2027 with two daily round trips to Washington, D.C. LatestApr 24, 2025Groundbreaking at the Cambria site Learn more Under constructionPublic

Christiansburg High School additions and renovations, 100 Independence Boulevard NW

Montgomery County Public Schools is renovating and adding to Christiansburg High School at 100 Independence Boulevard NW, raising capacity from 800 to 1,600 students. The Town approved the site plan in December 2023 and the school division broke ground on October 24, 2023. Budget amendments on the Board of Supervisors' August 11, 2025 agenda would carry forward nearly $36.5 million for the upgrades as an ongoing capital project. Completion was set for August 2026; it was not confirmed in official sources checked in October 2026. LatestDec 5, 2023Town approved the Christiansburg High School additions and renovations site plan Learn more

4 projects

Denied, withdrawn or on hold.

Requests the Town denied, and projects that were withdrawn or put on hold.

Public meetings

Up next at Town Council and the Planning Commission.

The next meetings, with the land-use items on their agendas. Hearings are open to the public.

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Planning Commission

Council Chambers, Christiansburg Town Hall, 100 East Main Street, Christiansburg

  • Subdivision Plat showing dedication of Right-of-Way for Rosehill Dr SW

Agenda

Town Council

Council Chambers, Christiansburg Town Hall, 100 East Main Street, Christiansburg

Agenda not posted yet.

Decisions

Recent decisions.

What the Planning Commission and Town Council decided on land use and development, newest first.

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Information from Town of Christiansburg public records and other official sources. Check the official record for decisions.

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