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J.T. Williams Lincoln Druid Hills University Heights North Park Oakview Terrace Washington Heights
Sugar Creek Lakewood Oaklawn Park Double Druid Hills Oaks South McCorey 85 Heights Tryon Hills
Enderly Smallwood Biddleville Greenville North Park Charlotte WEST Lockwood END Seversville Villa Optimist Heights Ashley Park Wesley Heights Park Plaza FOURTH Hills 1 Mile WARD 2 Miles THIRD 3 Miles WARD Belmont Bryant Park UPTOWN FIRST WARD Plaza-Midwood
Westover West Boulevard Hills SECOND WARD Wilmore 74 MIDTOWN Commonwealth Revolution Brookhill Elizabeth Park SOUTH END Chantilly Cherry Dilworth Coliseum Southside Drive Park
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Jurisdiction includes: Sedgefield • Uptown (Charlotte’s Central Park Road/ Myers Business District - CBD) Freedom Park • South End Park • West End • Midtown
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J.T. Williams Lincoln Druid Hills University OVERVIEW CONTENTS Heights North Park Oakview Terrace Washington The annual State of the Center City report 2 250 Years and Still Going Strong Heights focuses on the growth and development Sugar Creek Lakewood Oaklawn of Charlotte’s urban core. Park Double Druid Hills Oaks South McCorey Development 85 Heights Tryon Hills The report is prepared by Charlotte Center City Partners (CCCP), 4 a 501(c)4 not-for-profit corporation that envisions and implements Enderly Smallwood Biddleville Greenville North strategies and actions to drive the economic, social and cultural Park Charlotte WEST Lockwood development of Charlotte’s Center City. END 6 Work Seversville Villa The vision for Center City is a viable, livable, memorable and Optimist Heights Ashley Park sustainable place with modern infrastructure, a tapestry of great Wesley Heights Park Plaza FOURTH urban neighborhoods and a diversity of thriving businesses. WARD Hills 1 Mile As defined in this report, Center City includes Uptown, which is 12 Live 2 Miles Charlotte’s Central Business District (CBD), South End, West End THIRD 3 Miles WARD Belmont and a portion of the Midtown neighborhood. Data associated with Bryant Park FIRST UPTOWN Plaza-Midwood WARD the term “3-Mile Ring” pertains to the neighborhoods within three Westover miles of “The Square” at the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets. 18 Experience West Boulevard Hills SECOND WARD Wilmore 74 MIDTOWN Commonwealth Revolution Brookhill Elizabeth Park SOUTH 28 Stay END Chantilly Cherry Dilworth Coliseum Southside Drive 30 On The Go Park
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Center City Partners’ Eastover On The Horizon Jurisdiction includes: Sedgefield 34 • Uptown (Charlotte’s Central Park Road/ Myers Business District - CBD) Freedom Park • South End Park • West End • Midtown
Light Rail Streetcar Streetcar Construction 250 Years and Still Going Strong
Two hundred fifty years ago, at the juncture of two Native American trading routes, this city was founded as Charlotte-Towne, in honor of Her Majesty Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg. Since then, the area around that intersection—Trade and Tryon streets in Uptown—has transformed into a dynamic urban center that is the region’s center of commerce, hospitality and culture.
Charlotte Center City is the fifth-busiest CBD in the country for office Importantly, Center City is a place where all are welcome. Ninety-two construction, behind only New York, Chicago, Seattle and Washington. percent of Mecklenburg County residents have visited Uptown in the This development velocity has set Uptown on pace to have our most past year, most of whom choose to spend time and money in Center productive office construction decade in history—a projected 7 million City for culinary, arts and sports experiences that cannot be replicated square feet by 2020. elsewhere in the market. Through robust employment, entertainment, transportation and living options, the urban core provides the region’s One result of this growth in office space and jobs is the rapid in-migration greatest platform for inclusive economic development and opportunity. of young, skilled talent seeking opportunities. They come for the jobs, but they stay for the city’s relative affordability and quality of life Today, Charlotte Center City continues to distinguish itself as a center delivered through our parks, greenways and linear parks; transit-oriented of commerce and as a destination. As we look ahead, we continue to neighborhoods; breweries and retail offerings. More than half of all see Charlotte as one of the world’s great cities. Our work is not yet apartments under construction in the MSA are within three miles done in achieving that vision—but our future is bright. of Trade and Tryon streets.
These are the attributes the modern workforce demands and that position our city well as we compete for jobs and talent. A diverse industry base continues to attract workers with college degrees to Charlotte at a rate more than twice the national average. Innovations in fintech, growth in startups and continued strength in health care, financial services and energy fuel the recruitment of sought-after millennials. In short, Center City is the job engine for our region.
The assets that attract new residents to Uptown, South End, West End and Midtown are also attractive for visitors. Demand for additional hospitality Rob Engel Michael J. Smith Chairman, Board of Directors President & CEO inventory has driven incredible growth in Center City hotel rooms, with a 54 percent increase in room nights booked in the past 10 years.
