Mooresville commissioners approved two developers’ plans Monday night for 234 Lake Norman-area townhomes.
The board unanimously approved a rezoning for Cornelius-based Blue Heel Development to build 68 for-sale, three-story townhomes on 17 wooded acres along Shadowbrooke Lane on the Brawley School Road peninsula on the lake.
Commissioners also unanimously agreed to annex and extend utilities to the property.
By a unanimous vote, the board approved a rezoning for Evolve Cos. to develop a community of 166 for-sale townhomes on 27 acres at the corner of Azalea Road and Landis Highway (N.C. 152) in east Mooresville. Evolve has offices in Wilmington and Greensboro.
Blue Heel Development’s Shadowbrooke Mooresville will preserve “a large amount of existing tree canopy and open space,” according to a report by the project engineer, W & A Engineering.
Townhomes will sell for $450,000 to $500,000, Matt Gallagher of Blue Heel Development said at Monday’s meeting.
The development will have two right-in, right-out entrance-exits because of the median on Brawley School Road, according to the developer’s rezoning application.
The neighborhood will include a 10-foot wide multi-use path beside a creek and connect to an existing greenway easement leading to Lake Norman Elementary School on Oak Tree Road.
The center of the community will feature three “significant active open areas,” including plaza-pavilion areas, a lawn or playground and possibly a dog park, according to the rezoning application.
Three of the homes will be priced as affordable for families earning at or below 120% of the area’s median income.
Blue Heel Development was the third developer to try to get the site rezoned for homes, according to the W & A Engineering report.
Blue Heel’s plan differs from the others in part because it includes two access points, rather than one, to and from Brawley School Road and will leave six acres undisturbed.
In February 2023, Mooresville-based Nest Communities Inc. pulled its plans for 99 town homes on Shadowbrooke Lane, just before Mooresville commissioners appeared set to reject the development because it offered only one way in and out, The Charlotte Observer reported.
“I’m inclined to vote no because all you’re doing is making one long dead-end street, more than a quarter of a mile,” then-commissioner Bobby Compton said at a Board of Commissioners meeting. “That’s a tough one to swallow.
“Man, this is crazy,” Compton continued. “You’ve got one long dead-end street, and this is not going to work for me.”
According to the rezoning application by Evolve Cos., Evolve North Townhomes will include a community clubhouse with a fitness center, swimming pool, dog park, small parks, outdoor grilling station, community trails and seating benches.
Townhomes will be two stories. Middle units will cost $250,000 to $300,000, affordable for families earning at or below 120% of the area’s median income, Davidson lawyer Larry Shaheen told the board. Shaheen represented the developer at the meeting.
Commissioners also unanimously agreed to annex and extend utilities to the site.
The community will have two road access connections, one on Azalea Road and a right-in/right- out access on Landis Highway.