The document discusses plans to entitle a Lowe's store in a historic neighborhood community. It involved assembling 27 parcels over 11.5 acres and extensive community outreach and design iterations to: 1) hide the store among other mixed uses like residential units and offices; 2) achieve appropriate transit density while preserving neighborhood character; and 3) include public green spaces, courtyards, and street improvements to integrate the store into the surrounding area.

2. The Charge
•Get the Lowes Store Entitled
•To Do That: You’ll Need to “Hide it”
•Achieve Appropriate Transit Density
•All Adjacent to Highly Organized Historic
Community
•With 1500 LF of Frontage Facing Neighborhood
•And the Site is 9s-140 Feet Deep

5. Site Location

6. Entitlements

9. The Charge
•Get the Lowes Store Entitled
•To Do That: You’ll Need to “Hide it”
•Achieve Appropriate Transit Density
•All Adjacent to Highly Organized Historic
Community
•With 1500 LF of Frontage Facing Neighborhood
•And the Site is 9s-140 Feet Deep

12. • 27 parcels to assemble on 11.5 acres
• Over 40 neighborhood, city, and community
presentations
• 2005 - RFP for Entitlements and Mixed Use
Developer Partner
• Over 50 iterations of the Plan and entitlements
documents
• Right of way abandonment process
• Over 9 months of entitlements and zoning with
the City of Charlotte
• Multiple city street, utility and infrastructure
coordination
• Multiple Architectural and meetings with
neighborhood groups
PROCESS

13. • Preserve neighborhood character and identity
• Create transit supportive use
• HIDE THE STORE
• Integrate multiple uses into neighborhood
• Remain dynamic and market sensitive
• Support the plan with unique economics
• Traffic calming devices and mitigation
• Water quality integration
• Rooftop parking and rooftop garden
• Phasing and abandonment restrictions
THE SOLUTION

14. • 172,000 SF -
Lowes
• ± 9 Acre Site
• Rooftop Parking
• Site Specific
Lowes Design
• Southborough
± 85 Residential
Units and Mixed
Use Building
MASTER PLAN

15. SOUTH BLVD. RELATIONSHIP

16. THE EUCLID AVE. TERMINAL VISTA

17. LYNDHURST ENTRANCE - PUBLIC GREEN SPACES

18. COURTYARD

19. LYNDHURST RD. RELATIONSHIP

20. SOUTH BLVD. RELATIONSHIP

29. Southborough/Lowe’s Aerial

30. Mixed Use Office/Retail

31. Street Condition at South Blvd

32. Lowes on Foot from South

33. Traditional Townhomes

34. Modern Towns & Transitional
Flats