Charlotte Commercial Real Estate Whispers — March 11, 2025

CATS gives updates on Red Line stop and Gateway Station; Providence Road developer switches to townhomes; House speaker on 'down-zoning' changes; and more!

It’s time once again to step inside the hush-hush world of Charlotte Commercial Real Estate Whispers, where behind-closed-doors deals and tantalizing trends are laid bare. This is your all-access pass to the seductive underbelly of the city’s real estate game—because the best secrets are the ones you’re not supposed to know.

Hi, and welcome to the first newsletter edition of Real Estate Whispers.

For the last year, we’ve written this as an occasional column within the main Charlotte Ledger newsletter. Now, it is its own newsletter, and you opted into it — which I take to mean that you’re interested in Charlotte’s growth and development. (Not everyone is!)

With a more focused audience, I can better tailor information to you — someone who has expressed interest in this topic — without worrying as much about whether a more general audience will find it interesting. This newsletter will come out when it comes out, at least once every two weeks. Expect a mix of original news, analysis, context and informed gossip. And we will try some new things and see how they go! Thanks for joining me. —Tony Mecia

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Question for you: How often do you want to read this newsletter?

In today’s edition:

1. CATS gives updates on proposed Camp North End rail stop and Gateway Station

2. Providence Road developer replaces plans for apartments with townhomes

3. N.C. House speaker weighs in on prospects for altering state’s new anti-down-zoning law

4. Sweet, sweet drone photos of The Pearl

5. How to hear me interview John Barton and Ned Curran about Ballantyne development over breakfast next week

OK, let’s get into it …

Update from CATS: Rail stop at Camp North End looking likely … but then there’s Gateway Station

Camp North End seems likely to get a stop on the future Red Line commuter rail. (Photo by Camden & Hailey George via Unsplash)