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Another office tower planned for uptown site

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It appears Lincoln Harris is gearing up to build a third office tower at its large uptown site, Legacy Union.

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The Charlotte developer recently filed documents with the city that indicate another office tower is pegged for the site, at an address of 700 S. Mint St. The application, filed with the city’s development services group, indicates 287,000 square feet of office and 17,250 square feet of retail space is planned.

Lincoln Harris could not be immediately reached on Friday for more information.

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The filing calls for 700 South Mint to have ground-floor retail, pedestrian connections, streetscape and urban open space. In addition to office and retail space, 800 parking spaces are listed as part of the application.

700 South Mint, if approved, would be the third office tower at the 10-acre site, which is bounded by South Tryon, Stonewall, Mint and Hill streets.

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