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May. 17, 2005
Sales show townhomes still popular
Coventry Court
in Ballantyne area starts phase 2 site work soon
DOUG SMITH
The uptown high-rise residential
boom hasn't diminished Charlotteans' appetite for townhomes in suburban
areas near shops, services and employers.
Developers who announced a 53-unit
townhome project in the Ballantyne area a year ago, for example, have just
begun selling 53 units in a second phase.
Two- and three-bedroom townhomes,
1,400 square feet and 1,548 square feet, are listed from $149,900 to
$169,900 in
Coventry Court
.
Buyers are noticing the price and
location -- near an upscale area of golf-course homes and a resort hotel
and spa.
Twenty-six homeowners have moved
into
Coventry Court
, and only six units remain available in the project's first phase.
The townhomes are on
Providence Road West
, about a quarter mile west of U.S. 521 and south of Ballantyne Country
Club. The 7-acre-plus site is south of Interstate 485, where residential,
retail and office development are flourishing.
The Lowes Foods-anchored Hunters
Crossing shopping center is at U.S. 521 and
Lancaster Highway
(old U.S. 521) near the townhomes, and the first businesses are opening in
the new
Ballantyne
Village
shopping center at the southwest quadrant of U.S. 521 and
Ballantyne Commons Parkway
.
Llewellyn Development LLC is
teaming with First LandMark USA Inc. in LandMark/Llewellyn Holdings in
developing
Coventry Court
.
Terrence Llewellyn of Llewellyn
Development said buyer feedback gathered in the first phase prompted the
developers to tweak the second phase.
They made garages standard on all
units, incorporated kitchen islands into three-bedroom units and added
sunrooms to two-bedroom townhomes.
All units have 2 1/2 baths,
nine-foot ceilings upstairs, double-bowl raised vanities and brick or
Hardiplank exteriors.
Llewellyn said the developers
incorporated the site's natural woods and ponds and located many of the
townhomes around the perimeter so owners could take advantage of the
views.
The community also features a
half-acre green. A large oak in the center of the green is estimated to be
more than 100 years old.
Llewellyn expects to start
second-phase site work in about 30 days and deliver the first townhomes in
about six months.
Watts Leaf Architects designed the
project. Site Solutions was the land planner and civil engineer. Saieed
Construction Systems is the general contractor.
LandMark/Llewellyn Holdings is
handing sales from an on-site sales center.
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