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Volume 15, Number 20 • May 15 to 21, 2015
Growth off providence road continues
LEGO just the latest in new wave of retailers to join SouthPark Six retailers joining south Charlotte mall this spring, summer by Ryan Pitkin ryan@thecharlotteweekly.com
Former Golf Links to become Rea Farms, Crescent communities files rezoning application for 72 acres Photo courtesy of Lincoln Harris
by Hannah Chronis scweditor@thecharlotteweekly.com
The unprecedented growth in south Charlotte continues, and developer Crescent Communities is looking to get in on the action. South-Charlotte based Lincoln Harris’s request to rezone the former Charlotte Golf Links property at the intersection of Ardrey Kell and Providence roads was approved at the end
of April, which will allow a transformation of the site into a mixed-use development spanning 188 acres, to be known as Rea Farms. The rezoning allows for 250,000 square feet of retail space along with 650,000 square feet of office space, 500 multifamily units, 300 senior living units, 200 single-family homes, a day care, a 175,000-square-foot recreational facility with an indoor
swimming pool and indoor tennis courts, and a kindergarten-througheighth-grade STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) magnet school. Construction of the school is scheduled to be completed by the 2020 school year. “We have listened carefully to the comments and wishes of the (see Crescent on page 10)
On Monday, May 11, the LEGO Group announced it would open a LEGO store in SouthPark Mall this summer. The store will be one of six new retailers to join SouthPark this spring and summer, with some already open for business. Jeweler Kendra Scott and outdoor company The North Face both opened stores this spring, on March 31 and May 1, respectively. The Track & Field Store and The Shade Store are set to open in June while LEGO will open later this summer. Nicole Kennon, director of marketing and business development at SouthPark, said the turnaround is relatively normal – 10 new stores opened in 2014 – especially as the mall reaches 10 years since its last renovations and some leases expire. She said three to five more stores are set to announce SouthPark locations this summer. “North Face just opened across the hall, (see LEGO on page 8)
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