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Documents link Best Buy to industrial project eyeing property near Charlotte airport

Project Hub City documents show Project Hub calls for a 627,000-square-foot fulfillment center built on airport-owned land that neighbors Amazon's large distribution facility on Tuckaseegee Road. (GOOGLE MAPS)

CHARLOTTE — City documents show a project under the codename Project Hub is eyeing a site near Charlotte Douglas International Airport for a facility. An attached document to the permit filed for Project Hub names Best Buy Co. Inc. on the notarized financial responsibility form. Project Hub calls for the development of a 627,000-square-foot, build-to-suit fulfillment center “on property leased from the City of Charlotte (CLT Airport).”

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The permit for Project Hub was recorded in city records on Feb. 16. The applicant for the permit was CH-M HUB CLT LLC, which is affiliated with Dallas-based developer Crow Holdings. Crow Holdings opened a Charlotte office last year that supports the operations of the company’s industrial development arm, Crow Holdings Industrial.

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