Real estate firm hired to market CVTC site for new ownership [Video]

A real estate firm recently has been hired to roll out a strategy on attracting potential developers for the former Central Virginia Training Center, according to a recent staff report to the Amherst County Board of Supervisors.

CVTC, at one time the county’s largest employer, closed in 2020 after relocating its last remaining resident. The state-owned campus on Colony Road in Madison Heights served residents with disabilities and has close to 100 buildings on site.

County Administrator Jeremy Bryant said during the board of supervisors’ Sept. 3 meeting the state has hired JLL, a company headquartered in Chicago, and two representatives toured the Madison Heights campus in late August.

“They are working on a new plan on how to market the property,” Bryant said.

Bryant said the company is working to “cast a bigger net” for potential developers. The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance unveiled a master plan for the property …