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TALENT ACCESS INCLUSION AMENITIES VALUE
11% 1.2M 13% 125+ 21% 5 year growth in Charlotte’s residents are within a 30-minute of the city’s dedicated affordable pro sports events per year lower office rents population of young professionals commute to Uptown housing is located within 3 miles with 4 professional sports than peer city CBDs versus 3% across peer cities of Trade and Tryon teams based in Uptown
17% 19 100% 245+ 8% 5 year growth in experienced miles of light rail with 26 of arts organizations based in restaurants with lower overall cost of professionals versus 11% across stations and 11 Park & Ride lots Center City have programs to 38 new opened in 2018 business than peer cities peer cities allow for free and low cost access
14,749 705+ 92% 22 26% tech workers moved to Charlotte daily departures of Mecklenburg County residents craft breweries within lower apartment rents from 2011-2016, the second highest to 173 non-stop destinations come Uptown at least once a year 3 miles of Trade and Tryon than peer city CBDs growth in the U.S. behind the San from Charlotte Douglas Francisco Bay area International Airport
3 Development FAST FACTS* 5TH busiest CBD in the U.S. for office construction
Since 2013, Charlotte Center 10th-busiest metro area for City has added more than housing permit activity. More than $1.7B 6,000 apartments, 2.65 million half of all apartments being built in projects currently under construction square feet of office, 1,015 hotel in the MSA are within three miles rooms and 567,000 square of Trade and Tryon. The continued feet of retail. Center City is the investment in Center City is being 6.9M fifth-busiest CBD in the U.S. for driven by the ongoing economic square feet of office planned office construction behind only growth of the region coupled or under construction New York, Chicago, Seattle and with a desire for urban living Washington. Charlotte is the and work environments. 8,458 housing units planned or under construction 2,310 hotel rooms planned or under construction 948,167 square feet of retail planned or under construction
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*Development Fast Facts are from 12/13/2018. For current numbers, please contact CCCP.
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The most important result of Center City development is an influx of new talent, residents and visitors. As more people become part of this place, the region continues to grow its capacity to innovate, engage and entertain.
DEVELOPMENT BY DECADE
OFFICE SPACE FOR
30,500 OFFICE WORKERS BUILT FROM 2010-2019
RETAIL SPACE FOR
93 NEW SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS
HOTEL SPACE FOR
800,000+ OVERNIGHT VISITORS
RESIDENTIAL SPACE FOR
17,500 NEW RESIDENTS
Source: Charlotte Center City Partners 5 Work FAST FACTS 11.8% vacancy rate in Center City
In Charlotte Center City, a talented Center City’s diverse industry $33.85 workforce, desirable office spaces base coupled with the region’s average Class A rent per and accessibility makes a vibrant quality of life has been key square foot in Center City place to do business. National and to attracting and retaining international investors have been talent, leading to the economic eager to acquire and develop growth that is driving new office 116,000 properties, with record prices development. Post-recession, the Uptown worker population for asset sales in 2018. Property region has attracted on average owners have invested heavily in more than 34,000 new college existing buildings, with more than educated residents per year. 19,257 South End worker population $90 million invested in ground floor renovations during the past two years. 71% growth in Center City employment over 15 years $582M raised in venture capital funding in 2017
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We are pleased to locate our global corporate headquarters in Charlotte along with the headquarters of“ our fastest-growing business, Safety and Productivity Solutions. Charlotte is a great fit for Honeywell’s long-term needs, both because of the proximity it affords us to three of our major businesses in the Southeast and because it is a business-friendly and family-friendly environment that will help us retain and attract a world- class workforce. We are excited about the benefits this concentration of Honeywell talent will allow us to bring to our customers, and we know that Charlotte will offer a wonderful quality of life to our employees.”
- Darius Adamczyk, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell
RECENT UPTOWN BUILDING TRADES
BUILDING NAME LAST SALE PRICE PREVIOUS SALE PRICE PREVIOUS SALE YEAR
500 East Morehead $496,000,000 NA NA
615 South Tryon $590,000,000 NA NA
400 South Tryon $228,000,000 $104,000,000 2014
129 West Trade $156,000,000 $65,000,000 2016
1210 AvidXchange $429,000,000 NA NA
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting has the first LEED and WELL certified office space in Uptown. Source: REIS 7 WORK
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT RENT
The cities included in this chart are used throughout the document in reference to peer cities. Source: JLL Uptown Charlotte will be home to more than 48% of the market’s Class A office space upon completion of all projects in development. When all projects are complete, the supply of Class A office in Uptown will increase by 28%.
Charlotte is home to more than 739,000 square feet of coworking space with 75% in Center City. These spaces provide solutions for entrepreneurs, small businesses and corporations who have needs Venture for flexible space and on demand timing that cannot easily be Capital met in the traditional market. These spaces are also a key part of $236M $582M growing Charlotte’s tech economy which has seen a 146% growth Funding in 2015 in 2017 in venture capital funding in the past two years. Source: Bloomberg
Source: JLL Coworking 8 WORK
SOUTH END OFFICE SPACE
Source: Charlotte Center City Partners
Charlotte is attractive to Dimensional“ Fund Advisors With more than 1 million square feet of modern Class A because the city offers a high office under construction and 778,000 square feet of “creative” quality of life, a deep pool of office space, South End has emerged as a sought-after location for firms talent and easy accessibility. across a diversity of industries, including financial services, insurance and We expect Charlotte to play technology. These companies join more than 175 existing South End design firms to create a dynamic business community. a significant role in our future, and we are excited to become part of this vital community.”
