For studios, agencies & makers
A studio with bones worth photographing.
Exposed beams, oversized windows, a freight-era floor plate. The Michie Building was a printing factory before it was the best creative space downtown — Townsquare leases it, and rooms like it, direct.
See it furnished
The same real room — staged for your work.
Keep scrolling to watch the empty space furnish itself.
Character you can't fake
Original hardwood, exposed ductwork, brick, and light from three sides — the kind of room that ends up in your own portfolio shots.
Open plate, your layout
Big, near-columnless floors you configure for worktables, a shoot corner, a moodboard wall, and a client lounge — no landlord cubicle grid to tear out.
A creative neighborhood
Galleries, the Mall, coffee, and a maker community at the door. Clients like coming to you when 'you' is downtown.
Available now
Spaces that fit.
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609 E. Market
Suite 110
$4,000
/ month
Office
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609 E. Market
Suite 105
$2,800
/ month
Office
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300 W. Main
Suite 301
$3,147
/ month
Office
Why downtown Charlottesville
A live-work city that earns the commute you no longer make.
A fraction of the cost
Downtown office runs $18–26 per SF a year here — a sliver of DC, New York, or San Francisco. Your runway lasts longer and your team lives better.
UVA next door
A top research university ten minutes away: engineers, scientists, MBAs, and a research-partnership pipeline most cities would kill for.
Real venture money
An active local venture scene — CvilleBioHub, the CAV Angels network, and downtown accelerators keep capital and talent moving through the city.
A live-work city
Walk from your front door to work, lunch, and home along the longest pedestrian mall in America. No commute, no parking garage, no gridlock.
Questions, answered direct.
Can I shoot, build, and reconfigure the space?
These are commercial creative floors, not buttoned-up offices — within reason you can configure, shoot, and build. Talk specifics with the owner directly.
How big are the lofts?
The Michie floors run roughly 1,500–2,150 SF each, and adjacent suites combine for about 4,200 SF of contiguous space.
Is it wired and climate-controlled?
Yes — central heat and A/C, business internet, and updated electrical, in a building restored for modern tenants.
For other teams
Inquire
Move into a room with a past.
Tell us what you're looking for and we'll line up the right spaces. Or call (757) 254-2008 — you'll reach the owner, not a broker.