Inlivian, formally known as the Charlotte Housing Authority, in partnership with Maryland-based Urban Atlantic, is building a 353 mixed-income apartment project on the site of the former Hall House at the intersection of 8th and North Tryon Streets. 110 units will be reserved for people making 80, 50, or 30% average median income.
Location Eighth & Tryon Streets
Use Residential
Size 2.2 acres, 353 units
Height 6 stories
Owner/Developer Inlivian & Urban Atlantic
A partnership of Vela Uptown and Post Road Residential is planning a new project at the corner of 7th and College Streets, the site of the former home of the Levine Museum of the New South. The team is planning a new apartment tower with a corner-facing ground floor retail space.
Location 200 E. Seventh Street
Use Residential
Size .7 acres, 380 units, 3,820 sf retail
Height 32 stories
Owner/Developer Vela Uptown LLC & Post Road Residential
Dallas-based A H Real Estate Holdings purchased 200 North College Street in late 2024 and is planning a significant overhaul of the nearly vacant 458,000 sf office property. The existing 810-space structured parking deck and attached 294-room Double Tree Hotel are to remain, while the office space is converted into over 300 new residential units with upgraded ground floor retail spaces.
Location 200 North College Street
Use Conversion from office to residential
Size TBD
Height 5 stories
Owner/Developer A H Real Estate Holdings
Located at the site of the former main branch, the new Main Public Library will be a state-of-the-art 115,000-square-foot, 5-story structure featuring striking architecture designed by Snøhetta and Clark Nexon. The project will feature flexible spaces to meet demands for print and digital information and reading materials, public co-working spaces, meetings, events gatherings, and other specialized uses. This project includes the restoration of the adjacent McGlohon Theatre which will share a new entrance and support spaces with the new library.
Location Sixth & North Tryon Streets
Use Civic
Size 115,000 SF
Height 5 stories
Owner/Developer Mecklenburg County
After a nearly 5-year renovation process, the Carolina Theatre has made its return to North Tryon Street after lying dormant for nearly four decades. A $90 MM restoration, led by the Foundation for the Carolinas, has not only brought the historic movie palace back to its original grandeur, but modernized it to serve as a civic gathering space and hub of entertainment and celebration well into the future.
Location 230 North Tryon Street
Use Theater / assembly
Size .4 acres, 906 seats
Height
Owner/Developer Foundation for the Carolinas
Do Greater Charlotte is transforming a 20,000 sf 1920s office building at the corner of North Tryon and 8th Streets into a center where creative entrepreneurs and young adults can turn their skills into business opportunities. Aiming for a late 2025 opening date, Creative Lab Uptown will be a hub for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, providing opportunity youth and under-resourced communities with access to cutting-edge tools, technology, and mentorship programs.
Location 500 North Tryon St.
Use Conversion to non-profit hub
Size 20,000 sf
Height 2 stories
Owner/Developer Do Greater Charlotte
UNC Charlotte recently launched CO-LAB, a collaborative space for co-working & startups, including small business incubator and accelerator programs, corporate innovation space, academic and public events. Located in the heart of the North Tryon Tech Hub, CO-LAB houses the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), which provides programming and support services for tenants as well as access to university expertise, interns and services to the wider community.
Location 311 East 9th Street
Use Conversion to entrepreneurship hub and accelerator
Size 33,000 sf
Height 1.5 stories
Owner/Developer Levine Properties, UNC Charlotte
Cousin’s Properties will soon begin work on significant upfits to 201 North Tryon Street. Highlights include upgrades to the lobby, restrooms and other shared spaces, a reimagined streetscape along Tryon with new ground floor retail spaces, and a redesigned private outdoor plaza. Also planned is a new second-floor tenant amenity level with state-of-the-art fitness spaces, as well as shared training and conference space.
Location 201 North Tryon Street
Use Office
Size 697,817 sf
Height 30 stories
Owner/Developer Cousin’s Properties
Planned to be built atop the recently opened Carolina Theatre, the 30-story InterContinental Hotel will be the tallest hotel in North Carolina upon completion. Tower foundations and a separate entrance for the future hotel were built into the theatre project during renovations, with future construction on the tower to begin at a later date.
Location 230 North Tryon Street
Use Hospitality
Size 250 hotel rooms
Height 30 stories
Owner/Developer Salter Brothers
Hornets Sports & Entertainment is underway on the team’s new practice facility and headquarters next to the Spectrum Center. The facility features two full-size practice courts, team offices and training facilities, as well as a Novant Orthopedics & Sports Medicine clinic and ground floor retail space. This project is set to complete construction during the 2026-2027 season.
Location Fifth & Caldwell Streets
Use Office, Sports & Wellness
Size 2 acres, 160,000 sf
Height 5 stories
Owner/Developer Hornets Sports & Entertainment
“The North Tryon Tech Hub is an ambitious effort to create a dynamic innovation district in the heart of Charlotte. As the academic anchor of this initiative, UNC Charlotte brings deep expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, energy, fintech, computer and data science, and more.”
“We enjoy an incredibly purposeful and productive research partnership with UNC Charlotte, and with the recent R1 designation and efforts to establish the Tech Hub in our own backyard, we anticipate even greater collaboration with the university, entrepreneurs, and other corporate partners as this initiative continues to take shape.”
“The North Tryon Tech Hub is a powerful expression of partnership – a vivid example of what’s possible when universities, business leaders and the community come together with shared purpose. This emerging innovation district will bring research, entrepreneurship and community life together in one dynamic place, and I couldn’t be more excited”