- Aaron Marcus, Head of Global Human Resources, Dimensional Fund Advisors 9 WORK
Nine colleges and universities have a presence in Center City. Combined with the 15 four-year degree institutions in the Charlotte MSA, in 2018, more than 9,600 students graduated with bachelor’s degrees and more than 3,600 with graduate degrees. A large portion of these students stay in the region upon graduation. Joining them are a sizable percentage of peers from other southeastern colleges.
PERCENT OF GRADUATES THAT MOVE TO CHARLOTTE
COLLEGE PERCENTAGE
UNC Charlotte 60%
Appalachian State 21%
Davidson 14.7%
UNC Chapel Hill 12%
NC A&T 11%
Wake Forest 10%
UNC Greensboro 9%
NC Central 9.3% BACHELOR’S DEGREES AWARDED MASTER’S DEGREES AWARDED
UNC Wilmington 8.8% IN 2017 BY REGIONAL COLLEGES IN 2017 BY REGIONAL COLLEGES
East Carolina 8.7%
NC State 8%
UNC Asheville 7.8% 1,887 726
Clemson 7% Elon 7% 6,047 1,566 2,019 College of Charleston 4.3% 913
The Citadel 4.2%
Virginia Tech 2.4%
Duke 2%
Source: Wall Street Journal 10 Source: Scholarships.com WORK
Charlotte’s talent pool has expanded Tech employment in Charlotte grew 58% from rapidly in recent years with degreed 2012-2017. This growth, coupled with a high residents growing at a pace more than twice the national average. quality of life, puts Charlotte at #1 on CompTIA’s list of top cities for tech workers.
Additionally, 16% of Mecklenburg County Source: CBRE residents are foreign born, adding a layer of diversity to our community. That figure has grown by 20% over the past 5 years.
GROWTH IN DEGREED RESIDENTS HIGH GROWTH CHARLOTTE EMPLOYMENT SECTORS 30% GROWTH 54% GROWTH 31% GROWTH 22% GROWTH 123% GROWTH 48% GROWTH
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Source: U.S. Census Bureau 11 Live FAST FACTS 32,300 estimated residential population in Center City
Demand for housing in Center in Center City, appreciating City continues to be high. the walkable urban lifestyle 46% Through 2018, more than 1,300 and dining and entertainment Center City population units were absorbed in the options. Center City offers a wide growth in the past 5 years Uptown apartment market. selection of housing including South End occupancy rates modern high-rise towers, historic have remained above 95% and homes and housing affordable for $2.05 3,401 new units are currently citizens from all walks of life and per square foot average under construction. Residents income levels. Uptown rent are paying a premium to live $1.83 per square foot average South End rent
$275,000 median home price in Uptown 13% of Charlotte’s dedicated affordable housing is located within 3 miles of Trade and Tryon
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Center City is the fastest growing apartment market in the Charlotte MSA with more than a third of new apartments built in the last five years located within three miles of Trade and Tryon.
Charlotte offers residents a wide variety of housing options with more affordability than its peer cities. Additionally, the city is committed to providing diverse price points of housing for the community; in 2018, $50 million in housing bonds were approved by voters, added to a $50 million housing fund being raised through the Foundation For The Carolinas.
PERCENT OF HOUSES AFFORDABLE TO MEDIAN INCOME HOUSEHOLDS PEER CITY MEDIAN PEER CBD MEDIAN MONTHLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
Sources: Zillow and Rent Café 13 LIVE
UPTOWN RESIDENT FACTS
36% 1/3 1/3 of housing of the housing has of residents moved is owner-occupied been built since 2015 from out of state
36% 48% 3% of residents have a dog walk to work are car-free
Uptown Charlotte offers the excitement “and buzz of a large city, but without the congestion and hefty price tag. Southern hospitality and the influx of new residents gives this historic city a vibrant culture of diversity and inclusion, making it a place I’m proud to call home.” - Lauren Chamberlain, Uptown resident
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I like that South End feels like a neighborhood “and a booming commercial and entertainment district. Its proximity to the light rail, Rail Trail and Uptown are also huge reasons why we moved here. You find something interesting everywhere you walk or ride your bike, be it a restaurant or shop or art installation. I like that there’s still a mixture of old and new buildings — and that some developers have embraced restoration instead of rebuilding. Keeping a streak of that alive will preserve the quaint feeling that originally attracted us to South End.”
- Rick Shanley, South End resident
SOUTH END RESIDENT FACTS
70% 25% 50% eat out in South End work in Uptown of housing has been built in at least once a week the past 10 years
95% 44% 30% of new South End residents use ride share services when walk, bike or take transit to in 2017 had a college degree they go out to eat or drink work outside of South End outside of South End
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Living in Five Points at Historic West End allows “me the convenience of accessing Uptown life while maintaining a neighborhood feel. Our community is comprised of diverse, strong folks that are collectively moving forward with a proud, rich history as our foundation. But I most love living here because of my neighbors. Whether longtime residents or newcomers to the neighborhood, folks here are open, welcoming, and hospitable. My neighbors embody the proud history and strong future of Five Points at Historic West End.”
