Long-Delayed Brooklyn Redevelopment
Date postedFebruary 28, 2024
Some community members are frustrated with the pace of the 17-acre Brooklyn Village redevelopment. Descendants of Brooklyn, once Charlotte's largest Black neighborhood, have waited decades for some type of restitution.
- In the 1960s and '70s, the city razed Brooklyn in the name of urban renewal, displacing families and destroying a prosperous hub of Black business.
The latest: Donahue Peebles III, executive vice president of The Peebles Corporation, tells Axios it was always their intent to bring on a third-party purchaser that would build in line with the vision for Brooklyn Village.
- Horizontal construction of infrastructure and roads is underway to prep the site for multi-family and hotel buildings. Peebles expects that work to finish late this year.
Catch up quick: In 2016, Mecklenburg County selected BK Partners — a partnership between New York-based The Peebles Corporation and Charlotte-based Conformity Corporation — for the redevelopment. The first phase was supposed to finish in 2021.