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Charlotte Real Estate Overview

Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina and the 20th most populous in the United States. Nicknamed the Queen City, Charlotte is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. Charlotte is located in the south-central part of North Carolina, near the South Carolina border. As it is a center of finance, transportation, wholesale distribution, and manufacturing, Charlotte is the metropolis of the Carolinas.

Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and is also the second-largest banking center in the country, trailing only New York City in terms of headquartered assets. A resident of Charlotte is referred to as a Charlottean.

Charlotte Geography

Charlotte constitutes most of Mecklenburg County in the Carolina Piedmont. Uptown Charlotte, so named because it sits atop a long rise between two creeks, was built on the gunnies of the St. Catherine's and Rudisill gold mines.

 

Charlotte Neighborhoods

• Uptown - The center of Charlotte is known as Uptown. In the 19th century, Uptown was divided into four political wards. Today the First and Fourth Wards are largely residential, with Fourth Ward housing the majority of Charlotte's remaining 19th century Queen Anne architecture. At the center of Uptown is the Square, the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets and the point at which all four wards converge. Uptown is home to the majority of the city's skyscrapers, as well as Bank of America Stadium (home of the Carolina Panthers) and the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Johnson & Wales University, the Museum of the New South, and the Mint Museum of Craft and Design are also located Uptown, along with the government district for both Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte.
• South End takes its name from South Boulevard, its main thoroughfare, as well as its location just south of Uptown. An area of light industry and cotton mills for much of its history, today its former industrial buildings and mills are loft condominiums, restaurants, breweries, shops, and offices. Charlotte's historic trolley also originates in the neighborhood.
• Dilworth, Charlotte's first streetcar suburb, was developed in the 1890s on 250 acres (1 km²) southwest of the original city limits. Planned largely with a grid pattern similar to the city's original four wards, it was initially designated the Eighth Ward. Centered on East Boulevard, today Dilworth is popular with Charlotte's young professionals drawn to its historic turn of the century architecture and traditional neighborhood feel.
• Elizabeth takes its name from Elizabeth College, a small Lutheran women’s college founded in 1897 on the present-day site of Presbyterian Hosptial. Elizabeth began to develop rapidly after 1902, when a trolley line was completed. Elizabeth was annexed by Charlotte in 1907. Independence Park, the first public park in the city, was created in the neighborhood, and Elizabeth became one of the most fashionable residential areas in Charlotte.
• Myers Park is home to some of the city's most desirable zip codes. Filled with some of Charlotte's oldest grand houses and streets lined with towering oaks, Myers Park was designed by John Nolen of Boston in 1911. Like most early American suburbs, Myers Park was initially a "streetcar suburb" whose residents commuted to town on the electric trolley car. Nolen discarded the original grid street pattern of Uptown and Dilworth and instead planned curving avenues following the area’s topography. Myers Park is largely a product of the building boom of the 1920s.
• Plaza Midwood, conceived as a complement to nearby Myers Park, never quite matured in the same way that Dilworth, Elizabeth or Myers Park did. By the 1970s and 80s, it was considered an "at-risk" neighborhood, and has only recently enjoyed a revival that has made it a sought-after, more bohemian alternative to other higher-priced city neighborhoods.
• SouthPark, located in south central Charlotte, is both an upscale residential and commercial neighborhood. The area's name derives from the fashionable SouthPark Mall, located at the intersection of Sharon and Fairview Roads. Luxury retailers such as Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Nordstrom, and Tiffany & Co. can be found here, as well as upscale restaurants The Palm, Morton's, Ruth's Chris, and McCormick & Schmicks.
• Eastland, a neighborhood that developed primarily during the 1960s and 70s, comprises a majority of the east side of the city proper, including the namesake Eastland Mall. Demographics have changed much over the years and currently Eastland is home to one of Charlotte's largest Latino communities.
• Ballantyne, another upscale area, is a planned mixed-use development that has grown exponentially in recent years and lies in the southernmost part of Charlotte, along the North and South Carolina border. Like SouthPark, Ballantyne has a high concentration of both impressive homes and commercial development.
• The Arboretum is situated a few miles southeast of Uptown and developed primarily around the Arboretum Shopping Center. The area also is home to Providence Plantation and the country club community of Raintree.
• NoDa is the city's "arts district" on and around NOrth DAvidson Street, located just north of Downtown. Formerly an area of textile manufacturing and mill workers' residences, the area has seen a rebirth as a center for arts and entertainment.
• University City comprises the northeastern part of Charlotte. If autonomous, "University", as it is commonly known, would be one of North Carolina's largest cities with nearly 200,000 residents. The primarily suburban University City is the home of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. University City is also home to University Research Park, a 3,200 acre (13 km²) industrial park. The outer edges of University City stretch into Cabarrus County and it is also home to Lowe's Motor Speedway and the state's largest tourist attraction, Concord Mills.
• Biddleville is a neighborhood just west of Downtown. At the heart of Biddleville is Johnson C. Smith University, a historically black college, once called the Biddle Institute, where blacks were trained to be preachers and teachers. Biddleville came about in the 1870s as result of its proximity to the college, distinctly separate from Charlotte.

