City of Charlotte E Ti Td D Lt Estimated Development
City of Charlotte EtiEstima tdDted Deve lopmen t Potential For Transit Corridors & Activity Centers 2008 – 2035 April 2009 CITY OF CHARLOTTE—ESTIMATED DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR TRANSIT CORRIDORS & ACTIVITY CENTERS Background and Objectives In January of 2009 the City of Charlotte retained Noell Consulting Group to analyze long-term growth trends in Mecklenburg County and to identify the amount of development that can be expected to occur in transit corridors and key activity centers in the coming 27 years. Understanding the potential amounts of growth that can be reasonably expected to occur in this area will assist the City’s long-term planning efforts not only in these areas, but throughout the county as a whole. Included in the areas examined are: 41 existing and planned transit stations along the South, North, Northeast and Southeast transit corridors; Nine activity centers (Center City, Northlake, University Research Park, Cotswold, Southpark, Ballantyne, Coliseum, Whitehall, and Steele Creek); and Three planned streetcar corridors (Central, Beatties Ford, and Wilkinson Boulevard). To this, our objective in this effort is to understand macro (national, regional) and local (county and sub- county) trends and conditions occurring today and in the coming years and, placing these key areas in the context of these trends, and identify the level of growth that is likely to occur in each of these areas as well as in the remaining portions of the county. Land uses examined include higher-intensity residential uses (attached for-sale and rental product, as well as higher-intensity detached for-sale development), office, and retail uses. As with previous efforts, growth will be allocated to each station area and activity center, noting the growth in population, households, and employees likely to occur from these land uses in each area in 10-year increments through 2035.
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