By CHRISTINA RITCHIE ROGERS
DavidsonNews.net

The much-anticipated Antiquity Heights Apartments, in the Antiquity neighborhood off N.C. 115 in Cornelius, should be ready for tenants by mid-June, according to Solstice Parters Manager Cathy Connors. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

CORNELIUS – Four homeowners in the Smithville neighborhood got help with landscaping and repairs during the 4th annual Realtors Care Day on Friday.

“I just don’t know what to say. It helps a whole lot,” said Florida McCauley, who watched as a crew painted trim, tidied her Smithville Lane yard, painted trim, installed gutters and stained a two-year-old back deck. Read the full story

By CHIP DAWSON
DavidsonNews.net

What courage! Setting off into the unknown to make a new life. Wilderness all about and the only shelter still to be built.

Meet Buddy and Barbara Ferrell, the first residents of Antiquity. In 2007, the Ferrells, who already lived in Mecklenburg County, read about Antiquity in the Huntersville Herald and decided to take a drive. They came down South Street from the north, crossed the covered bridge – which impressed them, they said – and decided to buy what was then a field with a “for sale” sign sitting in it. When they closed on their new Cunnane Group home on March 10, 2008, they beat the next resident by just seven days.

Today, four years after the Ferrells moved in and five years after the project was approved, the couple has been joined by 207 other households on the 130-acre site. Originally planned for 1,000 units and with Town of Cornelius approval for 702 combined single-family and multi-family properties, the current full build-out target is 413 for-purchase residential units plus 94 apartments — roughly half the original plan. Read the full story

By CHRISTINA ROGERS
DavidsonNews.net

CORNELIUS – Life Fellowship Church, which currently meets in Davidson, has gotten the go-ahead to build a $6 million worship campus on 17 acres off I-77 Exit 28 in Cornelius. The Cornelius Town Board approved the non-denominational church’s rezoning request Feb. 6.

The church has a contract to buy the land on I-77 Service Road, west of the interstate and south of Catawba Avenue, for $1.4 million, and construction on a first phase of the campus could begin in 2012. The estimated cost for Phase 1 is $6.1 million, which includes the land cost and construction of a 24,000-square foot, 600-seat worship center with a large stage and a “black box” worship area for children. Read the full story

CORNELIUS - M/I Homes Charlotte opened a new model home in the Antiquity neighborhood in Cornelius, with plans to build about 45 homes on Market Street. The builder already has begun construction, with three homes move-in ready.

Plans range from 2,168 to 2,739 square feet and include amenities such as rear-entry garages and dual master bedrooms – one on the first floor and one upstairs – to appeal to families with grandparents in the home. Prices range from $224,990 to $282,986. So far, none has sold, M/I homes marketing director Stacie Tinucci said, but the builder recently held a grand opening event and more than 50 realtors attended. Read the full story

Ohio developer Goldberg Companies/GCI Residential over the holidays started work on “Legacy Cornelius,” a multi-family complex off Westmoreland Road that has been in the plans for almost a decade. The developer plans to build 168, 2-story condo units and 77 townhouse units, as well as a pool and amenities building.  Read the full story