STEELE
CREEK NEWS
Commercial
Development Approved on Steele Creek Road at Shopton Road
(March 16, 2002) On February 18, the Charlotte City Council approved
rezoning for a 49-acre commercial development on the southeast
corner of Steele Creek Road and Shopton Road being planned by Atapco
Properties, Inc. It is the type of development expected to appear around the
new interchanges for I-485, which is adjacent to the property on the
south side.
The development
will include a hotel with up to 200 rooms adjacent to the
interchange, retail and restaurant space (possibly including
drive-through and sit-down restaurants and other retail such as
banks or gas stations), and up to 500,000 square feet of office
space.
The development
includes landscaped setbacks from adjacent roads, and the developer
will upgrade the roads with sidewalks and extra turn lanes.
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