Location
Charlotte, NC
Size
29 acres

Project Background
Cherokee’s Southline project consists of two parcels along the city of Charlotte’s South Light Rail Corridor System and adjacent to a light rail station. The first parcel, South End, is a 23-acre assemblage including a former dry cleaners, service station and chemical lab. The second parcel, Scaleybark, is a 6.6- acre site located on South Blvd. Both parcels are located only a few miles from uptown Charlotte. Rail service began in late 2007 and ridership is exceeding expectations. Rail service extending to other corridors around the Charlotte area will begin within the coming years.

The Cherokee Solution
Cherokee worked closely with the Charlotte Area Transportation System (CATS) and Mecklenburg County to secure TOD-M entitlements. The former industrial sites are now rezoned to “Transit Oriented Development – Mixed Use” classification, a flexible classification with urban densities. Cherokee will work to ensure that each site is consistently developed to provide a broad range of market-tailored mixeduses, adequate open spaces for community interaction, and the strategic placement of facilities to enhance safety and create a community network.

Redevelopment Plan
Cherokee retained Shook Kelley, a leading architect and design firm, to prepare a master development plan for the sites. The plan includes a combination of commercial, residential and retail uses and various infrastructure improvements. This mixeduse design will create an intermodal transportation hub that will reduce traffic and improve air quality. The development will also reduce development pressure on greenfields. The development will take advantage of significant property assemblage and enable placemaking to occur in a sizable and meaningful way. Cherokee Southline will be Charlotte’s first redevelopment project to fully leverage the benefits of mixed-use, transit-oriented development, and it will set the tone for subsequent developments along the Light Rail Corridor.

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