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Developer seeks bigger industrial building at Tempus Campus Ridge; officials press for truck access details
Summary
An affiliate of Tempus Realty Partners asked the town to approve an amended site plan and raise the allowed building size from 150,000 to 185,000 square feet on a 20‑acre former brownfield on Campus Ridge Road (I‑2 CD zoning). Commissioners and staff focused questions on truck traffic, site access and potential CSX rail coordination.
An applicant for the Tempus Campus Ridge property updated the Matthews Board of Commissioners on May 12 and requested approval of an amended site plan and building elevations for an industrial/warehouse site that had been rezoned to I‑2 CD in 2022.
Attorney Suzanne Todd, representing Tempus Campus Ridge, said the company now has the 20‑acre property under contract and seeks a modest increase to the maximum building area from 150,000 square feet (the limit approved in 2022) to 185,000 square feet to accommodate the likely tenant mix and project economics.
Why it matters: The property sits along the CSX rail line and Campus Ridge Road; it was previously a constrained brownfield (past medical‑waste/incinerator use was cited). The 2022 rezoning limited permitted uses to indoor manufacturing/assembly, warehouse/distribution and related uses and required that any construction return to the board for site‑plan approval. Commissioners and residents pressed the applicant for…
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