Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is a town of 4,700 parcels where two institutions, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the College of William & Mary, hold more than 2,100 of its roughly 4,700 acres, and the City's own published parcel layer names every owner.
10 buildings · 10 with an owner established · 8 sources · 9 tier A · 1 tier B · prepared 2026-11-01
Can you find out who owns it?
Virginia records title by deed. Williamsburg is an independent city, but it shares one Circuit Court and Clerk with James City County, at the joint courthouse on Monticello Avenue, and that Clerk keeps the deeds. Remote access to those land records is sold by subscription only; the Clerk's own pages are behind Cloudflare and the price was not read. The City Real Estate Assessor values every parcel each year, and the City publishes its parcel layer on ArcGIS Online free: owner of record, values, last sale date and price, and deed number. Virginia law will not record a deed unless its consideration is stated on the first page.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchOwner of record free per parcel and in bulk in the City's ArcGIS Online parcel layers. Deeds: Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court Clerk remote access by one-year subscription only (fee not read: Clerk's pages are behind Cloudflare)
Bulk ownership dataCity of Williamsburg 'TaxParcels' feature service on ArcGIS Online (org 96Dq0JXOtjNW10pz, item 0883e8621bad4ed78646152df08ad795, last edited 18 Jun 2024): 4,727 parcel rows with current owner, building name, 2021-2024 land/improvement/total values, last sale date and price, deed number, acreage, use and year built; free, queryable, read 1 Nov 2026. An older 'ParcelService' layer (2021 values) has 4,714 rows
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Williamsburg Municipal Building 401 Lafayette St 62,385 sq ft gross · 3 floors |
Civic | City of Williamsburg Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Building name 'City Municipal Building', class Local Government (PSA), use Government Buildings, built 1985, 3 storeys, 62,385 sq ft gross on 7.625 acres. 2024 total value $22,072,600 (land $6,758,500). Deed references '58 292 & 72 585'. Exempt municipal property; no sale price. |
Government | —A |
| Williamsburg-James City County Courthouse 5201 Monticello Ave 60,344 sq ft gross · 3 floors |
Civic | City of Williamsburg Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Legal description 'Williamsburg and James City County Courthouse'; owner of record City of Williamsburg; class Regional Government; built 2000, 3 storeys, 60,344 sq ft gross on 11.412 acres. 2024 total value $27,791,300 (land $9,937,500). The joint Circuit Court Clerk, which keeps both localities' deeds, sits here. Whether James City County holds a share under a joint agreement is not stated on the roll and was not checked (its site is behind Cloudflare). |
Government | —A |
| College of William & Mary, main campus 101 Jamestown Rd |
Institutional | College of William and Mary The City's ParcelService layer (2021 values) lists parcel 2712.408.117 at 101 Jamestown Rd, owner College of William and Mary, 'William & Mary Improved', 293.6 GIS acres, exempt, total value $471,981,800 for 2021 ($462.8M and $467.5M the two prior years) - the most valuable parcel in the city. This parcel is missing from the 2024 TaxParcels layer, so no later value was read. The college also holds the 501.9-acre 401 Monticello Ave tract (2024: $40,723,500), the Law School at 801 S Henry St ($61,227,800) and the School of Education ($34,185,700). |
Institution | —A |
| Williamsburg Lodge 310 S England St 88,000 sq ft gross · 3 floors |
Hotel | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Building name 'Williamsburg Lodge', use Lodges, class Commercial-Industrial (taxable), built 1937, 3 storeys, 88,000 sq ft gross, 323 income units on 11.482 acres. 2024 total value $71,002,100 (improvements $66,720,300), up from $57,665,700 in 2023 - the Foundation's most valuable single parcel and the highest-valued hotel in the city. Deed reference '11 11'; no sale price. |
Institution | —A |
| Merchants Square (Duke of Gloucester St west, Prince George St, N Henry St) 400-440 W Duke of Gloucester St |
Retail | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Every Merchants Square parcel read is held by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, e.g. Binns Building, 435 W Duke of Gloucester St (70,775 sq ft, 2024 $7,318,500); 'Theatre, Stores, Offic' at 414 ($5,408,100); 'Arcade/Offices/La Piazza' at 403 ($5,370,200); Craft House at 400 ($4,968,400); William & Mary Bookstore, 345 ($6,336,300); Retail on Prince George St, 412 ($1,824,900); Goodwin Building, 134 N Henry ($3,098,000). All built 1932 or later, held since the 1960s (deed '43 642'). |
