June’s top building permits: apartments, Zara, fire station

Plus: Weigh in with your predictions on Charlotte's future; SouthPark gets in on trend toward white buidings; Big data center rezoning near University City

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In today’s edition:

1. Mecklenburg’s top commercial building permits from June! Apartments, fire station, SouthPark retailer, school gym and more!

2. Give us your predictions for Charlotte commercial real estate for the rest of 2025!

3. Part of SouthPark’s Morrocroft Village is getting a glow-up in the form of white paint over 1990s red brick — the expansion of the white-house trend to retail centers!

4. A huge data center rezoning, land deals and links to growth and development stories of note from the last week.

Let’s get to it!

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June’s biggest building permits: apartments, Zara, fire station, high school gym

It’s everyone’s favorite time — checking in on the biggest commercial building permits issued in Mecklenburg County in the month of June!

Topping the list are apartment projects: the redevelopment of the former Duke Energy headquarters into residential by MRP Properties and Asana Partners, followed closely by a 281-unit residential apartment building off Sugar Creek Road near NoDa by Capital City Real Estate and Pennington Real Estate Partners.

Also on the list: Zara at SouthPark, a new fire station, Northlake Acura and a gym and classroom building at a charter school in Matthews.

Here’s the top 10 list: