The empty lots where the proposed 400 Meeting Street, LLC, will go. The vacant property pictured is beside Jerry’s Neighborhood Store in downtown Morganton.
The empty lots where the proposed 400 Meeting Street, LLC, will go. The vacant property pictured is beside Jerry’s Neighborhood Store in downtown Morganton.
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The major housing development proposed for East Meeting Street is in its design phase.
In November 2024, the developers known as 400 Meeting St., LLC, purchased the East Meeting Street parcels as the future site for downtown apartments and townhomes. In September 2023, they had purchased vacant lots on Church Street.
The project has been on the radar of City officials since January 2023, when the City of Morganton council approved the contract to sell the parcels to developers. The closing date was previously pushed back four times due to legal action with the lease.
The developers plan to build an expansive housing complex, but the exact units will be undetermined until the project is fully designed.
City Manager Sally Sandy said that the developers and the City staff have had preliminary meetings for in-work designs. Plans for the project or permits have been requested as they work on architectural plans and site development for the Meeting Street lots. As Sandy put it: “The ball is in their court.”
“They have considered making some site changes with their East Meeting Street part of the project, but they’re still working toward the apartments and townhomes being on the Meeting Street property,” Sandy said.
Apartments are planned for the Church Street parcels. The developers will submit two separate sets of plans, one for each location. The housing projects will be complementary developments.
The 11 parcels that 400 Meeting Street, LLC, bought for their major housing development.
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“Housing is pretty important. Super important if you look at the fact that it is located in our central business district (CBD) and using property that is currently vacant. There’s no infrastructure to be done because the very beauty of doing this on vacant property in the CBD is that infrastructure already exists,” Sandy said.
Developers could not be reached as of press time.
Saydie Bean is the municipal and courts reporter. She may be reached at 828-445-8595, ext. 2011, orsaydie@thepaper.media.
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