- Paul VanGundy, Historic West End resident and small business owner
WEST END RESIDENT FACTS
28 2,000+ 30% professional and West End residents of residents service businesses are homeowners
20% $240,310 3 of residents have lived average home sale price miles of Irwin and in West End for 20+ years in 2018 Stewart Creek Greenways
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Center City’s population has exploded over the past five years, with much of the growth comprised of younger people. Seventy-two percent of new residents are between the ages of 18 and 34. This has been driven by the attraction of a walkable urban lifestyle with access to high quality amenities and affordable housing.
UPTOWN AND SOUTH END POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH BY AGE GROUP
Source: U.S. Census and Charlotte Center City Partners 17 Experience
DINING
Ninety-two percent of Mecklenburg The concentration of entertainment County residents make their way and cultural amenities grows into Center City at some point every year, creating a colorful and each year, with the most frequent energetic place all day and night, reasons for visits being dining out, seven days a week. Developers CULTURE experiencing cultural amenities are capitalizing on this activity by and attending extraordinary events creating new spaces that are highly such as games, concerts and sought after by retailers eager festivals. Additionally, 64% of the to capture a growing market of region’s 12 million annual overnight residents, workers and visitors. visitors come to Center City. MUSIC & EVENTS
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SHOPPING
RAIL TRAIL & PARKS
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38 new places to eat and drink opened in 2018
50+ works of public art to explore
365 days of music and events, including award winning parades, symphony concerts and festivals showcasing the region’s talent
1.8M+ fans attend regular season games of the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte Knights and Charlotte Hounds
16 new services and soft goods retailers opened in 2018
131+ acres of open space in Uptown including parks, urban trails and greenways for active recreation
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EAT AND DRINK
It feels as if they’ve done everything right “here, everything you’re supposed to do in order to attract the right kind of creative talent, from encouraging density at the heart of the city—here, known as Uptown—to creating a modest, but growing rail transportation network.
On the food and drink front, the region’s diverse population (Charlotte is currently one of the most diverse cities in the United States) has an increasingly impressive array of options to choose from, too. There’s a public market; there are all the things we seem to like these days, really, from obsessive ramen joints, to risk-taking craft breweries... In short, things have been happening, are happening, and will continue to happen.”
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EAT AND DRINK
120+ 125+ 27 93% 72% 12 sit-down fast casual coffee shops; over half growth in the number of of all food and beverage roof top bars restaurants restaurants locally-owned coffee shops since 2014 businesses locally-owned and restaurants
92 57 5 14 38+ 113+ outdoor eating bars and drinking full service vendors at 7th Street new bars and restaurants types of beers brewed in and drinking options establishments grocery stores Public Market opened in 2018 South End and Uptown at 8 craft breweries
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SHOP
Center City is a key retail location; recently completed, under construction and planned retail space will add 1 million+ square feet to the market. More than $90 million has been invested in the conversions of lobby spaces in existing towers, yielding 100,000 square feet of new ground floor retail in the past two years.
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
UPTOWN SOUTH END MECKLENBURG COUNTY $84,688 $82,609 $59,268
AVERAGE EMPLOYEE WAGE
UPTOWN SOUTH END MECKLENBURG COUNTY $115,608 $55,224 $60,586 Source: U.S. Census
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Charlotte is in the top 20 for Southern Methodist University’s Art Vibrant cities. Center City has a thriving and innovative arts scene. From major national productions at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center to regular gallery crawls in South End, Center City offers opportunities for all people to experience the arts.
Photo credit: Joan Marcus
760,000+ 36,000+ 30,000+ visitors per year works of art in the visitors per year learn to Discovery collections of the Mint about Charlotte’s history Place Science Museum and The Bechtler at Levine Museum of the New South
6,400+ 200 44 students and educators dancers in the Charlotte performances of benefit each year from Ballet’s Nutcracker including 19 productions the Harvey B. Gantt Center local students from the by the full-time for African American Charlotte Ballet Academy Charlotte Symphony Arts & Culture and the REACH scholarship 23 EXPERIENCE
EVENTS
Events in Center City help bring energy to the streets and range from small informal performances to the nationally-celebrated Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade. The events calendar stays full all year long, attracting local, regional and national visitors to celebrate all that Charlotte offers.
This year is a celebration of Charlotte’s 250th anniversary with special events in Center City and around the city.
3,000+ 100+ 90+ slices of cake served yearly events and programs vendors at the new at Trade and Tryon on produced by Charlotte Uptown Flea, a monthly Charlotte’s 250th birthday Center City Partners outdoor market on North Tryon Street
52% 280+ 125 of South End residents shops open for South End’s parade entries in the attend the pop up shopping Small Business Saturday 2018 Novant Health at Front Porch Sundays Thanksgiving Day Parade
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SPORTS
Sports play a significant role in Uptown Charlotte, which is the home of the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte Knights and Charlotte Hounds. Venues such as Bank of America Stadium and Spectrum Center also play host to college sporting events, international soccer tournaments and more.
1.9M 4 125+ fans attended regular professional sports teams regular season games season games in 2018 call Uptown home played each year
In 2019, special sporting events including the NBA All Star Game, the ACC basketball and football championships, the Belk Bowl and the CIAA basketball tournament will be held in Uptown. These events are anticipated to draw more than 250,000 out-of-town visitors.
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PARKS
Center City is known for its beautiful parks: 60% of Uptown residents go to a park at least once a week, reflecting the trend that has 85% of Americans finding access to a park an important factor for where they choose to live.
PUBLIC DOG OFF WATER OPEN SPORT BIKE ART FRIENDLY LEASH EVENTS FEATURE SEATING PLAYGROUND SPACE COURTS FRIENDLY 4th Ward Park • • • • • • • • 9th Street Park • • • • Biddleville Park • • • First Ward Park • • • • • • • • Five Points Park • • • • • Frazier Park • • • • • • • Marshall Park • • • • • • • Polk Park • • • • • • Rail Trail • • • • • • Romare Bearden Park • • • • • • • Sugar / Irwin / Stewart Creek Greenways • • • • The Green • • • • • • • Thompson Park • • • • • • •
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RAIL TRAIL
The Rail Trail has fast become one of Center City’s most beloved gathering and recreational spots. The 4.5 mile-long urban path follows the light rail line and connects South End and Uptown. The trail is dotted with a variety of interactive public art projects that draw in passersby and neighborhood residents alike. In 2018, the construction of a pedestrian bridge was approved to close the Rail Trail gap across I-277.
15 195+ 2,000 art installations along shops, restaurants daily visitors or viewable from the trail and bars within walking on the Rail Trail distance of the trail
71% 64% 100 increase in visitors of South Enders considered steel posts make up from 2014-2017 Rail Trail important in their the new Color Forest decision to move to public art installation the neighborhood
27 Stay FAST FACTS 1.7M estimated overnight visitors in 2018
The hospitality and tourism In 2018, Charlotte had 5,583 business employs more than hotel rooms at 24 properties 57% 4,800 people in Center City, throughout Uptown. In 2019, we increase in weekend almost half of whom are will add a new hotel in South End. overnight guests since 2010 employed by 24 hotels. This The 1,155 rooms currently under number has grown by 16% since construction represent 40% of 2013, driven in large part by the the new hotel room construction 18% addition of more than 1,000 new regionwide. increase in room rate hotel rooms in Uptown. Demand in the past 5 years for these rooms is high and is driven by business travel, special events and leisure travelers. 20% increase in overnight guests in the past 5 years 71.8% hotel occupancy rate 2 nights average hotel stay
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Hotel demand is steadily increasing, driven by significant growth in weekend business. Occupancy rates for weekends are up by 7% since 2012, and over that time frame almost 1,200 new rooms have come on line. This growth is reflective of the dynamic entertainment options and events offered in Center City.Weekday occupancy rates have remained above 70% for the past 5 years driven by consistent demand from business and convention travelers.
UPTOWN HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES AND AVERAGE DAILY RATES YEARLY ROOM NIGHTS BOOKED IN UPTOWN 1,381,134
1,112,929
894,633
Source: CRVA and STR Source: CRVA and STR 29 On The Go FAST FACTS 50% of Blue Line light rail boardings are at Uptown Center City is at the heart of the Once inside of Center City, it is or South End stations region’s transportation network. easy to get around. Tree-lined, It is easy for the regional population pedestrian-friendly sidewalks to access the opportunities Center help people circulate through the 1M+ City offers as it is served by major district. For longer trips, a large rides on bike interstates, an expanding light fleet of bike sharing and scooter and scooter shares rail system, streetcar and local sharing options blanket the area. and commuter buses. Charlotte + Douglas International Airport is 46,000 professionally-managed only 15 minutes away by car parking spaces or express bus. 1,748 weekday Gold Line streetcar ridership
1,000+ bike share bikes in 2018 15 minute drive to the airport from Trade and Tryon 140 non-stop domestic airline destinations
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DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM CHARLOTTE
FLIGHT TIMES
UNDER 1 HOUR
UNDER 2 HOURS
UNDER 3 HOURS
3 HOURS OR MORE 9 Direct Flights to Europe
24 Direct Flights to the Caribbean, Central America, South America
15-minute bus ride or drive 705+ daily departures from Center City to Charlotte Douglas International Airport to 173 non-stop destinations
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Center City is easy to get to for commuters. For drivers, it offers easy interstate access and ample professionally-managed parking. For commuters seeking an alternative, it is the hub for the region’s light rail, streetcar and bus service.
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR COMMUTERS
51 50+ 9 18 CATS Park & Ride electric vehicle light rail stops and express bus routes lots offering charging stations 4 streetcar stops and 26 local routes free parking for in Uptown serve Center City serve Uptown transit users and South End
Sources: Charlotte Center City Partners and CATS
UPTOWN WORKER COMMUTE BY DISTANCE
UPTOWN 489K 1.2M 1.6M 1.9M residents within residents within residents within residents within 15 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 60 minutes
Source: U.S. Census and HFF
46,000 professionally-managed parking spaces in Uptown Charlotte have monthly rates 47% below the average for U.S. cities
Source: Parkopedia
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Getting around inside Center City keeps getting more fun. The addition of bike share and scooter share programs lets visitors get around easily without bringing their own bikes. For pedestrians, assets like the Rail Trail allow for a pleasant and interesting experience. Current projects include new bike lanes and pedestrian improvements in the growing Stonewall Street Corridor.
