In a split vote, the Huntersville Board of Commissioners Tuesday night approved a South Carolina developer’s proposed $200 million mixed-use community at a prime Lake Norman intersection.
The board voted 4-3 in favor of a rezoning for the Knox Crossing development at Sam Furr Road (N.C. 73) and N.C. 115, with Mayor Christy Clark breaking a tie among commissioners. She said she backed the plan because of the number of affordable housing units it will provide.
The development by Mount Pleasant developer WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments will include up to 413 apartments and townhomes — 7.5%, or 30 of which will be affordable to teachers, firefighters and police, according to the developer’s latest plans…