Institution | —A |
| Doctors Hospital at Riverside (Riverside Doctors' Hospital Williamsburg) 1500 Commonwealth Ave 181,410 sq ft gross · 2 floors |
Institutional | Riverside Healthcare Association Inc Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Building name 'Doctors Hospital At Riverside', use General Hospitals, built 2012, 2 storeys, 181,410 sq ft gross on 17.34 acres, legal 'Quarterpath at Williamsburg Section 1 Lot 1', mailing city Newport News. 2024 total value $44,664,000, up from $37,750,300 in 2023. The same owner holds the 114.078-acre 771 Quarterpath Rd tract ($9,065,100, taxed as agricultural 100+ acres). Taxable on the roll; deed 042128 (2004), no price. |
Institution | —A |
| Midtown Row 215 Monticello Ave 332,949 sq ft residential gross; 55,540 sq ft retail · 4 floors |
Mixed use | BSR Midtown Current LLC Roll (s1): three units owned by BSR Midtown Current LLC, 2024 total $118,937,900, the largest holding on the roll after the Foundation, the College and the City; the 240-unit luxury-apartment unit alone is $101,426,600, built 2020. Broad Street Realty's 2024 10-K (s6) lists Midtown Row as its only student-housing property (240 units, 620 beds, 100% leased) with a $76.0M mortgage and a $15M Fortress mezzanine loan secured by 100% of the owning entity, carried at $126.8M. Distress: Broad Street Realty filed Chapter 7 on 20 Mar 2026, D. Del. 26-10398-KBO, with a trustee to liquidate its assets (s7). The LLC's link to the parent is B: the 10-K does not name the LLC. |
Public company | $123,300,000 2022-11 Roll: sale 28 Nov 2022, deed 20223634, $123,300,000 on each of the three Midtown Row units. B |
| High Street Williamsburg (High Street Shops) 1430 High St 172,416 sq ft gross (main parcel) · 2 floors |
Retail | High Street Shops LLC & RCS-High Street TIC LLC Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Eight units at 1430 High St are held jointly by High Street Shops LLC and RCS-High Street TIC LLC (a tenancy-in-common), mailing city Fairfield NJ: the Movie Tavern building (66,638 sq ft, $6,633,600) and shopping-centre buildings 2A, 5 and 7; all built 2009; eight-unit 2024 total $15,331,600. Recorded October 2017 (deed 175068) at a nominal $10, so no price is stated. Other High Street pad buildings (e.g. the Primis Bank unit) belong to separate owners. The joint venture's principals are not stated on the roll. |
Private company | —A |
| Quarterpath at Williamsburg (undeveloped land) 4101 and 4200 Battery Blvd and Quarterpath Rd |
Land | Quarterpath Williamsburg LLC Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). Quarterpath Williamsburg LLC is owner of record on 41 parcels, 168.4 acres, 2024 total $46,420,200 - the largest private landholder in the city after the Foundation. Mostly 'Commercial Vacant' tracts: 4101 Battery Blvd 53.71 acres ($12,511,700), a 27.443-acre Battery Blvd tract ($9,757,000), 20.728 acres on Northridge St ($4,969,000), all recorded 15 Apr 2014 (deed 140706) with no price. Around it, Doctors Hospital, Attain @ Quarterpath (BRG Quarterpath LLC, 228 units, $63.2M) and Quarterpath Crossing (SLN Quarterpath Associates LLC, $3,541,440 in 2008). The LLC's principals are not stated. |
Developer | —A |
| Sterling Manor Apartments 151 Sterling Manor Dr 70,680 sq ft (main building) · 4 floors |
Residential | CS1031 Sterling Manor Apartments, DST Owner, values and sale from the City's TaxParcels layer (2024 values, read 1 Nov 2026). 18 parcels (main parcel 4.892 acres, 136 units; 151-5 Sterling Manor Dr 55 units) owned by CS1031 Sterling Manor Apartments, DST, mailing city Southlake TX; built 2008; 18-parcel 2024 total $63,532,800. Sale 31 Mar 2022 at $70,000,000 (deed 20221113) on the main parcels; the 2021 layer showed CCC Sterling Manor DE LLC as owner. The DST's sponsor is not stated on the roll. |
Private company | $70,000,000 2022-03 Roll: sale 31 Mar 2022, deed 20221113, $70,000,000 on each of its parcels. A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The City Assessor reassesses every parcel each year; the City's assessment page, seen only in search results, says 2026 values are effective 1 January 2026. The figures below come from the City's own published parcel layer with 2024 values - the newest open edition; the 2026 roll lives only in the Assessor's disclaimer-gated property search, which was not used. Values include exempt property, so totals are larger than the taxable land book.
All parcels, 2024 total value$3.64B across 4,727 parcel rows
Sum of Total_Value2024 in the TaxParcels layer (s1), read 1 Nov 2026; about 4,675 stated acres. Single-family (urban) class: 3,667 rows, $1.44B; commercial-industrial 456 rows, $797M; multi-family 106 rows, $514M; educational 50 rows, $296M.
Most valuable parcel on record$472.0M
College of William and Mary main campus, 101 Jamestown Rd, 293.6 acres, exempt, 2021 value in the ParcelService layer (s2); missing from the 2024 layer.
Highest-valued taxable parcel, 2024$101.4M
Midtown Row luxury-apartment unit, 215 Monticello Ave, BSR Midtown Current LLC, built 2020, 240 units (s1). Next: High Street View Building 4, 150 Kings Manor Dr, HS APT Land LC, $78.7M; Williamsburg Lodge $71.0M.
Historic Area class$253.6M on 666.6 acres
190 parcels in the state class 'Colonial Williamsburg', 2024 values (s1).
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Williamsburg is owned, to a degree unusual even for a small city, by two institutions. In the City's 2024 parcel layer (4,727 rows, about 4,675 stated acres), the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation holds 279 parcels and 1,312 acres, and the College of William & Mary holds another 800 acres in its own name - more than 1,086 acres in the 2021 layer, which still carried the 293.6-acre main campus. In the 2021 layer the two together held 2,462 of 5,141 deeded acres, 48% of the city. The City itself is third. No railway or electric-utility parcel appears on the roll: none is named as an owner. Acres are as the roll states them (Total_Acres); condominium units carry 0.
| Name | Type | Holdings (2024 roll) |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation The Historic Area, Merchants Square, the Williamsburg Lodge, the Inn grounds (410 E Francis St, 11.484 acres, $35.2M), the Visitor Center tract (101 Visitor Center Dr, 97.0 acres, $49.5M) and Bruton Heights (301 First St, 34.7 acres). 190 parcels sit in a separate state class labelled 'Colonial Williamsburg' ($253.6M, 666.6 acres). In the 2021 layer none of its 282 parcels was exempt: 174 were taxable and 108 on 'Service Charge' status (s2). |
Institution | 279 parcels, 1,312.4 acres, $444.8M (2024)A |
| College of William and Mary Includes 401 Monticello Ave (501.9 acres), the Law School (801 S Henry St, 55.7 acres, $61.2M) and the School of Education. A further 10 parcels are titled 'Commonwealth of Virginia' or 'Commonwealth of Virginia, The College of William and Mary in Virginia' ($40.4M; One Tribe Place, bought 31 May 2013 for $20,560,000). The Endowment Association (8 parcels, 30.3 acres) and the William and Mary Real Estate Foundation (8 parcels) hold more. |
Institution | 37 parcels, 800.5 acres, $236.8M (2024); plus the 293.6-acre main campus ($472.0M in 2021)A |
| City of Williamsburg Municipal Building, the joint courthouse, the Regional Library (515 Scotland St, $8.4M), the fire station (440 N Boundary St, built 2022, $15.0M) and parks. |
Government | 72 parcels, 320.0 acres, $140.7M (2024)A |
| Quarterpath Williamsburg LLC Undeveloped commercial and residential tracts in the Quarterpath at Williamsburg plan, recorded April 2014. Principals not stated on the roll. |
Developer | 41 parcels, 168.4 acres, $46.4M (2024)A |
| Riverside Healthcare Association Inc Doctors Hospital at Riverside (17.34 acres) and a 114.078-acre tract at 771 Quarterpath Rd assessed as agricultural land. |
Institution | 2 parcels, 131.4 acres, $53.7M (2024)A |
| Williamsburg-James City County School Board James Blair Middle School (18.3 acres, $37.3M), Berkeley Middle School (23.9 acres) and Matthew Whaley School (8.3 acres); two of them titled 'Williamsburg James City'. The joint school division serves both localities. |