PEDESTRIAN COUNTS
25,000 2,000+ 1M+ pedestrians at pedestrians on the bike share and scooter Trade and Tryon daily Rail Trail daily share miles traveled in the last 12 months
233 93 91 shops and restaurants Uptown South End within a 15-minute walk walk score walk score of Trade and Tryon
Source: Charlotte Department of Transportation
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1 Historic West End A&P Site 5 7th & Tryon Street Blocks • Potential adaptive reuse • Will implement North Tryon Vision Plan of an empty grocery • Includes major redevelopment projects • Currently home to the award-winning at the Main Library, Discovery Place Rosa Parks Farmer’s Market and Hall House sites • Walls surrounding the building have • Mixed use development with housing, come alive with new murals office, retail, institutional and hospitality
Light Rail Silver Line 2 6 Brooklyn Village Matthews to Airport • Future mixed use redevelopment • Light rail line will provide service in Second Ward from Matthews, east of Uptown, • Includes a mix of uses including market to the airport rate and affordable housing, office, retail • Early designs call for a 20-mile line and hospitality • Multiple potential alignments • Will include a redevelopment through Center City of Marshall Park
Convention Center 3 Gateway Station 7 Reinvestment • Integrates high density, mixed use development with multimodal transit • $110 million in upgrades • Hub for local and regional rail, • Grade separated pedestrian link as well as regional bus service to the Stonewall Station and Whole Foods • Links Uptown to Raleigh and Atlanta • Updates to interior spaces including with intercity service additional small meeting rooms; exterior upgrades include a window to Stonewall Street
4 6th Street Cycle Track 8 Rail Trail Pedestrian Bridge • Protected bike lane • Connects Uptown and South End • Will connect cyclists to greenways via the Rail Trail and the Cross Charlotte Trail • Iconic bridge over I-277 • Links into Convention Center
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St Paul St G Belmont Ave R OPTIMIST PARK Heil Pl A The Plaza
HA Clement Ave Oak Lawn Ave M W Fifteenth St N Alexander St
Polk St Louise Ave Louise
S N Myers St Pegram St Pegram STATESVILLE AVE T Welch Pl Spring St Gordon Jennings St Wadsworth Pl Belmont Ave Pecan Ave St Vinton St
Fontana Ave Elm St
Van Every St N Church St Church N Miles Ct
Grier Ave Terrace Andrill W Liddell St E Liddell St
Bascom St Russell Ave St Brevard N Shenandoah Ave OAKLAWN Burton St GREENVILLE Spratt St E Thirteenth St
Whisnant St GREENVILLE Lamar Ave The Plaza Westover St Polk St Mulberry Ave PARK
ALEXANDER Heath Ct PARK CHANTILLY Otts St Chesterfeild Ave St. Julien St Vinton St Hamilton St McGill Garden Way Condon St Canton Pl Renner St Celia Ave Creek St SUNNYSIDE E Thirteenth St AVENUE Boone St Oak Lawn Ave Alpha Mill Ln Mill Alpha (2020) Bay St
Spindle St Spindle Green Trail Ln N Alexander St Seigle Point Dr Central Ave Clifton St
Fairmont St Oakland Ave Oakland
N College St Dundeen St Renner St E Twelfth St 74
Fairfield St Sunnyside Ave Kingsbury Dr N Poplar St Poplar N Campus St
Mulberry Ave Skyline View Way Seigle Ave Layburnum Ave E Twelfth St Ave Louise Washington Ave MCCROREY WASHINGTON Condon St HEIGHTS Bay St E Eleventh St Greenway Crescent Ln E Tenth St Tate St HEIGHTS W Eleventh St Sunnyside Ave MCCOLL Garden District Dr E Ninth St CENTER FIRST WARD Madison Ave ELEMENTARY Patton Ave Hamilton Piedmont St Booker Ave Maxwell DANCE Oakland Ave THEATRE E Tenth St Seigle Ave Van Buren Ave N L Andrill Terrace Jackson Ave S
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SCHOOL (2020) Johnson S Johnson
N E Ninth St Beaumont Ave NC Music Factory E Seventh St BIDDLE- nth St VILLE W Ni NINTH ST UNCC FIRST WARD Cameron PARK PARK UPTOWN FOURTH WARD
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FIVE POINTS LIBRARY N E Sixth St Hawthorne Ln LANE & 5th raham St N T N Kings Dr ELMWOOD WARD PARK N Sam Ryburn Walk Campus St Travis Ave
PARK IRWIN AVE G CEMETERY
