City approves uptown tower, Ballantyne hospital and other projects

CHARLOTTE — A new residential tower on the northern edge of uptown and a hospital in south Charlotte were among the rezoning petitions approved by Charlotte City Council on Tuesday night.

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Carolina Development Group NC LLC’s petition to build 350 apartments and up to 6,500 square feet of retail space in a tower at North Smith and West 10th streets was approved. A site plan filed with the rezoning says the project could include condos or apartments, but, at the petition’s public hearing last month, a representative of the developer told council that the planned units would be apartments.

In Ballantyne, Novant Health received rezoning approval to build a 163,000-square-foot hospital as well as a 60,000-square-foot medical office building with a helicopter pad at Johnston Road and Providence Road West.

Read more here about those projects and others approved at Tuesday night’s rezoning meeting.