—THE HISTORY—
April 2009
Piedmont Realty & Construction launches in Charlottesville, Virginia to build earth-friendly semi-custom homes in planned communities.
February 2013
Piedmont Realty & Construction merges with Stanley Martin Homes after becoming the largest and most successful privately held homebuilding company in Charlottesville, VA in just two years.
Spring 2016
Piedmont Realty Holdings breaks ground Piedmont Place—its preeminent property—in Downtown Crozet.
January 2017
Piedmont Place opens its doors, brining a local shopping market, restaurants, and a fitness studio to the community.
Fall 2017
Piedmont Realty Holdings buys and upgrades six four-unit apartment buildings at 253 Stribling Ave in the Fry's Spring neighborhood of Charlottesville.
Spring 2019
Piedmont Realty Holdings acquires and fully renovates Belmont Heights—apartments in Downtown Charlottesville just minutes from UVA and I-64.
Summer 2020
Piedmont Realty Holdings breaks ground on Greenleaf Center, a mixed-use project with high-end condominiums and Class A office space in Downtown Charlottesville.
Sustainability is in our roots.
Piedmont Realty Holdings has long been a pioneer and trendsetter for sustainable development. One of the initial advocates of earth-friendly construction in the area, Drew Holzwarth, Principal, laid the foundational principles Piedmont Realty Holdings still follows to this day. With years of experimentation and innovation, Piedmont Realty Holdings leads the industry by using the best technologies and sourcing practices available. Sustainability has been in Piedmont Realty Holdings’ DNA from the start—equally as valuable as the beauty and financial performance of our projects.
Fine, functional craftsmanship.
HIGH-GRADE MATERIALS. detailed artistry. places to live—not just work and sleep.
Piedmont Realty Holdings makes decision at every step of the development process locally and internally to maintain the integrity of the project and the ability to move swiftly. Piedmont Realty Holdings’ reputation lives and dies on the quality of its projects and the experiences delivered, which is why Piedmont Realty Holdings works with only the most reputable contractors using the highest-quality materials. Every project undergo quality control checks every step of the way, from breaking ground or demolition to the finishing touches.
Meet Drew Holzwarth, Principal
A results-driven entrepreneur with a proven track record of creating vision, identifying opportunities, building organizations, and delivering strong profits, Drew Holzwarth brings more than 25 years of business strategy, homebuilding, and land development experience to Piedmont Realty Holdings.
As the Managing Partner for Greenwood Homes, Holzwarth leads as a multi-dimensional management professional with extensive expertise in business development, process and productivity improvement, financial return, human resources, training, and discovering then executing on creative business opportunities. At Greenwood Homes, Holzwarth focuses on growing land development and homebuilding operations in the Charlottesville, Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Raleigh markets. Prior to launching Greenwood Homes, Holzwarth was a Regional President for Stanley Martin following a merger with his company, Piedmont Realty & Construction—the largest and most successful privately held homebuilding company in Charlottesville; known for a commitment to crafting high quality, earth friendly homes. Holzwarth left the Stanley Martin organization in 2019 after playing a key role in their explosive growth and ultimate sale to Daiwa House Inc., a Japanese conglomerate.
Throughout his career, he has led strategic planning, operations, development, commercial construction, portfolio management, finance sourcing, real estate brokerage, and vendor-partner relations for multiple companies. Holzwarth spent twelve years at NVR-Ryan Homes in Northern Virginia before relocating to Charlottesville to pursue new business opportunities and attend graduate business school. At NVR, he focused on sales and marketing, construction management, and estimating. At age 27, after just five years with the company, Holzwarth was promoted to Vice President and Division Manager—the youngest in the company’s 70 year history.
Holzwarth graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1994 with dual degrees and later earned his MBA at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He is a registered Class-A contractor and a licensed Real Estate agent.
Holzwarth has remained involved at the Darden School as a guest lecturer and is a member of one of Darden’s Leadership Boards—the Diversity Advisory Council. Since 2015, Holzwarth has been a board member for two community banks and currently serves as a Director for Blue Ridge Bank. Additionally, he is a Director for SWEETPAY, a successful FINTEC company disrupting the online consumer lending space. In the non-profit space, Holzwarth is active on the board of the University of Virginia Physicians Group—where he has served as Chairman since 2021.