West Charlotte River District continues expansion mode with latest housing addition
Townhome rentals are the next wave of housing options coming to West Charlotte’s River District.
About 158 single-family attached units will be built on 31 acres at 8000 Dixie River Road in Charlotte’s new neighborhood, according to a land development construction plan permit filed with the city in mid-May.
The units are part of Crescent Communities’ line of townhome rentals, Harmon, said a spokeswoman for the River District developer.
The townhomes will have two-, three- and four-bedroom floorplans. The community will offer a clubhouse, pool and other amenities.
The townhomes will be market-rate rentals, which are below the monthly payment for homeownership, Crescent Communities said. It’s another way to bring people to the River District who may not be interested in homeownership or apartment living.
The plans are still in the preliminary stages and a construction start date isn’t available.
But the permit marks the continued growth of the $6 billion, 1,400-acre mixed-use redevelopment district from vacant land to a new neighborhood.
About the Charlotte River District
The River District is on the west side of the airport and Interstate 485 near the Catawba River. Development plans began in 2016 and since then it’s added houses, trolls, retail centers and people.
May has been a busy month for the district.
NOVEL River District, the 318-unit, seven-building multifamily development, held its grand opening this month. A segment of the three-mile Forge Village Trail Loop, a new walking and bicycle trail connecting Westrow and Basswood, also opened this month.
And Charlotte City Council approved over $17.6 million in design and construction cost of the district’s new fire station, Firehouse 44.
The firehouse will be built near a temporary station currently in use at 7800 Dixie River Road.
In February, Crescent announced a28,200-square-foot, two-story mixed-use building, which will house the district’s first retailers, from restaurants and shops to medical facilities and other neighborhood goods.
In December, the district announced that its first commercial tenant would be Dash In, a Maryland-based retail and gas station chain.
The 5,600-square-foot site, along with a 400-square-foot covered outdoor dining area, will be a convenience store with made-to-order food such as burgers and all-day breakfast. And there will be gas pumps and a car wash.
And, the district’s most visited tenant arrived in November. That would Big Pete with the Big Feet, the 65-foot-tall wooden troll that’s part of Thomas Dambo’s “Trail of a Thousand Trolls” project.
Besides the Harmon townhomes, more housing is also on the way.
Laurel Street Residential is the River District’s mixed-income housing provider. The nonprofit will break ground on 80 units in Westrow within the next month.
The units will be available to those making 80% of the area median income or less. For a family of four, 80% AMI is about $89,750.
The River District will ultimately bring around 5,000 homes, market rate and affordable apartments, millions of square feet of office space, half a million square feet of retail and 1,000 hotel rooms.
