Condos, townhomes, estates and single family homes in Charlotte area neighborhoods, including:
Uptown
Uptown Charlotte (also known as the Central Business District) is the area bounded by the Belk and Brookshire freeways (the I-277 loop), and is further broken down into four wards. The First, Third and Fourth Wards have a myriad of residential options. The Second Ward is made up primarily of city and county government offices, but has recently become a hot spot for residential and retail development as well. Uptown comprises Charlotte's largest and most populous business sector and is largely made up of banking and other financial service industries. The headquarters for the Fortune 500 companies Bank of America, Duke Energy and Wachovia are located here.
Museums, sporting venues, hotels, fine restaurants and "performing arts" theaters are heavily concentrated in Uptown Charlotte as well.
Elizabeth:
Elizabeth takes its name from Elizabeth College, a small Lutheran women's college founded in 1897 on the present-day site of Presbyterian Hospital. Elizabeth began to develop rapidly after 1902, when a trolley line was completed, and was annexed in 1907. Home of Independence Park, the first public park in the city, Elizabeth became one of the most fashionable residential areas in Charlotte in its early days.
Because much of the neighborhood was developed in the early 20th century, Elizabeth's trees have had time to mature. They now form a canopy over most of Elizabeth's residential streets. In addition, Elizabeth is more pedestrian-friendly than most Charlotte neighborhoods; businesses and residences are in close proximity, and most roads have sidewalks.
The current boundaries of the Elizabeth neighborhood are, roughly, Randolph Road/4th Street to the Southwest; Independence Boulevard to the West and North; and a creek to the East. Major avenues include Elizabeth Avenue and 7th Street.
Elizabeth contains two major hospitals (Presbyterian Hospital and Mercy Hospital), and a number of medical offices line Randolph Road. Along 7th Street there are numerous old houses that have been converted into shops, offices, and restaurants. At the western end of the neighborhood lie Independence Park and American Legion Memorial Stadium. A development project is underway to revitalize Elizabeth Avenue.
Eastover:
This beautiful neigbhorhood dates back to 1927 with its predominantly brick Georgian style homes on large home sites with beautiful curving driveways. Eastover needs no real introduction. Its infamous oak tree canopy and stately homes makes Eastover one of Charlotte's most sought-after locations. Eastover lies next to Myers Park, sharing its excellent school system and all of the many attributes that showcase why Eastover is in such high demand.
Beautiful boulevards like Colville Road and Museum Drive show Eastover's grandeur and its broad range of styles - no two homes are exactly alike. Many of these homes were built in the early part of the 20th century and have been beautifully renovated and restored to their original splendor. Lately, developers are using infill lots to build luxury condominiums. Longtime residents of Eastover don't want to downsize out of the neighborhood and they are pleased to find large flats with all the comforts of their original homes.
Dilworth:
Dilworth is a neighborhood immediately south of Uptown. The neighborhood was Charlotte's first streetcar suburb and was established by Edward Dilworth Latta in the 1890s on 250 acres southwest of the original city limits and included the Joseph Forsyth Johnson designed Latta Park. Planned largely with a grid pattern similar to the city's original four wards, it was initially designated the Eighth Ward. The streets of Dilworth feature stately, mature oak trees, sidewalks, and houses with front porches. The homes are primarily bungalows - with the occasional Queen Anne - and some larger, two-story Colonial Revival homes lining Dilworth Road East and West. East Boulevard serves as the main thoroughfare through the neighborhood, and divides the residential. East Boulevard is lined with restaurants, offices and shops, many located in
renovated homes. Charlotte's largest hospital, Carolinas Medical Center, is in Dilworth. This 861-bed teaching hospital is the region's only Level 1 trauma center.
Myers Park:
Myers Park is populated by some of the city's oldest and largest houses, and very affluent part of Charlotte. Myers Park's streets are lined with towering oaks, the remaining originals of which were raised on James B. Duke's New Jersey estate before being transplanted to the new development. Designed by John Nolen of Boston in 1911, Myers Park was initially a "streetcar suburb" whose residents commuted to town via electric trolley. Nolen discarded the original grid street pattern of Uptown and Dilworth and instead planned curving avenues following the area's topography. Myers Park is largely a product of the building boom of the 1920s.
Myers Park is bordered on the north by the lesser known Cherry Community, with whom it shares a rather interesting, and controversial past
SouthPark:
SouthPark is home to some of the city's premier shopping, restaurants and residential homesites. SouthPark Mall is the region's premiere venue for all your high-end shopping needs - Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Tiffany and Co., and many more sought-after boutiques can be found alongside Nordstrom, Belk, Neiman Marcus and other excellent department stores. It is also home to a mouth-watering array of upscale dining establishments.
Residential areas around SouthPark offer an excellent location close to the Charlotte's center city and near all of the wonderful shopping that SouthPark has to offer. Great location, excellent schools, beautiful homes with great neighborhoods.
