News

Wingstop, the rapidly expanding international "Wing Experts," is coming to Meridian Place. The family-style fast-casual restaurant is set to open next year at the transformative, mixed-use development under construction on Monroe Road. Wingstop recently leased 1,400...

Rex Cleaners opened its doors  to the MoRA community providing dry cleaning and alteration services for those in the area. Located in the same building as Hawthorne's, this is the second location for Mr. Mo and his team at Rex. We welcome them to Meridian Place and...

The MoRA team and Kathy Hill report that great progress is being made on the Art@thePoint public sculpture to be located at the "point" where Conference Drive meets Monroe Road. Tiles created in community workshops will be fired and glazed in the days and weeks ahead,...

Over the past year the MoRA area has seen significant changes as businesses have recognized the attractive opportunities available in the area. From the recent announcement of the Common Market just down Monroe Road to the relocation of 500 employees by Hendrick...

Meridian Place is adding Rex Dry Cleaners another established local business to its initial list of retailers and restaurants.  Rex Cleaners owned by Charlotte native Stephen Mo will provide alterations and shoe repair as it does in its original location on Park Road...

An established private school ALC Mosaic will relocate to the white house located at the corner of Monroe Road and Idlewild. ALC Mosaic is renovating the building now and expects to complete work by summer

We are thrilled to announce that Idlewild Road is now open allowing motorists to cross Independence Boulevard via its newly completed bridge. The completion of the Idlewild bridge is the last of three major overpasses that are a part of this project including those at Sharon Amity and Conference Drive.

DECEMBER 2016 – The new hemlock tree glowing with Christmas lights at McAlpine Business Park is a great metaphor for the rapidly evolving Monroe-Independence corridor and Meridian Place. Our mixed-use development could not be in a better place to capture the energy,...

The proposed light-rail line along the Independence Boulevard-Monroe Road corridor will get a big endorsement on Sept. 28, when the Charlotte Area Transit System asks the Metropolitan Transit Commission to authorize the Southeast Corridor Transit Study – a key step...

The MoRA Town Hall meeting had many high points for the nearly 200 people who came to East Mecklenburg High on Sept. 14. The highest – 16 feet high, to be exact – arrived with soft music, a solitary, appreciative “ohhh” from somewhere in the audience and then,...

More than 500 residents of the Monroe Road area came out to celebrate the work of MoRA (Monroe Road Advocates) on a cool and drizzly May 19th evening. Attendees toured the recently completed pool and amenity spaces of M Station and enjoyed the music of Flat Tire and...

The amenities of M Station including its expansive pool and sundeck, clubhouse and fitness center were completed just in time for summer and the warm times ahead. We appreciate the patience of our early residents as we wrapped up the finishing touches, and we honored...

Hawthorne’s NY Pizza & Bar is the newest addition to Meridian Place, the transformative, mixed-use development under construction on Monroe Road. Hawthorne’s, a local restaurant group started more than 12 years ago, will be the anchor tenant for a new 10,000...

Residents from neighborhoods surrounding the Monroe Road corridor have come together to form a grass roots organization known as MoRA – a creative moniker for Monroe Road Advocates. The organization is the evolution of a host of informal meetings and initiatives...

The first residents have moved into M Station now marking a great milestone for Meridian Place. Apartment leasing managers report great interest in leasing at M Station and plans for the community. Prospects and residents have been impressed with the spacious layouts...

Changes in the Monroe Road corridor and neighborhood efforts to revitalize the area were noted in an article this past weekend in the Charlotte Observer. The article made note of Meridian Place and properties being re-developed in the area including the former BJ’s on...

CATS, the Charlotte Area Transit System, held a series of community meetings tin August to discuss options for transit linking a 13.5 mile section of the Monroe and Independence Boulevard corridors running from downtown Charlotte to the boundary of Union County. The...

Goode Properties has unveiled designs for the first office and retail buildings at Meridian Place. These include a three-story, 30,000-square foot office building and 10,000 square foot retail building. The first retail building will be built adjacent to the southern...