After repeatedly running into roadblocks over its nearly 200-home proposal, developers have served the town of Ashland with a lawsuit hoping to push the project through to Town Council.
Developer pursues lawsuit against Ashland
Jonathan Spiers
Jonathan joined BizSense in 2015 after a decade of reporting in Wilmington, N.C., and at the Henrico County Leader. The Virginia Tech grad covers government, real estate and other news.
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