A Charlotte developer has proposed a project that would bring a mix of townhouses and apartments on a high-traffic, visible site in Dilworth.
SunCap Property Group recently filed a rezoning petition to build up to 12 townhouses and 70 apartments fronting Kenilworth Avenue, between Pierce Street and Romany Road. The proposed project would cover multiple parcels on Kenilworth and Waverly Avenue, which runs parallel to Kenilworth, on land that measures about 1.8 acres and today includes single-family homes, according to the rezoning petition.
The site is two streets over from Atrium Health's midtown medical campus, an area that's seen a lot of construction activity from the health-care system and others. Atrium is underway on its expansion of the Levine Cancer Institute, a seven-story, 260,000-square-foot building under construction near the intersection of Kenilworth Avenue and Morehead Street, and apartment communities like 1010 Dilworth and Lincoln at Dilworth have recently delivered.
Collin Brown, a land-use attorney with K&L Gates who is working with SunCap on the rezoning, said the plan is to have higher-density residential (apartments) on the higher-traffic portion of the site, fronting Kenilworth, and significantly lower density (townhouses) on the Waverly Avenue side, with Waverly being a residential street.
"We have been responding to what the neighbors are interested in," Brown said. SunCap has worked with Dilworth neighborhood groups and residents of Waverly Avenue on the proposed project since the spring and will continue to do so in the coming months, he added.
The rezoning petition also calls for streetscape improvements and a connection to nearby Latta Park. The portion of the project facing Kenilworth Avenue is expected to be five stories and 70 feet in height, with the townhouses proposed to be three stories and up to 45 feet in height, according to a site plan filed with the project.
The proposed project would likely have some similar characteristics as SunCap's Draper Place project at Randolph Road and Dotger Avenue, which includes 47 high-end apartments and a separate townhouse development, Draper Place City Homes, by homebuilder Simonini Homes. Brown said the two types of residential development on that site are not vehicularly connected, which is the same format planned for the Dilworth project.
Specifics on unit size and design at the Dilworth project remain in the works, Brown added.
The petition will go before Charlotte City Council for a public hearing, followed by a vote at a later meeting.