New “South” Charlotte
From the SouthPark mall area south to South Carolina, including Ballantyne, and from Matthews to Pineville, this is Charlotte’s “fertile crescent”, historically the area’s premier address. It’s where to go to find the city’s best shopping. This quadrant of the county was developed first and continues to attract investors. Homes range from 1960s brick ranches on half-acre lots to 5k square foot state-of-the-art new homes in a cluster design.
Highlight: If the SouthPark area alone were a city, it would be larger than most towns in the Carolinas; by 1990 it had passed Raleigh as the second-largest business district in the state (uptown Charlotte is No. 1). It added the pastel “mini-town” of fancy shops at Phillips Place in 1996. If a high-end store is going to locate in Charlotte, this is where it will reside.
