The Walton Plaza site is approximately 5 acres in size and is bounded by East Stonewall Street, S. McDowell Street, S. Alexander Street, and I-277. It is located on the southern edge of the Second Ward and benefits from high accessibility and visibility from I-277. Immediately surrounding the site is the Fountains Uptown apartment building, Actor’s Theatre, the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Metro School. The site is currently home to Walton Plaza, a County office building occupied by the County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the latter of which is planning to vacate its space by 2016. The County is open to vacating its space should development proceed on this parcel.
Bob Walton Plaza is located at 700 E. Stonewall St, Charlotte, NC. (MAP)
The Brooklyn Village site is approximately 11.34 acres in size and is bounded by First Baptist Church, S. McDowell Street, E. 3rd Street, and E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Immediately surrounding the Brooklyn Village parcels are several institutional uses including the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Metro School, First Baptist Church and the Mecklenburg County Courthouse. The property is named as a tribute to the “Brooklyn” community that called the area home from the end of the Civil War to the 1960s. Until recently, the property was home to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education administrative headquarters (known as the Education Center) and Marshall Park, which was owned by the City of Charlotte. The parcels were assembled by Mecklenburg County in 2007 under an agreement between Mecklenburg County, the City of Charlotte and the Board of Education with the goal of redeveloping the site and returning it to community use in an effort to contribute to the economic and social vitality of Uptown Charlotte and Mecklenburg County as a whole.
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