Plans for roughly 50 acres sandwiched between two busy highways and a Southport shopping center could see some changes.
Developers of Southport Crossing are requesting the city of Southport allow major changes to its master plan, including doubling the number of residential units. The site directly abuts the Southport Crossing commercial shopping center, which includes a Lowes Foods grocery store, Tractor Supply Company and other retail stores and restaurants.
The 48-acre property sits between N.C. 133 and N.C. 211, adjacent to a new development that is currently under construction. The Southport Crossings shopping area was built years ago and expanded when the road was extended. But as new stores and restaurants, such as a Tractor Supply Company, a Starbucks and an Eggs Up Grill continue to stay busy, a large chunk of land remains wooded.
Project background
In 2008, the Southport Crossing project was originally presented as a development encompassing over 300,000 square feet of commercial use and 324 multi-family residential units on 48 acres. The project was amended in 2015 and 2019 to reconfigure a commercial lot and to adjust the proportions of residential unit types…