City officials call it “innovative adaptive reuse.” The first 12 cars are already listed on Zillow with “authentic urban living” marketing. “It’s basically a condo with tracks,” a CATS spokesperson said.
Charlotte, NC — The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) has just confirmed what riders have suspected for years: the long-delayed Blue Line Extension will never open.
Instead, CATS announced it will sell the 12 unused train cars — currently sitting idle on a sidetrack near the 24th Street station — as luxury “Micro-Apartments” in South End. Each 90-foot rail car has been converted into a 462-square-foot studio unit priced at $949,000…