DR Horton plots Gastonia development with nearly 700 apartments, homes

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October 5, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. UTC

By Charlotte Business Journal

GASTONIA, N.C. — A prominent national homebuilder with a large portfolio in the Charlotte market is seeking approvals for a Gastonia project with hundreds of residential units.

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Documents show the Gastonia Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Thursday on a rezoning request led by D.R. Horton Inc. for a 103.8-acre site. That site, which is off East Hudson Boulevard, is being targeted for a massive residential project with nearly 700 residential units of several types, records show.

City documents state the proposed project would have up to 348 apartments, 207 single-family detached homes and 133 attached townhouses. The project would also include two commercial outparcels.