Topgolf among projects approved at city’s zoning meeting

Ashley Fahey, Charlotte Business Journal

While the public hearing portion of Monday night’s zoning meeting took up most of the time, several projects were first voted into approval by Charlotte City Council.

Among them was a petition by entertainment company Topgolf International Inc., which is seeking to build one of its venues in the University area of Charlotte. While Topgolf received approval for the actual building during a meeting last year, Monday night’s vote authorized the company to build specific features, including two ground-mounted digital signs up to 30 feet in height and additional lighting for the facility. The screens are oriented toward the site, according to a plan review for the petition.

Developers Arden Group and Cambridge Properties last year rezoned the 14.2-acre site off University City Boulevard, across from Belgate Shopping Center, where Topgolf will be developed. Dallas-based Topgolf plans an 80,000-square-foot facility at that location, a slight increase from its original Charlotte location near Whitehall in southeast Charlotte, which opened in the summer of 2017.

Topgolf will occupy a portion of a larger 60-acre site that is expected to become a mixed-use entertainment district. It’s not clear when Topgolf in the University City area will break ground; a spokeswoman for Topgolf declined to comment when reached Tuesday.

Other projects approved on Monday:

• HHHunt Corp.’s petition to build up to 335 apartments on a 20-acre site at the intersection of Old Statesville and Independence roads, near Interstate 485. The Blacksburg, Virginia-based developer will also build on-site amenities like a dog park, outdoor seating areas with hardscape and landscape elements, a pool area, a club facility and outdoor cooking areas, according to the petition. HHHunt lists Abberly Woods in the Northlake area as another Charlotte property in its current portfolio.
• Woodlawn Station Holdings LLC’s petition to build up to 30 townhouses and, potentially, 10,000 square feet of commercial space near the Lynx Blue Line Woodlawn Station. The 1.5-acre site on Old Pineville Road is within a quarter-mile walk to the transit stop, and the rezoning brings the land use from industrial to dense residential, a trend seen throughout the light-rail corridor. The townhouses are expected to be primarily two-bedroom units and priced starting in the $200,000 range, according to a community meeting report for the petition.
• Profile Management LLC’s petition to allow up to 93 multifamily units on a 11.9-acre site near Concord Mills on Ridge Road, west of Interstate 85. The units will be limited to three-story buildings that are a maximum of 48 feet in height, with no more than 24 principal buildings on site.

This article was originally posted in the Charlotte Business Journal.