What construction projects are coming to Charlotte?

Charlotte & Mecklenburg County permitted 870 projects with a declared construction value of $500,000 or more in the last six months, $2.5B in all. The largest filed more than 30 days ago: Upfit at 9505 Lakebrook Rd ($150M); Commercial New Construction at 200 Gilead Rd ($47.2M); A new data hall suite within the newly built shell & PBB building. Work includes new construction, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems at 9505 Lakebrook Rd #115 ($42.0M).

How do I find upcoming construction projects in Charlotte?

Building permits are the earliest public record of most projects: a job can't start until its permit is issued, and the permit names the address, the work, its declared value and usually the contractor. Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's permits are free to search on Mecklenburg County's Accela Citizen Access; search commercial and new-building permits by date and look for the large values. TarSignal gathers them from Charlotte & Mecklenburg County and other North Carolina offices into one search, sorted by value.

Where does this list come from?

From Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's building permit records. Every permit filed at one address in the last six months counts as one project, and its value is the largest construction value declared on those permits. A job whose address had a permit at least half as large in the 18 months before is an earlier project's tail, and is left out.

Why aren't the newest projects listed?

Projects first permitted in the last 30 days are counted here but listed only in TarSignal Pro — 108 of them right now, worth $287M. Pro has every permit the day it's filed, naming the contractor on most and with a phone number on most.

Upcoming construction projects in Charlotte, NC

Charlotte & Mecklenburg County permitted 870 projects with a declared construction value of $500,000 or more in the last six months, $2.5B in all. A building permit comes before the work, so these are the jobs about to break ground or just under way: what's being built, where, and which contractor pulled the permit.

Projects, last 6 months: 870
Over $1 million: 474
Declared value: $2.5B
Largest listed: $150M; 9505 Lakebrook Rd

The biggest projects in Charlotte

Permitted from May 6, 2026 until 30 days ago, largest first. The value is the construction cost the applicant declared; one project is every permit filed at its address.

1.$150M
Renovation
Upfit
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Filed:
May 21, 2026, 4 permits
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000220
2.$47.2M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
200 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, 28078
Contractor:
Swinerton
Filed:
August 13, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000478
3.$42.0M
Renovation
A new data hall suite within the newly built shell & PBB building. Work includes new construction, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #115, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie
Filed:
July 6, 2026
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000278
4.$41.2M
Renovation
Commercial Upfit Interior Completion
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #215, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie
Filed:
July 9, 2026
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000285
5.$41.1M
Renovation
Commercial Upfit Interior Completion
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #225, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie
Filed:
July 9, 2026
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000282
6.$41.1M
New building
Commercial General Building
Where
12899 Moores Chapel Rd, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie, L.L.C.
Filed:
May 8, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-GBLD-26-000480
7.$41.1M
Renovation
Commercial Upfit Interior Completion
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #100, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie, L.L.C.
Filed:
August 31, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000349
8.$41.1M
Renovation
A new data hall suite within the newly built shell & PBB building. Work includes new construction, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #205, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie
Filed:
July 7, 2026
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000281
9.$40.8M
Renovation
A new data hall suite within the newly built shell & PBB building. Work includes new construction, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems.
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #125, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie
Filed:
July 7, 2026
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000279
10.$39.8M
Renovation
A new data hall suite within the newly built shell & PBB building. Work includes new construction, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
Where
9505 Lakebrook Rd #105, Charlotte, 28214
Contractor:
Brasfield & Gorrie
Filed:
July 6, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000273
11.$35.7M
New building
Axial Commerce Station Industrial Building 1
Where
12705 Commerce Station Dr, Huntersville, 28078
Contractor:
Evans General Contractors
Filed:
August 10, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000312
12.$33.3M
New building
Commercial General Building
Where
5824 Jim Kidd Rd, Huntersville, 28078
Contractor:
Arianna Recinos
Filed:
September 22, 2026
Permit:
COM-GBLD-26-000426
13.$32.8M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
3813 Yorkmont Rd, Charlotte, 28208
Contractor:
JE Dunn Construction Company
Filed:
May 15, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000185
14.$32.8M
Renovation
Commercial Alteration
Where
405 E Park Av, Charlotte, 28203
Contractor:
DA Everett Construction
Filed:
August 12, 2026
Permit:
COM-ALT-26-001278
15.$26.0M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
9847 John Price Rd, Charlotte, 28273
Contractor:
Jacob Thomson
Filed:
August 5, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000263
16.$24.9M
New building
7 Story parking garage with associated life safety
Where
5550 Periwinkle Hill Av, Charlotte, 28213
Contractor:
Arlington Construction
Filed:
August 25, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000323
17.$23.9M
Renovation
Commercial Alteration
Where
832 E 4th St, Charlotte, 28202
Contractor:
JE Dunn Construction
Filed:
May 18, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-ALT-26-000800
18.$23.7M
Renovation
Commercial Alteration
Where
1805 Center Park Dr, Charlotte, 28217
Contractor:
Duffey Southeast Inc
Filed:
July 29, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-ALT-25-000615
19.$22.6M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
5101 Westinghouse Bv, Charlotte, 28273
Contractor:
Messer Construction
Filed:
July 6, 2026, 4 permits
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000330
20.$22.5M
Renovation
Commercial Alteration
Where
12701 Lancaster Hy, Pineville, 28134
Contractor:
Harper General Contractors
Filed:
September 28, 2026
Permit:
COM-ALT-26-001493
21.$22.1M
Renovation
Commercial Alteration
Where
895 W Trade St, Charlotte, 28202
Contractor:
Rob Cook
Filed:
May 7, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-ALT-26-000742
22.$18.2M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
7800 Dixie River Rd, Charlotte, 28278
Contractor:
Samet Corporation
Filed:
August 28, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000340
23.$16.9M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
125 Eastway Dr, Charlotte, 28213
Contractor:
Sean Rogers
Filed:
September 4, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000362
24.$16.9M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
655 Honeywood Av, Charlotte, 28216
Contractor:
Wynnefield Properties
Filed:
October 2, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-26-000033
25.$15.7M
Renovation
Commercial Alteration
Where
13034 Ballantyne Corporate Pl, Charlotte, 28277
Contractor:
Shelco , LLC
Filed:
October 2, 2026
Permit:
COM-ALT-26-000023
26.$13.7M
Renovation
Connector Building
Where
2304 The Plaza, Charlotte, 28205
Contractor:
Barringer Construction
Filed:
September 25, 2026
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000377
27.$11.2M
Renovation
Interior upfit for a lounge designed to support food and beverage service. The project scope includes new interior construction for a lobby-reception area,…
Where
5501 Josh Birmingham Py, Charlotte, 28208
Contractor:
Barringer Construction LLC
Filed:
May 29, 2026, 6 permits
Permit:
COM-ALT-26-001413
28.$11.0M
New building
Commercial New Construction
Where
11420 Beltway Industrial Dr, Huntersville, 28078
Contractor:
Parker Schwenker
Filed:
June 25, 2026
Permit:
COM-NEW-25-000033
29.$10.9M
Renovation
First time upfit of ground floor space at Research Building 1 of The Pearl for new restaurant. Scope of work includes interior upfit, exterior modifications,…
Where
905 Pearl Park Wy, Charlotte, 28204
Contractor:
Harker
Filed:
July 7, 2026, 3 permits
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000350
30.$10.5M
Renovation
23,545 SF Medical Upfit includes Concierge, Imaging, Rehabilitation & Orthopedics
Where
150 N Caldwell St, Charlotte, 28202
Contractor:
Gilbane Building Company
Filed:
July 13, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
COM-UPF-26-000289

108 more projects worth $287M filed in Charlotte in the last 30 days

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Month by month

Projects by the month their first permit was filed. The latest month is still filling in.

Month	Projects	Declared value
May 2026	137	$468M
June 2026	146	$253M
July 2026	155	$540M
August 2026	152	$499M
September 2026	158	$430M
October 2026	122	$341M

Where they are

Projects by town, across Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.

Charlotte 670
Huntersville 77
Davidson 28
Cornelius 27
Mint Hill 20
Matthews 18
Pineville 13

How to find upcoming construction projects in Charlotte

Start with the permits. A project can't start until its building permit is issued, and the permit names the address, the work, the declared value and usually the general contractor — months before a sign goes up.
Search Mecklenburg County's Accela Citizen Access. It's free: open it, search commercial and new-building permits filed in the last few weeks, and sort or scan for the large values.
Follow the general contractor. The GC on a permit is who hires the subcontractors and buys the materials. Call while they're still pricing the job, not once it's built.
Or let the list come to you. TarSignal reads Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's permits every day, with the ones above and every smaller job, searchable by value, type and contractor.

Construction projects in Charlotte: common questions

What construction projects are coming to Charlotte?: Charlotte & Mecklenburg County permitted 870 projects with a declared construction value of $500,000 or more in the last six months, $2.5B in all. The largest filed more than 30 days ago: Upfit at 9505 Lakebrook Rd ($150M); Commercial New Construction at 200 Gilead Rd ($47.2M); A new data hall suite within the newly built shell & PBB building. Work includes new construction, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems at 9505 Lakebrook Rd #115 ($42.0M).
How do I find upcoming construction projects in Charlotte?: Building permits are the earliest public record of most projects: a job can't start until its permit is issued, and the permit names the address, the work, its declared value and usually the contractor. Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's permits are free to search on Mecklenburg County's Accela Citizen Access; search commercial and new-building permits by date and look for the large values. TarSignal gathers them from Charlotte & Mecklenburg County and other North Carolina offices into one search, sorted by value.
Where does this list come from?: From Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's building permit records. Every permit filed at one address in the last six months counts as one project, and its value is the largest construction value declared on those permits. A job whose address had a permit at least half as large in the 18 months before is an earlier project's tail, and is left out.
Why aren't the newest projects listed?: Projects first permitted in the last 30 days are counted here but listed only in TarSignal Pro — 108 of them right now, worth $287M. Pro has every permit the day it's filed, naming the contractor on most and with a phone number on most.

Every permit in the area, with the busiest ZIP codes and contractors: building permits and new construction in Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. For builders and subs: how to find new construction leads in Charlotte.

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Source: TarSignal, from Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's public building permit records, data through October 30, 2026. Refreshed nightly. Values are what the applicant declared on the permit, not a sale price or a bid. A project is every permit filed at one address in the window, valued at the largest of them; a new permit at an address that already had one as large in the 18 months before is left out as an earlier job's tail.