More development planned around Optimist Hall to create ‘live, work, play environment’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The developers behind Optimist Hall north of uptown and along the Lynx Blue Line are preparing for the site’s next chapter.

Charlotte-based White Point Partners has filed a rezoning petition for several parking lots on the Optimist Hall property fronting Parkwood Avenue in Optimist Park. The petition comes on the heels of another rezoning filed in March for land adjacent to Optimist Hall, including a large warehouse at 1001 N. Brevard St.

White Point and its partner on the project, Paces Properties out of Atlanta, opened Optimist Hall last summer after upfitting a mill dating back to the late 1800s. A food hall is the centerpiece of the project but Duke Energy Corp. also leases office space in a portion of the building.

The new rezoning includes three parcels totaling 4 acres, all of which are surface parking lots for the development, at 1100 N. Brevard St. and at 16th Street and Parkwood Avenue.

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