Dec. 4. Birkdale Village is taking another shot at a major expansion. Jamestown, Birkdale’s new owner, is asking the Town of Huntersville for approval for a 100-foot-tall office, 150 apartments, a hotel, two parking garages and additional retail.
Tim Perry, an executive with Jamestown and North American Properties, the prior owner, said the mixed-use project needs hotel visitors, office workers and apartment residents to create the necessary traffic flow to support the businesses that are already there.
Another expansion plan failed nearly two years ago, having received abundant community criticism.
“We’ll be back,” Perry said back in 2023.
Perry
Details
The project would require Conditional Rezoning. The proposed hotel would contain 125 rooms. The plans include 26,715 square feet of retail space and 122,300 square feet of office space.
Community meeting
A community meeting is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 16 from 6 to 7 pm at Community In Christ Lutheran Church at 7621 Norman Island Drive.
Residents nearby apparently have different opinions as to the expansion.
Quotable
“There is a deep split in the neighborhood between those who want the additional parking vs those who want to preserve the small town look,” one resident said.
Birkdale Village is home to 60 retailers and restaurants, office space, apartments and a movie theater.
Rendering of hotel by Jamestown
Myself and many others I know would frequent Birkdale like we used to if the parking wasn’t a problem. There is plenty of residents locally to support the village businesses but nobody wants to deal with parking their car. That is the #1 problem to solve. We don’t need more traffic created by a hotel and office space.
Posted by Paul Yancey | December 4, 2024, 12:09 pmSorry for the poor grammar….Ouch
Posted by Paul Yancey | December 4, 2024, 12:11 pm