ELEMENTARY N Sixth St W 4 E Fifth St Mill Rd JOHNSON C. SMITH LUSKI CENTRAL PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY Chisholm Ct GALLERY
Seldon Dr BEATTIES FORD RD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESBYTERIAN Vail Ave N Gregg St Gregg N
N Gardner Ave Gardner N HOSPITAL N Turner Ave Turner N Solomon St
Morrow St Vail Ave E Fifth St N Colon Dixon St St Clarkson N TRAVIS
Latham Pl Latham JOHNSON C. SMITH AVENUE
Elizabeth Ave ial St
UNIVERSITY (2020) W Fifth St PERFORMING SPECTRUM Wake St Wake W Sixth St CPCC CENTRAL ham Dr Martin St CENTER W Trade St ARTS CENTER St Long N
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W Trade St McDOWELL
N Cedar St Flint St Flint GOV’T
N Summit St Summit N STREET 2 CTC E Trade St CENTER S Gardner Ave TRADE & STATION S Gregg St Walford Dr MINT TRYON S Smallwood Pl Frazier Ave Frazier W Fifth St GATEWAY STREET (2020) E Fourth St Baldwin Ave STATION (2020) Lima Ave Roslyn Ave FIVE Ave Irwin N (2020) TRANSIT JOHNSON & WALES t
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S Cedar St EASTOVER S Bruns Ave E Third St Queens Rd
MARSHALL PARK S Colonial Ave S Irwin Ave e S Laurel Av v Willoughby St Coxe Ave W Third St Ranlo Ave W Fourth St BB&T Sumter Ave Duckworth Ave BALLPARK THIRD ST/ MIDTOWN Circle A rade St CONVENTION CENTER T ROMARE BEARDEN WESLEYW Victoria Ave STATION HEIGHTS PARK Auten St THIRD WARD VISITOR e (2020) CENTER 6 Ave Lillington Dartmouth Pl THIRD W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Crescent Av Chamberlain Ave WARD St Clarkson S FRAZIER BECHTLER Luther St PARK E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd PARK Fourth Ext St MUSEUM Mahopac St W
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Westbrook Dr raham St
ollege st Walnut Ave KNIGHT S Brevard St Charlottetowne Ave C
Eli St THE GREEN C SECOND WARD Metropolitan Ave
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Cherry St Welker St
Waco St Fourth Ext St WESLEY STONEWALL W STATION CHERRY
HEIGHTS S Torrence St Elliot St Elliot BANK OF Hermitage Rd Woodvale Pl Bromley Rd Altondale Ave S Cedar St Cedar S AMERICA PEARLE STREET Baldwin Ave STADIUM PARK SEVERSVILLE W Second St W Hill St PARK Ambassador St Heathcliff St W Hill St 8
Morris St Litaker Ave Greenwood Cliff Baxter St BAXTER
Henley Pl STREET RD PROVIDENCE Eldridge St Eldridge Ardsley Rd
State St PARK Queens Rd McNinch St McNinch
S Summit Ave
Grandin Rd W Morehead St Harding Pl
E Morehead St S McDowell St Walnut Ave
Calvert St Rose St Clydesdale St Harvard Pl
W Dunbar St Harding Pl Winnifred St
S Church St SChurch
Ambassador St TUCKASEEGEE RD
Woodruff Pl Woodruff E Morehead St E Morehead St QUEENS RD Carol Ave St Clarkson S
W Carson Blvd Dr Square Morehead QUEENS RD State St CARSON
Berryhill Rd Morehead Medical Dr LIGHT RAIL SILVER LINE Arosa Dr STATION Dilworth Rd Romany Rd
Lela Ave Lela Post St S Kings Dr N Edgehill Rd West Queens Rd
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Oriole St S Lexington Ave E Carson Blvd Berkeley Ave
Dubois Ct S Edgehill Rd
S Mint
Pryor St LIGHT RAIL
Morson St Euclid Ave W Palmer St
S Caldwell St
W Palmer St Myrtle Ave Huston Cr Huston Mt Vernon Ave
t Belgrave Pl STREET CAR S Summit Ave W Palmer St Brunswick Ave
BETTE St College S SouthBlvd TUCKASEEGEE RD CAROLINAS MEDICAL RAE Lexington Ave W Morehead Ext CENTER Granville Rd THOMAS S Graham CENTER PROTECTED BIKE LANE SOUTH END
Clay Ave Penman St Quincey St Ardsley Rd Hopedale Ave Westley Village Rd Village Westley Blythe Blvd
BRYANT Bryant Pl Jay St Way Stone West Lafaette Ave Lincoln St Linganore Pl GREENWAYS & RAIL TRAIL Scott Ave Effingham Rd
Alice Ave PARK Mt Vernon Ave
Poolside Ln Poolside Waterwalk Ln Waterwalk S Hertford Rd Kenilworth Ave T Penn St E Bland St MYERS PARK Ringwood St ryon St Coniston Pl Rushing Creek Ln Commerce St Camp Greene St PARKS & GREENSPACE W Bland St THRIFT RD Carlton Ave Wareham Ct Berkeley Ave Drum St Elon St Berkeley Ave Hopedale Ave
S Church St Pierce St
Winona St Winona St Winnifred St Winnifred 35 Rolston Dr
BLAND Garden Terrace
