Real Estate
New plan eyed for Hwy. 21/Catawba
June 6. By Dave Vieser. At a meeting Tuesday in Town Hall, NCDOT officials and residents from the Smithville neighborhood reviewed plans for improvements at Hwy. 21 and Catawba Avenue, and it looks like they may have finally hit on something which is acceptable—a twin or double roundabout. Previous plans had included a standard roundabout […]
Classica building 22 homes in $500K range
May 31. By Dave Vieser. Construction has begun on Washam Potts Reserve on the south side of Washam Potts Road, a short distance east of Westmoreland Road. According to the developer, Classica Homes, there will be 22 single-family ranch homes on the 7.32-acre plot. Projects such as this are considered “infill development” where homes are […]
Retail project on W. Catawba at Knox stuck in traffic modeling right now
May 11. The approval process for the new shopping center at West Catawba and Knox Road has come to a halt while the town’s traffic engineer compiles new data in conjunction with the NCDOT. Cornelius Planning Director Wayne Herron anticipates that the required hearings before the town Architectural Review Board, Planning Board and Board of […]
Meeting for project near Catawba at Nantz is May 9
April 28.A community meeting to outline development proposed for the intersection of West Catawba Avenue and Nantz Road will take place on Wednesday May 9, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Cornelius Town Hall. The meeting will be conducted by the developer, Convenience Development Partners LLC, of Huntersville. The proposal calls for the development […]
Special land planner retained for Smithville community
Cornelius will retain a seasoned planner to help with land use planning in the Smithville neighborhood on either side of Catawba Avenue just west of I-77. The Town Board unanimously retained Bill Duston for a fee not to exceed $5,000. The historically black community was once an outpost of Cornelius back when the town limits—and […]
Where will the firefighters, police and teachers live?
By Erica Batten. A sense of home is foundational to quality of life, according to Chris Ahearn, the new director of Our Towns Habitat for Humanity. She was a panelist at the March Cornelius Today Newsmaker’s Breakfast at The Peninsula Club. The topic: affordable housing. Ahearn, a longtime volunteer at Cornelius-based Habitat, said that when […]
Real Estate: Construction of luxury homes under way on Washam Potts
By Dave Vieser. Site preparation has begun for Washam Potts Reserve on the south side of Washam Potts Road, a short distance east of Westmoreland Road. According to the developer, Classica Homes, there will be 22 single-family ranch homes on the 7.32 acre plot. Projects such as this are considered “infill development” where homes are built […]
Real Estate: Reggie White home to be auctioned March 12
Looking for a big waterfront home in Cornelius? The 16,430-square-foot home built by former Carolina Panther Reggie White will be auctioned online March 12. with a starting bid price of $1.5 million. The home at 17235 Connor Quay Court has nine bathrooms, five bedrooms, a gym with a home theater, and an elevator. Connor […]
Affordable housing: What’s the impact of rising property values
Affordable housing—better known as workforce housing in the world of economic development—will be the topic of the Business Today Newsmakers Breakfast March 21 at The Peninsula Club. Workforce housing is a term used by planners and economic developers to describe suitable living accommodations for people like first responders, single parents, teachers and service workers whose […]
Town Board public hearing on landscape buffers tonight
Feb. 19. The Cornelius Town Board will conduct a public hearing tonight on proposed changes to the town’s land development code. The principal change would be an increase in the street landscape buffer required for new projects within the town. “Monday will actually be the final step in a four-year process to update the town’s […]
