Long-planned residential projects back on track WSOC TV [Video]

CHARLOTTE — Several long-planned residential projects across the Charlotte region cleared rezoning approval in June, paving a path forward for each.

That includes a controversial develohttps://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/big-residential-development-shot-down/C5NAXVLVQBEMJF3WIY6XAOQYSA/pment off Rea Road in south Charlotte that calls for as many as 566 apartments as well as a mixed-use project in Elizabeth with 175 apartments.

Elsewhere in the region, two developers won approval of separate projects after scaling back the original scope of their plans. A mixed-use project on Alcove Road in Mooresville will now include 350 townhomes — down from 660 residential units; and a development off Gilbert Road in Statesville will bring 475 to 500 single-family homes to the site — down from 550 residences initially.

And national homebuilders continue building out their local pipelines. M/I Homes, for instance, announced in June plans to build 800 homes and townhomes across three new projects in Wingate, Gastonia and York.

Toll Brothers Inc. is gearing up its latest Charlotte-area project, which will …