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The Fort Mill/Indian Land suburbs will continue to solidify their position as the region's premier suburban business center and will experience even more population growth.
I'm taking you meant premier suburban business center outside of Charlotte itself? Obviously, Ballantyne is and will remain the premiere suburban business center in the region.
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The Fort Mill/Indian Land suburbs will continue to solidify their position as the region's premier suburban business center and will experience even more population growth.
It will be interesting to see how the larger suburbs/satellite cities like Concord, Rock Hill, Gastonia, etc. continue to develop and whether any substantial development will trickle further out to towns like Lancaster, Monroe, and Statesville.
My guess is that in 2020 Catawba joins the metro because of proximity to Iredell. Hickory & Statesville will probably develope in a similar manner. If the casino is approved it will bring Cleveland into the metro. That would probably bring Cherokee County in as well. Hey have few jobs & go to Spartanburg, York, Gaston, & Cleveland.
I'm taking you meant premier suburban business center outside of Charlotte itself? Obviously, Ballantyne is and will remain the premiere suburban business center in the region.
Wonder how University City will fare. Isn't that a major suburban business center plus the light rail is soon to be finished and 485 is complete as well...
Wonder how University City will fare. Isn't that a major suburban business center plus the light rail is soon to be finished and 485 is complete as well...
The University Center is already one of the larger employment centers in the region and UCP claims it is second only to Uptown in regards to owner occupied office presence.
They are (by their own ranking) currently 4th behind Uptown, I-77/Southwest and Ballantyne/Hwy 51 going by office submarket rankings. Source.
The Light rail (and the planned bridges over I-85 connecting University Research Park with University City area will only fuel that growth in my opinion.
The question though is the word "premier". University City general area is far from a "premier" type atmosphere. It certainly is not horrible, but it is certainly has a way to go in regards to refining its image and fixing itself from just being an sprawl feeling area.
That said I do think it has much greater potential over a Fort Mill / Indian Land scenario.
I'm taking you meant premier suburban business center outside of Charlotte itself? Obviously, Ballantyne is and will remain the premiere suburban business center in the region.
Suburban as in an actual suburb (Ballantyne is within the city of Charlotte), not built form.
My guess is that in 2020 Catawba joins the metro because of proximity to Iredell. Hickory & Statesville will probably develope in a similar manner. If the casino is approved it will bring Cleveland into the metro. That would probably bring Cherokee County in as well. Hey have few jobs & go to Spartanburg, York, Gaston, & Cleveland.
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How big is this casino supposed to be?
Don't know if I've seen square footage. There would be a 750 room hotel attached. There's a thread on it from a couple of years ago.
Tim Moore was involved. He was the lawyer who did the legal work to upgrade Harrah's Cherokee to a full-blown casino. My guess is that because of the stink raised by Berger & Tillis as well as McCrory they will sit on it in DC until after the 2016 election.
Right now it's technically in limbo but very much a factor out here.
I am concerned with the future viability of Mint Hill. How are they ever going to thrive? They build buildings backwards!
I see what you did there.
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