Government | 3 parcels, 50.5 acres, $75.8M (2024)A |
| The Sisters of Mercy in the City of Philadelphia Walsingham Academy, 1100 Jamestown Rd; exempt. |
Institution | 1 parcel, 32.8 acres, $20.4M (2024)A |
| USA National Park Service / United States Department of Interior Colonial Parkway land (2229 Colonial Pkwy, 26.99 acres) and small Jefferson St lots. |
Government | 5 parcels, 28.0 acres, $1.0M (2024)A |
| Williamsburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority (roll: 'W R H A') Blayton Building senior apartments (613 Scotland St, 38 units), Highland Park, Mimosa Woods and New Hope Rd public housing, all built 1981. |
Government | 13 parcels, 25.7 acres, $20.4M (2024)A |
| American Battlefield Trust In the 2021 layer the same 19.7 acres were titled to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Board of Historic Resources. |
Institution | 1 parcel, 19.7 acres (2024)A |
| Williamsburg Area Transit Authority Bus maintenance garage, 7239 Pocahontas Trl, bought 2 Oct 2020 for $2,100,000. |
Government | 1 parcel, 13.4 acres, $3.0M (2024)A |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Williamsburg is nearly built out, so new homes come a few dozen at a time. The Census Building Permits Survey counts 126 new units authorised in 2021-2025: 33 in 2021 (12 single-family, 12 in 3-4 unit buildings, 9 in one 5+ building), 46 in 2022 (30 single-family, 16 in two 5+ buildings), then 15, 10 and 22 single-family units in 2023-2025 (s8). Most new ownership housing on the roll is at Quarterpath (Village Green North) and Holly Hills; the big rental blocks (Midtown Row, High Street View, Attain @ Quarterpath) sit with single-purpose owners (see commercial). No league table covers the city, so builders are counted from parcels they hold on the City roll (s1, s2).
| Name | Type | Parcels held on the roll |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterpath Williamsburg LLC Owner of record on the undeveloped tracts and unsold lots of Quarterpath at Williamsburg, recorded April 2014. Principals not stated. |
Developer | 41 parcels, 168.4 acres (2024); 48 parcels (2021)A |
| HHHunt (HHHunt Homes Hampton Roads, LLC; HHHunt Quarterpath, LLC) HHHunt Quarterpath, LLC holds 11 Village Green North condominium units built 2021-2022 (e.g. 4159 Northridge St), recorded 16 Nov 2021. |
Private company | 16 parcels (2021, Homes Hampton Roads); 11 condo units (2024, Quarterpath)A |
| Holly Hills, LLC Held 24 lots in the 2021 layer and one parcel in 2024; the roll shows 35 'Holly Hills Townhomes' built 2018 or later. |
Private company | 24 lots (2021); 1 parcel (2024)A |
| Sky Blue Homes, LLC Townhouses on Meeting Pl built 2022-2023; one sold 31 Aug 2022 at $400,000 and a group recorded 31 Jan 2023 at $1,057,270. |
Private company | 9 parcels (2021); 11 townhouses (2024)A |
| Kirbor at Powhatan Park LLC Lots in Powhatan Park, where the roll shows 5 new single-family homes ('Powhatan Park Block 2 New') built 2018 or later. |
Private company | 8 parcels (2021); 3 parcels (2024)A |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Commercial Williamsburg is the Foundation's Historic Area and Merchants Square, a hotel strip on Richmond Road and Capitol Landing Road, and three newer mixed-use districts - Midtown (Monticello Ave), High Street and Quarterpath. Outside the Foundation, the largest commercial owners are single-asset LLCs; only one, Broad Street Realty, files with the SEC, and it entered Chapter 7 in March 2026. Timeshare operators are a local speciality. Figures are 2024 values from the City roll unless stated.
