Just to the North of Wilmore sits a site that was bought a year and a half ago by Beacon Partners. The parcel was the home to HD Supply. This week Beacon Partners finally unveiled the site plan and has named it RailYard and we are so excited.
Located on South Tryon, the new project is also bounded by Winona, Winnifred and Bland Streets. This puts RailYard in a great location just minutes from Uptown Charlotte, but also close to everything SouthEnd has to offer. There are great restaurants, nightlife, parks, shopping, and much more just a quick walk away. A short drive will get you to SouthPark area with more options. The airport is just 7 miles away.
If you commute into Uptown, RailYard is just a block away from the Lynx Blue Line’s Bland Street Station. It is also located at the start of the Rail Trail. The Rail Trail is currently a 4.5 mile trail connecting neighborhoods with fitness, entertainment, concerts, art installations and more. What a fabulous thing to have right outside your door.
The site for RailYard is about 3.5 acres and the plan calls for two, eight-story buildings. These will include 290,000 square feet of office space, 30,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and 100 apartments. The plan calls for brick buildings with a contemporary design with masonry, ornamental steel, and glass. There will be double-door arched entryways and open floor plans with views of uptown and SouthEnd. A 1-acre rooftop park and a central courtyard between the two buildings are planned to be gathering places for tenants and visitors.
The developer is working to create loft-style micro-units as well as street-level space on the side and rear of the property to incubate start-up businesses. Beacon is trying to service the young people who are moving into SouthEnd. The main thrust behind RailYard is to employ people close to where they live so they have a walkable, livable, workable lifestyle.
SouthEnd has been growing and expanding rapidly since the opening of the Blue Line light rail. This has created high demand for properties like RailYard. There is momentum for creative office spaces with local retail, restaurants, and outdoor entertainment. This can be seen in the wide variety of mixed-use projects in the works in SouthEnd right now.
Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with one of the buildings expected to be completed in summer 2018. If you are interested in living in SouthEnd, give us a call at (704) 525-4045 or browse our listings first here.