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RENDERINGS: Crescent Communities, Nuveen Real Estate to develop 31-story tower in South End × CREATE YOUR FREE ACCOUNT BECOME A MEMBER Email Share Share Tweet Share Article Print Order Reprints VIEW SLIDESHOW 5 photos Crescent Communities and Nuveen Real Estate recently acquired land for an upcoming project called Carson South End. The 31-story mixed-use building will span 3 acres at South Tryon and Carson streets. It will include nearly 560,000 square feet of office space, 10,000 square feet of retail

Developer Lincoln Harris is proposing adding a 10-story office and commercial tower where the movie theater currently sits at Phillips Place. Why it matters: If built, this would be the tallest building in SouthPark, formerly farmland that’s evolved into the city’s ritziest retail enclave. This project is part of Lincoln Harris’s larger overhaul of Phillips Place, which includes aesthetics upgrades and several new tenants. Among the most prominent of those new tenants: The three-story Restoration Hardware that opened in 2020. Another high-profile tenant to come: Bonterra Coffee and Wine Bar will open in the former Coplons spot in Phillips Place. “It’s 25 years old and needs a refresh,” Collin Brown, an attorney representing the developer, said of Phillips Place. From conversations with neighbors and community groups, Brown told Axios, the feedback has been “consistently supportive.” Some neighbors, however, are concerned the tower will be too tall, though, as the Observer reported. Driving the news: The tower project had a hearing before city council last week. A vote is expected on the development next month. Details: The building would include 250,000 square feet of office use, plus up to 20,000 square feet of commercial use. The development will include connectivity to the SouthPark loop, a 3.2-mile trail intended to make SouthPark more walkable., Brown said. It’s under construction now. Of note: It’s not yet clear when the movie theater will close. A Regal representative did not respond to a request for comment. Here’s a look at what the tower would look like. These renderings are courtesy of a Lincoln Harris project presentation to the city of Charlotte. Story Views: 3,058

The Bowl at Ballantyne is getting filled up. Construction of a 6-acre park that follows a stream is expected to be finished by the fall. A new pedestrian bridge that will connect people from the park to a dining and retail area is done, except for some final landscaping touches. Work on an amphitheater continues. Newly-released renderings this week of the 20-acre project in south Charlotte show what’s to come this summer: vertical construction of a 26-story apartment tower that will have 350 units plus seven free-standing, low-slung retail buildings. Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/development/article261539567.html#storylink=cpy