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M/I Homes rings a Bellington (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: June 17,2013

The plan goes like this: Let another homebuilding/development company do the local-government legwork, buy the property pre-entitled. Then, as another homebuilder/developer, put in the infrastructure, develop the lots and build the houses yourself.


Bowman Group seeks to up density in final phase of Vermillion subdivision (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: February 6,2013

HUNTERSVILLE — A development firm wants to almost double the approved density of the final phase of a nearly built-out subdivision off Huntersville-Concord and Old Statesville roads. The request comes at a time when the town of Huntersville has demonstrated itself to be unfriendly to higher-density developments. The Bowman Group of Huntersville wants to re-subdivide [...]


Huntersville Planning Board recommends proposal for more homes in Bellington plan (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: November 28,2012

Updated at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 HUNTERSVILLE — The Huntersville Town Planning Board on Tuesday recommended the OK of a proposal by Hopper Communities of Charlotte to increase the density of its already approved Bellington single-family housing development. Instead of building 88 homes on about 42 acres on Huntersville-Concord Road, Hopper now wants to [...]


For density incentive, signs of moving ahead (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 19,2012

An incentive designed to boost affordable housing in the city by allowing developers to increase the density of projects is expected to go before the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission for approval this year, the commission’s vice chairman said. But the incentive might not be enough, he said.