Mecklenburg County sells acres of uptown Charlotte land for Brooklyn Village project

Mecklenburg County has sold almost 6 acres of uptown property as part of the first phase of the Brooklyn Village Redevelopment Project, the county announced Monday.

The sale was completed Friday by the county and BK Partners for $10.3 million, the county’s statement said, and sets the stage for a multi-year project that’s expected to bring apartments, offices, hotel rooms and retail in and around the Second Ward neighborhood.

The property sold “is located at the intersection of E. Brooklyn Village Avenue and S. McDowell Street and consists of the former Walton Plaza building and the adjoining parking lot,” according to the county’s statement. It will be known as “Brooklyn Village South.”

Construction is expected to begin at the site in the fall, the county said. That construction will include the demolition of the Walton Plaza building.

The entire project, which will be built in three phases, is expected to take at least 12 years to complete, The Charlotte Observer reported previously.

Eventually, it will include more than 1,200 residential units, 252,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 712,400 square feet of office space, 280 hotel rooms and 2.5 acres of park and open space, county real estate management director Jacqueline McNeil told the county commission in October.

The project — developed by a partnership of two companies, Conformity Corp. and The Peebles Corp., under the name BK Partners — is named for Brooklyn, a vibrant historically Black neighborhood that was torn down in the 1960s and ‘70s amid urban renewal.

The group said previously including affordable housing is one of their goals for the project.

“Later phases will be located at the site of the former Board of Education building and Marshall Park,” the county’s Monday statement said.