Putting the Urban in Suburban

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Across Charlotte, developers are planning to add dense, mixed-use developments to parking lots at malls, shopping centers and office parks. See some of their plans, along with what's there now.

Rendering of a planned new "main street"-style center of retail and residential areas in Ballantyne Corporate Park. Rendering: Northwood Office.
The center of what's now Ballantyne Corporate Park in 1990. Photo: NCDOT aerial imagery archive.
Ballantyne Corporate Park, present day. Photo: Mecklenburg County GIS.
Rendering of "Ballantyne Reimagined," the planned redevelopment of Ballantyne Corporate Park to add shops, restaurants, apartments and amenities to the office park. Rendering: Northwood Office.
A rendering of the planned redevelopment of Ballantyne Corporate Park, adding apartments, shops, restaurants and amenities in place of parking lots and a golf course. Rendering: Northwood Office.
A rendering of the planned redevelopment of Ballantyne Corporate Park, adding apartments, shops, restaurants and amenities in place of parking lots and a golf course. Rendering: Northwood Office.
A rendering of the planned redevelopment of Ballantyne Corporate Park, adding apartments, shops, restaurants and amenities in place of parking lots and a golf course. Rendering: Northwood Office.
A rendering of Waters Edge, a planned redevelopment of a 1980s shopping center in University City. Rendering: EB Arrow.
The Shoppes at University City, present day. Photo: Mecklenburg County GIS
SouthPark Mall in 1970. Photo: NCDOT aerial imagery archive.
SouthPark mall and its surroundings today. Photo: Mecklenburg County GIS.
The planned route of the SouthPark Loop, a three-mile route that's meant to provide ways to get around besides a car. City of Charlotte.

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Khalil Salim is a 4th-year doctoral student in the Community Psychology concentration of the Health Psychology Program at UNC Charlotte, which focuses on research and practice addressing health, health disparities, and healthy communities. He joined the Urban Institute in 2018 and currently serves as the Project Manager for the Coordinated Entry Research and Evaluation Study which is working to improve services for those experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
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