Full list of Charlotte Neighborhoods:

Clanton Park, Pinecrest Neighborhood, Jackson Homes, Capitol Drive, ABC - Wilson Heights, York Road, Reid Park, Wilmont, Barringer Woods, Bent Oaks, Ponderosa Community, Wingate, Boulevard Homes, Westover Hills, Westerly Hills, Ashley Park, Westerly Hills, Wilkinson Boulevard, Brookhill, Wilmore, Revolution Park, Todd Park, Enderly Park, Enderly Park South, Parkview, Pleasant Hill, Thomasboro, Hoskins Community, Beechwood, Brookfield, Cheshire Area, Wesley Heights, Lakewood, Oakview Terrace, Washington Heights, Taylor-LaSalle, Seversville, Belvedere Homes, Eleanor Heights, Smallwood, Seversville, Biddleville, Tarlton Hills, McCrorey Heights, Oaklawn, Dalebrook, Lincoln Heights, Third Ward, Greenville, Fourth Ward, Edwin Towers, Genesis Park, Double Oaks, The Park at Oaklawn, Lockwood, Tryon North, Graham Heights, Tryon Hills, Druid Hills South, Edison Street Community, Druid Hills North, J. T. Williams, Craighead - North Tryon, Farmcrest, Historic Rosedale, Sugaw Creek Area, Derita - Statesville, Cardinal Glen, Derita Woods - Tanglewood, Grenelefe Village, Derita - Tanglewood, Rockwell Park, Hunter Acres, Hemphill Heights, Farmington, University Park, North Charlotte, Herrinwood, Howie Acres, Optimist Park, Villa Heights, Plaza Hills, Plaza-Shamrock, Country Club Heights, Merry Oaks Neighborhood, Markham Village, Graybark Avenue, Plaza Midwood, Belmont, Commonwealth - Morningside, Chantilly Area, Elizabeth, Crescent Heights, Briarcreek-Woodland Area, Coliseum Drive, Echo Hills, Oakhurst, Amity Gardens, Grier Heights, Sedgewood Cir - Meadowbrook, Sedgewood Lake, Wendover, Cotswold Area, Churchill Downs, Hillsboro Acres, Eastover, Myers Park, Briarwood Terrace, Olde Foxcroft, Cherry, Freedom Park, Kimberlee Apartments, Dilworth, South Dilworth, Freedom Park North, First Ward, Sedgefield Neighborhood, Ashbrook, Rosdale Heights, Collingwood, Colonial Village, Southside Park, Arbor Glen, Eagle Lake, Steeleberry Acres, Olde Whitehall, Griers Fork, Taragate, The Crossings, Yorkshire, Pleasant Hill, Steele Creek, Dixie - Berryhill, Harbor House, Moores Chapel Community, Westmoreland South, Charlie Hipps Rd., Wildwood, Pawtuckett, Toddville Road, Tuckaseegee - Road, Woodsdale Acre, McGregor Downs, Lundy Lane, Westchester, Coulwood East, Coulwood Ridge-Kluts, Coulwood, Northwoods, Pine Island, Harwood Lane, Mountain Island, Claiborne Woods, Mountain Pointe, Hay Market Island, Setters Trace Landing, Thompson Avenue, Oakdale, Firestone - Garden City, Garden Park, Northwood Estates, University Park North, Glenlea Park, Wedgewood, Lakeview Village, Braemar, Windsor at Wedgewood, Beatties Ford-Trinity, Hyde Park, Bahama - Havana Park, Happy Valley, Slater Springs, Misty Creek, Nevin Community, Henderson Circle, Davis Lake Community, David Cox Road, Eastfield Ridge, Cheshunt, S.CreekW - WT Harris, Prosperity Church Road, Devonshire, Mallard Trace, Harrington Woods, Radbourne, Mallard Creek, Highland Creek, Galloway Road, Homewood Acres, Lexington, Withrow Downs, Julius Alexander, Great Oaks, Mountain Island, Silverstone, Carolinas Landing, Harris-Houston, Shelton, Villages of Wexford, Back Creek Forest, Brantley Oaks, Mayfield Park, Newell, McLean Road - Middle Acres, Back Creek Church Road, College Downs, Knollwood Acres, Newell Community, Newell Place, Autumnwood, Charcon Heights - Mecklenburg, Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg Estates, Hidden Valley, Hampshire Hills, Bridlewood, Eastbrook Woods, Green Meadows, Shannon Park, Finchley - Purser, Oak Forest, Hickory Grove, Linda Lake Drive, Ravenwood, Grove Park, Silverwood, Kingstree, Bradfield Farms, J.H. Gunn, Winterwood Estates, Heatherwood - Hickory Ridge, Lamplighter Village, Robinson Community, Orchard Park, Sherbrook, Farm Pond, Hickory Grove, Eastland Estates, Four Seasons, Wilora Lake, Verndale Farms, Windsor Park, Kilborne Acres, Eastway Park Community, Sheffield Park, Winterfield - Eastway, Medford Acres, Coventry Woods Development, Cedars East, Starkwood - Grafton, Forest Ridge, Idlewild Farms, Becton Park, Marlwood, Marlwood Acres, Lynton Place, Chestnut Lake, Olde Savannah, Marshbrooke, Fairfield Park, Rosegate, Valley Grove, Cheverton, Idlewild South, Sharon Forest, Idlewild Brook, Brighton Woods, East Forest, Meadow Oaks, Woodburn, Woodberry Forest, Wallace Woods , Sherwood Forest, Gaynor Arms, Randolph Park, Forest Heights, Stonehaven, Sardis Woods, Heritage Woods, Sardis Forest, Sardis by the Park, Sardis Forest, Alexander - Providence, Bishop's Ridge, Crown Colony, Sardis Pointe, Settlers Landing, Lansdowne, Mammoth Oaks, Robinson Woods, Providence Park, Foxcroft HOA, Cloisters , Morrocroft Estates, Live Oak , Greentree Neighborhood, Governer's Square, Olde Providence North, Arbor Estates, Carmel Park, Greylyn Drive, Old Farm, Providence Woods, Southpark Coalition, Oxford Hunt, Beverly Crest, Hembstead, Prescott Place, St. George Place, Huntington, Providence Plantation, Providence Arbours, South Hall, Providence Estates East, Providence Towers, Providence Woods, Hearthstone, Willowmere, Providence Crossing, Hunters Gate, Provincetowne, Pondside, Raeburn, Piper Glen Estates, The Village of Raintree, Quail Acres, Pullengreen, Brittany Oaks, Holly Hill Farm, Williamsburg, Rain Tree, Fairway Downs, Wessex Square, Providence Springs, Ridgeloch, Carson's Pond, Carmel Estates, Lynbridge-Oxford Park, Olde Providence Park, Providence Landing, Montibello, Tuckaway Park, Wilton Wood, Mountainbrook, Kingswood, Winding Brook, Rockbridge, Giverny, Sharon Woods, Beverly Woods East, Barclay Downs, Parkdale League, Parktown Terrace , Picardy, Lower Briar Creek, Selwyn, Beverly Woods, Fairmeadows, Old Georgetown, Bar Harbor, Quail Hollow, Carmel Valley, Carmel Station, Carmel Forest, Shadowlake, Sturnbridge, Touchstone Village, Whiteoak, Berwick, Ballantyne, Bexley, Providence, Providence West, Farmington, Kenilworth - Amberleigh, Johnston Rd. - McAlpine, no information available, Seven Eagles, Cameronwood, Park Crossing, Hamlin Park, Oberbeck Farms, Cresswick, Sterling, Pine Valley, Starmount Forest, Quail Hollow, Huntingtowne Farms, Wolfe Ridge, Starmount, Leafcrest , Closeburn - Glenkirk, Spring Valley, Madison Park, Providence Colony, Montclaire South, Colony Acres, Ramblewood, Yorkmont, McDowell Meadows, Spring Field, Southwold Drive, Cedar Knoll.

