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SC developer plans hundreds of Lake Norman apartments, townhomes, grocery store

The Knox Crossing mixed-use community would include around 330 apartments and 430 townhomes, according to the developer’s site plan.

The Knox Crossing mixed-use community would include around 330 apartments and 430 townhomes, according to the developer’s site plan.

Cline Design Associates

A South Carolina developer plans a major mixed-use community at a prime Lake Norman intersection that will include hundreds of apartments and townhomes and a grocery store, public records show.

Knox Crossing by Mount Pleasant developer WLA Enterprises Inc. would cover 44 vacant acres on the northeast corner of Sam Furr Road (N.C. 73) and Old Statesville Road (N.C. 115) in Huntersville, according to the developer’s rezoning application.

A South Carolina developer plans a major mixed-use community at this prime Lake Norman intersection, to include a grocery store and hundreds of apartments and townhomes, public records show.
A South Carolina developer plans a major mixed-use community at this prime Lake Norman intersection, to include a grocery store and hundreds of apartments and townhomes, public records show. Street View image from October 2025. © 2026 Google

Plans call for around 330 apartments and 430 townhomes in four- and five-story buildings, according to the developer’s site plan filed at the Huntersville Planning Department.

The development also would include a gas station and retail shops.

The Knox Crossing mixed-use community would include around 330 apartments and 430 townhomes, according to the developer’s site plan.
The Knox Crossing mixed-use community would include around 330 apartments and 430 townhomes, according to the developer’s site plan. Cline Design Associates

Timetable for a decision

On Tuesday, the Huntersville Board of Commissioners will consider scheduling a public hearing on the rezoning request at 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at Town Hall, 101 Huntersville-Concord Road.

The Huntersville Planning Board would consider making a recommendation on the rezoning at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Town Hall. The Planning Board is an advisory panel that makes recommendations to the Town Board, which has final say.

At 6 p.m. March 17, the Town Board is scheduled to vote on the request.

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Joe Marusak has been a reporter for The Charlotte Observer since 1989 covering the people, municipalities and major news events of the region, and was a news bureau editor for the paper. He currently reports on breaking news.
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