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Ashley Peterson is a developer on the undertaking.

“Our goal is to make everyone feel welcome here,” she instructed Channel 9′s Dan Matics.

Her agency, Proffitt Dixon Partners, is making an attempt to get the Town of Matthews on board. The undertaking requires flats, eating places, retail and a lodge, together with a city sq.. That means morning yoga, meals vehicles and dwell music.

“We want you to spend all of your Saturday here — from greenway trails and public art to retail moments,” Peterson stated.

As the world explodes with progress, the builders must sway some who assume the city is rising too quick.

“I’s a mixed blessing, like anything else,” stated Don Wyks, a industrial actual property agent in Matthews.

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Wyks has spent a long time within the city working in industrial actual property. He stated it’s an incredible location however there could possibly be rising pains.

“This is about as close to ground zero Mecklenburg County as you’re going to get. You’re at Independence Boulevard and I-485,” he stated. “With that said, development always leads infrastructure.”

But the developer stated they’re dedicated to rising good, including loads of inexperienced house.

“We love the idea of having an open space and in the public realm,” Peterson stated.

The subsequent public listening to must be across the center of August. The developer hopes to have a closing vote from the city earlier than the tip of the yr.

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