Ten pivotal developments changing Charlotte's landscape in 2025
This collection of stories highlights transformative projects that are reshaping Charlotte’s infrastructure, housing, and urban environment in 2025.
The new Queensbridge Collective tower reached a key construction milestone, while the Pearl district welcomed Charlotte’s first four-year medical school. Other initiatives include the Matthews Gateway development, which may feature a Trader Joe’s store, and Mooresville Village, which secured a lease with a new grocer prior to multifamily construction.
Lakeside Pointe is bringing a mile of Lake Norman shoreline into a mixed-use community, as the Mission Stumptown project moves forward with attainable housing and strong transit access. The West End saw property acquisition for a co-op grocery store and apartments, and developers continue to launch more townhomes and retail centers near Lake Norman, such as Terrell Town Center and new communities on Shadowbrooke Lane.
Read the stories below.
NO. 1: STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, LAKE NORMAN HIGHWAY LURES HOMES, MEGA MIXED-USE COMMUNITY
The development will include hundreds of homes, plus open space, walking trails and a grocer, bank and shops at East West Connector highway. | Published December 17, 2024 | Read Full Story by Joe Marusak
NO. 2: CHARLOTTE’S EPICENTRE DEVELOPER TO BUILD RETAIL CENTER IN BOOMING AREA OF LAKE NORMAN
The former Terrell Country Store was a North Carolina tourist attraction that was razed five years ago for future development. | Published January 15, 2025 | Read Full Story by Joe Marusak
NO. 3: HUNDREDS MORE LAKE NORMAN-AREA TOWNHOMES APPROVED. HERE’S WHERE THEY’LL BE BUILT.
Mooresville Board of Commissioners had final say on rezonings for the projects. | Published February 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Joe Marusak
NO. 4: $700 MILLION, SKYLINE-DEFINING TOWER RISING IN CHARLOTTE JUST HIT A KEY MILESTONE
The mixed-use project called is on the edges of uptown and South End. | Published February 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Desiree Mathurin
NO. 5: LAKE NORMAN NEIGHBORS PAN HOMEBUILDER’S PLAN FOR 3-STORY TOWNHOMES, CUTTING DOWN TREES
Developer Mattamy Homes tried unsuccessfully to be exempted from a rule requiring 50% of shoreline in a new development to be publicly accessible. | Published February 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Joe Marusak
NO. 6: DEVELOPER UNVEILS LAKE NORMAN ‘FLAGSHIP’ MIXED-USE COMMUNITY WITH MILE OF WATERFRONT
The development includes 83 waterfront acres that will have 215 custom homes, private boat slips, a dog park, walking trails and 26 acres of preserved open space. | Published March 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Joe Marusak
NO. 7: CHARLOTTE NONPROFIT BUYS WEST END PROPERTY FOR $1.25M AS PART OF LARGER DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Buying the old Church’s Chicken is part of the group’s work to fill service and amenity gaps in one of the city’s oldest Black neighborhoods. | Published March 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso
NO. 8: CHARLOTTE DEVELOPER GETS APPROVED FOR GIANT LAKE NORMAN COMMUNITY NEAR INTERSTATE 77
“They’re going above and beyond the town’s requirements for basic architecture.” | Published April 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Joe Marusak
NO. 9: TRADER JOE’S EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA WITH MATTHEWS STORE
The identity of the grocery store in Matthews Gateway was revealed after being alluded to last summer. | Published May 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Catherine Muccigrosso
NO. 10: A NEW ERA: ATRIUM UNVEILS THE PEARL, A $1.5B HOME FOR NEW CHARLOTTE MED SCHOOL, STEM
The Pearl, a “milestone” project, will be home to Charlotte’s first four-year medical school and innovative STEM work. | Published June 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Chase Jordan
The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.