Averitt Express is gearing up to build a major logistics campus just outside Charlotte Douglas International Airport, with company materials and city filings indicating the site could bring about 230 jobs to the region. The project is slated for 2124 Shopton Road in southwest Charlotte and is set to feature distribution warehouses paired with a service center.
Averitt paid roughly $71.7 million in December 2025 for what was described as an approximately 104-acre parcel, with plans to develop warehouse space and a service center on the property, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. The company expects the campus to support both distribution operations and vehicle maintenance connected to its broader regional network, the outlet reports.
Rezoning Filings And Project Timeline
City documents tied to Rezoning Petition 2025-139 list 2124 Shopton Road and outline about 53.24 acres proposed to be rezoned to ML-2(CD), a move that would allow up to 180,000 square feet of industrial uses. The City of Charlotte’s schedule shows a public hearing on March 23, 2026, followed by a Zoning Committee work session on April 7, 2026, with a full council decision still pending. Those steps are the formal hurdles that have to clear before construction can get rolling, according to the City of Charlotte.
Where The Site Sits And How Trucks Get There
The property lies inside the Shopton Ridge industrial pocket, roughly seven miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and within quick reach of interstates 485, 77 and 85. A commercial marketing flyer for nearby space lists 2124 Shopton Road as part of a three-building logistics complex offering high dock counts and significant trailer parking, according to Prologis and Cushman & Wakefield.
One wrinkle: the N.C. Department of Transportation reports it has awarded a contract to replace the Shopton Road bridge and says that stretch of road will be closed through summer 2027 during a major construction phase, a timing issue anyone eyeing truck access to the future campus will have to factor in, per NCDOT.
Averitt’s Regional Growth Play
The Charlotte project slots into a broader, multiyear buildout of Averitt’s network that includes adding hundreds of thousands of square feet of warehouse space, more dock doors and thousands of truck parking spots across several states, as reported by Trucking Dive. The company already lists a Charlotte distribution facility on its own site, underscoring that this is an expansion of an existing local footprint rather than a fresh arrival, according to Averitt.
Next Steps And What Neighbors Will Watch
The rezoning petition still has to work its way through the city’s formal review pipeline, including any conditions council members attach, before a detailed site plan can be approved, according to the City of Charlotte. If the campus is ultimately built at the scale currently outlined, it would add a sizable pocket of logistics jobs to an already busy, airport-adjacent industrial belt that observers say has been drawing significant distribution investment, as detailed by the Charlotte Observer…