Real Estate
Will gorgeous lakefront home be a tear-down?
Feb. 9. By Dave Yochum. A well-appointed lakefront home on 1.25 acres of property on Lola Circle has sold for $1.85 million after being listed at $2.2 million by David Dunn of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in Jetton Village. It sold for $517 a square foot, most likely a record for a Cornelius property. The property, which […]
Potts Street development under review by Davidson
By Dave Vieser. Although the Cornelius portion of a big Crescent Communities development has been withdrawn, plans for several hundred units right across the town line in Davidson remain in place, and officials there are reviewing new documents related to the proposal, including a draft Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA). It doesn’t appear any immediate approval will […]
Pizza Hut will move, old building coming down; Wendy’s opens Tuesday
Feb. 1. By Dave Vieser. Fast fast food changes are coming to Cornelius. The Pizza Hut on West Catawba will be demolished and a new one will open a little west at Lakeshore Market Place. Burger lovers take heart; the new Wendy’s at 20410 West Catawba Ave. opens Tuesday. For Wendy’s General Manager Robert Goff, the […]
Infill project on Town Board agenda
Jan. 16. It’s a small residential development, but how the Cornelius Town Board votes on Oakbrooke Inc.’s plan to rezone and develop 1.63 acres at the end of the Queen Street will provide insight on how the board balances concerns over development against the rights of property owners. Oakbrooke wants to build five new homes […]
Antiquity road show: More delays for a project that may have gotten too big
By Dave Vieser. In May 2016, with a strong local economy and Cornelius Antiquity neighborhood growing day by day, developer Joe Roy of Charlotte based Meeting Street Company filed a rezoning application with the town which if approved, would have permitted him to build Antiquity Woods, a mixed-use community on 16 acres of vacant land. The […]
Town board splits 3-2 over Westmoreland rezoning
Jan. 3. The new Cornelius Town Board demonstrated their ability to make sausage from the dais at Tuesday’s meeting: A majority approved a complex rezoning resolution in favor of a childcare center proposed on Westmoreland by a 3-2 margin. The approval is contingent on the applicant, Vanderbilt Children’s College, meeting close to a dozen conditions, […]
Home Transactions: December 2017
These recent property transactions in Davidson were recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. Davidson 11/13/17 $268,000 River Run LTD Partnership to Sudhir & Neelima Sharma, 16532 Reinsch Dr. 11/14/17 $280,000 Jennifer & William Joyce III to Patricio & Melanie Herrera, Lot 214 Summers Walk 11/14/17 $266,000 Joseph & Christine Mikrut to Iron Ventures, […]
Home Transactions: December 2017
These recent property transactions in Cornelius and Huntersville were recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. Cornelius 11/9/17 $154,500 Grasshopper 3 LLC to Rent the Farms, 19701 Bethel Church Rd., Unit 301 11/9/17 $309,500 James & Frances Bateman to Wendy Wolf & Neil Neuschatz, 9826 Willow Leaf Ln. 11/9/17 $2,400,000 Paul & Jennifer Menard […]
Clock stopped on the clock, amphitheater
Dec. 21. By Dave Vieser. While debate continues over the rezoning request for Antiquity Woods on the Cornelius/Davidson border, readers have also been asking whatever happened to the Antiquity amphitheater and the clock tower. As of now, it’s not looking too good. They were apparently part of the marketing material, which doesn’t count in the world of development. […]
Good that houses have roofs: prices are going through them
By Dave Yochum. Home prices are taking off around the country: Seattle leads the way with a whopping 13.2 percent year-over-year price increase, followed by Las Vegas at 8.6 percent and San Diego at 7.8 percent, according to the Case-Schiller division of Dow Jones. Cornelius is doing just fine, too, depending on your point of view. […]