Charlotte Metropolitan Area

The Metropolitan Combined Statistical Area of Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC, has a population, as of the 2005 census estimate, of 2,067,810.

The population of the City of Charlotte is 594,359 according to the US Census 2004 Estimate. Due to recent annexations, however, the city's population has grown to 651,101. The Charlotte metropolitan area, formerly known as the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury CSA (combined statistical area), extends across 2 states (North Carolina and South Carolina), and includes the following counties:

North Carolina

• Mecklenburg County
• Gaston County
• Lincoln County
• Cabarrus County
• Union County
• Iredell County
• Cleveland County
• Anson County
• Rowan County
• Stanly County

South Carolina

• York County
• Lancaster County
• Chester County

Charlotte Transportation

Airports

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is the 17th busiest airport in the US. It is served by many international and domestic airlines, and is the largest hub of US Airways.

Highways

Charlotte commuters on the heavily-travelled Independence Blvd (U.S. Highway 74) in rush hour traffic.

Charlotte's central location between the population centers of the northeast and southeast has made it a transportation focal point and primary distribution center, with two major interstate highways, I-85 and I-77, intersecting near the city's center. Charlotte's beltway, designated I-485 and nicknamed the "Outerbelt", is nearly complete and slated for completion by 2013. Upon completion, the Outerbelt will have a total circumference of approximately 67 miles (108 km).

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