Marshall Park to be bulldozed for new redevelopment project

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — County staff told Mecklenburg County Commissioners Tuesday night that the Brooklyn Village agreement is set.

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The developer, who is going to transform the quiet piece of Marshall Park, has been working on permits and paperwork.

County commissioners met Tuesday night to go through documents about the redevelopment and bulldozing of Marshall Park.

The 5-acre park will be bulldozed and replaced by a 1.6-acre park and 2.5 acres total of open space.

The Brooklyn Village redevelopment project includes 1,200 apartments, retail and 280 hotel rooms.

There's been some push back because only 10 percent of the new apartments will be used for affordable housing.

The massive project earned its name as a nod to the area's past.

Before the neighborhood was torn down in the 1960s, it was an African-American community full of churches, schools and stores.

“This was a thriving African-American community and in the name of development, was completely obliterated,” Commissioner At Large Trevor Fuller said.

In 2016, Channel 9 was told the rate for the units would be $975 a month.

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“You'll probably be able to get a $3 cup of coffee someplace, but will we have done the right thing?” Commissioner At Large Pat Cotham said. “This lone commissioner -- I will have (to) think we did not do the right thing.”

The project's $683 million master development plan was already approved by commissioners.

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