STATION Rensselaer Ave LATTA PARK Ave Waverly W Summit Ave Amber Dr Buchanan St Freedom Dr Romany Rd E Dilworth Rd W Summit Ave Norton Rd
Kee Ct Camden Rd FREEDOM DR E Park Ave Filmore Ave Fountain View S KINGS DR West Queens Rd
Merriman Ave Isleworth Ave Berryhill Rd BRYANT S Clarkson St PARK W Dilworth Rd Larch St Westwood Ave Sherwood Ave
Lennox Ave Lombardy Cir
Springdale Ave EAST BLVD Cumberland Ave
Winthrop Ave E Kingston Ave W QUEENS RD
W Park Ave Lyndhurst Ave
Euclid Ave
Cleveland Ave East Blvd Ave Floral W Park Ave
Southwood Ave Charlotte Dr Charlotte Asheville Evergreen Dr
Ewing Ave W Kingston Ave E Worthington Ave
Park Rd Pl Lombardy Cir Maryland Ave Radcliffe Ave E Worthington Ave Hawkins St Wren St Stanford Pl
FUTURE Kenilworth Ave Suttle Ave East Blvd WILMORE Isom St Wilmore Dr Gay St WILMORE SOUTH END Scott Ave Ideal Way Royston St Camp Greene St Fleetwood Dr PARK Spruce St PARK EAST/WEST Ideal Way Garibaldi Ave STATION New Hope Rd
Wickford Pl Millerton Ave Millerton Columbus Cir Columbus Cr West Blvd W Kingston Ave DILWORTH Lynway Dr
E Worthington Ave Sterling Rd Carling Ave WILMORE Lattimore St
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Spruce St E Tremont Ave Dunkirk Dr Dunkirk FREEDOM S t W Worthington Ave PARK Magnolia Ave E Dilworth Rd
W QUEENS RD E Tremont Ave Lyndhurst Ave Abbott St Dilworth Mews Ct Wilkinson Blvd W Kingston Ave Brookside Ave W Dilworth Rd Hemlock St Marlowe Ave
Sarah Marks Ave Park Rd Ledgewood Ln Wellesley Ave
ASHLEY PARK Atherton Heights Ln Heights Atherton
W Morehead St Doggett St Kirkwood Ave
Morton St Merriman Ave Merriman
McDonald Ave Woodcrest Ave Berryhill Rd Merriman Ave Clayton Dr Cumberland Ave W Tremont Ave
Wilmore Dr Cartier Way Cartier
Herbert Spaugh Ln Charlotte Dr
Ordermore Ave
Southend Dr Southend Park Rd Magnolia Ave Monument St Greenland Ave
Skyview Rd Wilmore Dr Spruce St Meacham St
Remount Rd Sumner Green Ave Arty Ave Springdale Ave
Camp Greene St Mather Green Ave Bethel Rd Winthrop Ave
Marlowe Ave Ideal Way
Seabrook Dr Rampart St Lyndhurst Ave PARK RD Idlewood Cr Iverson Way Olmstead Park Pl McDonald Ave Salem Dr Berryhill Rd WESTOVER HILLS FREEDOM PARK
Highland St Hawkins St
Salem Dr Dorothy Dr
Sterling Rd Lilac Rd REMOUNT RD Park West Dr Atherton St Forrest Park Dr Diana Dr
Weyland St Ave Tremont W Jameston Dr Fordham Rd SEDGEFIELD Idlewood Cr Parker Dr
REVOLUTION Brookhill Rd PARK Toomey Ave Toomey Sunset Dr Barringer Dr Greenland Ave PARK Euclid Ave
Windsor Ave Village Ct Village
Distribution St Somerset Dr
Dunavant St Lilac Rd
Marshall Pl West Blvd Basin St
S Elmhurst Rd T Geneva Ct
BROOKHILL ryon St Edinburgh Ln
Poindexter Dr Ideal Way Willow Oak Rd
Idlewood Cir
Lawndale Rd Lawndale Townes Rd Kimberly Rd Princeton Ave
Remount Rd
Remus Rd Remus SEDGEFIELD Parker Dr Rd Brookhill Brentwood Pl Poindexter Dr South Blvd Oakcrest Pl
Poindexter Dr Berkshire Rd
Cambridge Rd Watson Dr Remount Rd
Barringer Dr Marlwood Terrace Norfolk Ave Norfolk SOUTHSIDE Yale Pl Ardmore Rd Willow Manor Rd
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Youngblood St Youngblood
Baltimore Ave Baltimore Haverford Pl Haverford
Phillips Ave
Griffith St
Elmhurst Rd Benjamin St Heath Ln Diamond Grove Ln Miller St Holly
Cowles Rd Toomey Ave Toomey
Fairwood Ave Carver Cove Ln Mayflower Rd Hampton Garden Ln Chicago Ave Marsh Rd Rd
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Tow Beachmont Ave NEW BERN Pl Marion PARK RD Norma St Fairwood Ave STATION
Mimosa Ridge Ct REVOLUTION GOLF COURSE Marsh Rd Park Slope Dr WILKINSON BLVD Melbourne Ct WEST BOULEVARD SOUTHSIDE PARK E.B. MOORE REVOLUTION PARK PARK Beech Nut Rd
Kingspark Dr
Griffith St Belton St
Dewberry Terrace
OLD STEELE CREEK RD Foster Ave
Bank St Greystone Rd
Brentwood Pl Ave Auburn Mayfield Ave ASHBROOK/ Foster Ave Belton St Beech Nut Rd CLAWSON VILLAGE Dover St
May St St Anson
Dexter St
Weston St
Herman Ave COLONIAL VILLAGE CLANTON DONALD ROSS RD PARK Hartford Ave
Trade Park Ct Clanton Rd Acknowledgments
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