Mooresville approves Mooresville Village planned development with grocery, transit reservation and modest affordable housing set-aside

The Mooresville Board of Commissioners on Dec. 16 approved PD-2024-01, a planned development for a 98.17-acre site along Mecklenburg Highway known as Mooresville Village that will include retail, office, a 50,000-square-foot grocery, and up to 625 homes.

David Cole, senior planner, summarized the zoning request at the public hearing, saying a planned development "is a special zoning district in which developers may voluntarily enter into an agreement, which allows modification to the UDO in exchange for higher quality development design and or significant benefit for the public." The proposal replaces prior parcel zoning and would consolidate development across two parcels, with the northern portion already inside town limits and the southern portion proposed for annexation.

The developer team led by Peter Pappas of Pappas Properties said the project is intended as a walkable mixed‑use village. "Our goal with Mooresville Village is simple. We want to create a wellness focused master plan community with a mix of housing, a grocery store, restaurants, and office," Pappas said during the presentation. Project representatives showed designs with a central village square, a main-street retail area near the grocery, office and commercial uses along Highway 115, and a mix of housing types including single‑family, cottages, townhomes, active‑adult housing and multifamily.

Key commitments recorded in the developer agreement and described at the hearing include: - A committed 50,000-square-foot…