Development
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City Council Passes 150-Day Moratorium on Data Center Petitions
Charlotte City Council held a business meeting on Monday night, voting on the Fiscal Year 2027 budget and an anticipated moratorium on data center petitions. Council voted 9-2 to approve the budget, with LaWana Mayfield and Ed Driggs casting the only No votes. You can read the budget in full…
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Residents Sound Off on Data Centers in Charlotte, Interim Mayor Timeline Decided
Charlotte City Council held a business meeting on Tuesday night. The main attraction was the public forum on a potential data center moratorium, which saw dozens of speakers address council and got contentious at times. Council also made a decision on how to move forward with replacing Mayor Vi Lyles…
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Council Quickies: Manor Theatre Redevelopment, Mission City Townhomes
Charlotte City Council held its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, with no big fireworks or drawn-out discussions but a few significant petitions. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are able…
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Developers Unveil New Vision for 301 South Tryon in Uptown
Developers Unveil New Vision for 301 South Tryon in Uptown The new owners of 301 South Tryon, the Uptown block that is home to the former 2 Wells Fargo campus and still houses popular local businesses like Amelie’s and Johnny Burrito, have announced their intentions to redevelop the parcel and…
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Townhomes in Cotswold, Shuffletown, West Sugar Creek Come to Council
Charlotte City Council held its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, deciding on a slate of townhome developments that drew opposition from some council members. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers…
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Council Quickies: Proposed CATS Budget, New Street Vending Regulations
Charlotte City Council held a business meeting on Monday night, preceded by an action preview segment with a number of important presentations. Action previews comprise presentations that aim to better inform council members about issues that will be voted on in future meetings, giving a chance for them to ask…
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Council Quickies: BOplex Upgrades, Wilora Lake Development Approved
Charlotte City Council held its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, ending rather early before going into a closed session. An affordable senior-living development in Wilora Lake was the most discussed petition of the evening, but before that council approved a business item regarding upgrades for Bojangles Coliseum. On the…
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Camp North End Tenants React Cautiously to Property’s Sale
Sometimes standing on business means standing up for your actual business. “Yes, we acknowledge Camp North End is sold,” Davita Galloway, co-founder of Black-owned creative business DUPP&SWAT, posted on her business’s Instagram account on Feb. 14, two days after tenants at the sprawling, 76-acres campus were informed that a new…
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Council Quickies: Affordable Housing for Veterans and Red Line on Track
Charlotte City Council held a public forum and business meeting on Monday night, during which they got a first look at a new proposal for the creation of naturally occurring affordable housing for veterans and voted on the next big step for the Red Line. Below, we’ve included some of…
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NC AG Jeff Jackson Takes Live Nation to Trial Over Ticket Inflation
NC AG Jeff Jackson Takes Live Nation to Trial Over Ticket Inflation The trial for a bipartisan antitrust case against Live Nation launched by 30 attorneys general including NC AG Jeff Jackson and the US Department of Justice started this week. Jackson joined 29 Republican and Democratic attorneys general and…
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Council Quickies: Residents Sound off on Toll Lanes at Public Forum
Charlotte City Council held a public forum and business meeting on Monday night, hearing from a passionate crowd of residents who oppose the proposed toll lane project along the southern stretch of I-77 in Charlotte. Council also voted on a big step in a long-anticipated mixed-use development that will include…
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Council Quickies: East Charlotte Railyard and Kingsbridge Triplex Development
Charlotte City Council held a zoning meeting on Monday night, zooming through a quick session in under two hours. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are able to present their plans,…
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Residents Voice Outrage After I-77 Toll Lane Design Selection
Residents Voice Outrage After I-77 Toll Lane Design Selection Dozens of residents showed up to a town hall in the Historic West End on Thursday evening to speak out against plans for toll lanes along the southern stretch of I-77 in Charlotte. The meeting occurred one day after the NC…
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Levine Museum Unveils Future Permanent Home in South End
After years of hosting exhibits and programming in temporary spaces across the city, the Levine Museum of the New South has found its next permanent location, announcing Wednesday its plans to acquire and redevelop the Grace Covenant Church facilities at the intersection of South and East boulevards. Four years after…
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Council Approves Plan at Site of Burial Ground for the Enslaved
Charlotte City Council held a zoning meeting on Tuesday night, making a decision on a property that had been the site of a controversial rezoning petition nearly a decade ago due to the presence of an apparent burial ground for enslaved people at the site. Zoning meetings are split into…
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Council Quickies: First Look at New Brookhill Village Plan
Charlotte City Council held a zoning meeting on Monday night, approving a few large-scale developments and hearing proposals for other votes to come in the future. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which…
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