Proposed NoDa project includes affordable homes — but lacks support

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A project pegged for the heart of NoDa has neighbors divided and a lack of support from city staff in the rezoning petition’s current state.

Charlotte residential real estate firm Revolve Residential earlier this year filed to rezone a 2.6-acre block bounded by Charles Avenue, Whiting Avenue, Spencer Street and Clemson Avenue. The plan calls for 16 single-family homes, four townhouses that would be eligible for the city’s HouseCharlotte program and about 16,000 square feet of adaptive reuse at the existing church onsite, which was built in the 1960s.

The plan has gone through several iterations since its inception, said Tim McCollum, principal of Revolve Residential, including the barring of retail, restaurant and brewery uses at the existing structure onsite.

“We’ve worked very closely with the NoDa Neighborhood and Business Association, starting back in March, going in and talking to them about what we wanted to do and hear the priorities of the neighborhood,” McCollum said ahead of Monday’s City Council zoning meeting. “We listened to the concerns of the neighbors and adapted it in response to concerns to garner their support.”

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