CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Major companies have started to see South End as a sweet spot for office space as well as a recruitment tool, with the area’s proximity to uptown, direct access to Charlotte’s only light-rail corridor, number of residents (and prospective employees) moving to the neighborhood with the apartment boom, and access to amenities like neighborhood retail and the Charlotte Rail Trail. And, at least in the early stages, land cost was favorable compared to available development sites within the Interstate 277 loop.
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By the end of 2018, South End and midtown had 761,006 square feet of office space under construction, compared to just 178,529 square feet two years earlier, according to JLL research.
“I think it’s that opportunity of being in a path of growth and a chance to be so close to the center of everything in center city, but having just that little bit of identity and edginess that Historic South End provides,” said Mark Holoman, managing director at the Charlotte office of Cousins Properties, which is developing Dimensional Place in South End with Dimensional Fund Advisors.
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