| Name | Type | Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation The whole of Merchants Square and the Historic Area's shops and taverns, held directly by the Foundation (s1). |
Institution | 32 retail, restaurant, bank and office parcels, 547,119 sq ft gross, $71.6M; plus the Williamsburg Lodge ($71.0M)A |
| Broad Street Realty, Inc. (BSR Midtown Current LLC; BSV Colonial Owner LLC; BSV Lamonticello Owner LLC) 10-K for 2024 (s6) carries Midtown Row at $126.8M, Midtown Colonial $17.9M (95,472 sq ft GLA, 100% leased) and Midtown Lamonticello $16.0M. Roll: Midtown Row $118.9M, 1260 Richmond Rd $13.2M (bought 12 Jan 2017 for $13,300,000), 220 Monticello Ave $14.2M (20 Nov 2017, $4,200,000). Parent filed Chapter 7 on 20 Mar 2026 (s7). |
Public company | Midtown Row, Midtown Colonial and Midtown Lamonticello: $160.8M net real estate in its 10-K; $146.3M on the 2024 rollB |
| HS APT Land LC High Street View apartments at 150 and 159 Kings Manor Dr and 3200 Treyburn Dr, built 2018-2022; recorded 25 Jul 2017 (deed 173267). |
Private company | 3 parcels, 367 units, $112.2MA |
| BRG Quarterpath LLC Attain @ Quarterpath, 3950 and 4100 Battery Blvd, 4 storeys, built 2015; land bought 30 Apr 2014 for $3,178,000. |
Private company | 2 parcels, 228 units, $63.2MA |
| Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited Inc 315 York St (building name 'Bluegreen Vacations', 2.05 acres, $14.6M) bought 14 Jun 2006 for $15,000,000; Broadway Ave and Penniman Rd tracts recorded 20 Oct 2006. The roll does not state the parent company. |
Private company | 14 parcels, 18.9 acres, $20.5MA |
| Westgate Resorts Ltd Westgate Historic Williamsburg, 1324 and 1350 Richmond Rd; 1324 bought 16 Oct 2002 for $4,500,000. |
Private company | 2 parcels, 11.2 acres, $19.1MA |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- 2026 assessed values and current owners: the newest open City layer with owners carries 2024 values (edited June 2024); the 2026 roll is only in the Assessor's Spatialest search, whose disclaimer popup was not accepted.
- The Circuit Court Clerk's remote-access subscription price for Williamsburg-James City County land records (Clerk's pages behind Cloudflare; only search-result snippets seen).
- Williamsburg Inn: the roll's 11.484-acre Foundation parcel at 410 E Francis St (2024 $35,163,800; labelled 'Hotel' at 300 E Francis St in 2021) is probably the Inn's site, but no record read names the Inn, so it is not listed as a marquee building.
- Principals behind Quarterpath Williamsburg LLC, HS APT Land LC, High Street Shops LLC / RCS-High Street TIC LLC and the sponsor of CS1031 Sterling Manor Apartments, DST: not stated on the roll; no filing was opened.
- Whether Midtown Row has been sold, foreclosed or transferred by the Chapter 7 trustee since 20 Mar 2026: the 2024 roll predates the bankruptcy and no later record was read.
- Civic holdings (property held by City Council members or other officials): the City's own site, where council minutes and disclosure filings would be, disallows ClaudeBot in robots.txt, so nothing was checked.
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Sources
- City of Williamsburg 'TaxParcels' feature service (layer 0): Current_Owner, Building_Name, Total_Value2021-2024, Sale_Date, Sale_Price, Deed, Total_Acres, Year_Built, CNS_Area_Gross, Total_Income_Units; 4,727 rows, last edited 18 Jun 2024 — City of Williamsburg (ArcGIS Online org 96Dq0JXOtjNW10pz) · openA
- City of Williamsburg 'ParcelService' feature service (layer 'pserv'): OwnerName, TaxStatus, StateClass, DeededAcre, values for 2021 and the two prior years; 4,714 rows — City of Williamsburg (ArcGIS Online) · openA
- Code of Virginia § 58.1-802: grantor tax 50 cents per $500; no deed admitted to record unless the consideration is stated on its first page — Virginia General Assembly (LIS) · openA
- Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court Clerk, Secure Remote Records / OCRA Subscriber Agreement (one-year subscription; county land records from 1854, Williamsburg land records from 1865) - seen in search results only — James City County / Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court · blockedC
- Real Estate Assessment and Property Search (property.spatialest.com/va/williamsburg): disclaimer popup with Schneider Geospatial Global Terms of Service — City of Williamsburg / Schneider Geospatial · openA
- Broad Street Realty, Inc. Form 10-K for 2024: Midtown Row (240 student units, 620 beds, retail portion 55,540 sq ft), Midtown Colonial (95,472 sq ft GLA), Midtown Lamonticello; Schedule III; Fortress mezzanine loan secured by the entity that owns Midtown Row — Broad Street Realty, Inc. (SEC EDGAR, CIK 764897) · openA
- Broad Street Realty, Inc. Form 8-K, 26 Mar 2026, Item 1.03: Chapter 7 petition filed 20 Mar 2026, D. Del. Case No. 26-10398-KBO; trustee appointed, assets to be liquidated — Broad Street Realty, Inc. (SEC EDGAR) · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual county files 2021-2025 (co2021a.txt ... co2025a.txt): Williamsburg (Independent City), FIPS 51-830 — US Census Bureau · openA