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Main Street Near Soda Shop

Copyright 2008 Boone Communities, Douglas Boone

Town of Davidson

• Home of Davidson College - Founded 1837• College Students 2008 – 1,700• 2008 Town Population Estimate – 9,099• Year Town Incorporated – 1879


Davidson College


Looking at Main Street Across Village Green From Library Front Porch


Main Street - Village Store


Main Street – Raeford’s


Main Street - Summit Coffee


Main Street & - CVS


Main Street – Public Library


Gator Gumbo Concert on Green


Main Street – Post Office


Lorimer Street – View Davidson College Presbyterian Church Steeple


Main Street – Old Inn


Early 20th Century Home Concord Rd.


New Neighborhood in Old Davidson

A Traditional Neighborhood Development in Davidson, NC


Aerial View of Davidson and Lake Norman


New Neighborhood in Old Davidson Information

• 82 acres – 1 mile from Main Street, Davidson• 131 single family detached homes• 139 attached townhomes• 31 garage apartments• 9 estate size lots (undeveloped)• 2 workplace units (8 offices, 6,970 sq. ft.)• St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (15,000 sq. ft. with 175 to

200-seat sanctuary that can be expanded to 45,000 on 6.25 AC)

• 24 % open space that incl 7 town parks on 14 ac• Detailed facts at end of slide show


Site PlanWasAmendedSix TimesDuringDevelopmentPhase


First Impressions



St. Alban’s Lane


St. Alban’s Lane


St. Alban’s Lane


St. Alban’s Square

Wolfe Street Entry from Grey Rd.


Tour of Streets







Clemen’s Place

(A “Close” ‘kloz)



Terminated Vistas






Defining Edges & Gateways





Creating People Spaces



Seven Town ParksWithin Neighborhood


Caldwell Green


Ashby Park


Faulkner Square


Forest Park


North & South Lawns


Nature Trail – The Preserve


Off-leash dog park – The Preserve


St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Built 2001



Neighborhood Life


Photo Ops


A Neighborhood of Porches




Single-family Detached Homes








Single-family Garages

Dealing with appearance of front load garages




Townhomes



Garage ApartmentsBasement Townhome door yards


Byways (alleys) &Townhome Garages



Workplace Units(Offices)


Attaching offices and residences


Organizing Spaces

(Providing Instructions to Drivers & Pedestrians)



Annual Picnic onFaulkner Square






Additional Information


Owner/Developer: Boone Communities/Davidson, LLC - Boone Communities, Manager, Davidson, NC

Master Planner/Architect - Dover, Kohl & Partners, South Miami, FLLandscape Architect - Turnbull Sigmon Design, Charlotte, NC

Home Builders:The Cunnane Group, Inc., Charlotte, NC

David Weekley Homes, Charlotte, NCCustom Home Builder – George Ford Builder

Custom Home Builder – John Marshall Custom Homes

Key Consultants: Consulting Architect, Residential Design - James Wentling / Architects, Philadelphia, PAEnvironmental Consultant - Habitat Assessment Restoration Protection, Charlotte, NC

Consultanting Arborist - Heartwood Tree Service, Charlotte, NCMarket Research & Strategy - Newton Graham Consultants, Charlotte, NC

Market Research – Zimmerman / Volk Assoc, Inc., Clinton, NJMarketing/Creative - Bizzell Design, Davidson, NC

Marketing/Communications - Maxx Communications, Davidson, NC


Description of project:

Davidson, NC was named after Davidson College one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges with approximately 1,700 students. Located on Main Street near stores, library and Post Office, the architecture of the college’s old buildings and trees present the picture of the quintessential small college town and was recently described as one of the “new Ivy League” colleges.

One mile from Main Street, the New Neighborhood is adjacent to older Davidson with its homes built from the turn of the twentieth century through 1950. Making the New Neighborhood part of older Davidson was one of the developer and town’s major objectives.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church built in the classical Anglican style is one of the first things encountered when entering the New Neighborhood creating a perception that the New Neighborhood has been there a long time. The neighborhood includes townhomes, single-family homes and eight offices for rent. Although the town now wishes the New Neighborhood had a coffee shop the town did not approve any retail uses.


Description of project (continued):

About twenty-two percent of the land has been designated open space including a 100-foot wide natural gas transmission line right-of-way bisecting the property that connects seven parks totaling fourteen acres to be owned and maintained by the town.

The New Neighborhood has attracted demographically diverse buyers of all ages with one thing in common, they want to live in Davidson and the New Neighborhood for what they perceive to be a higher quality of life. After they move-in, their experience confirms their quality of life expectations, which reinforces their enthusiasm about living in the New Neighborhood and Davidson.

Town residents felt subdivision names separate neighborhoods from neighbors and surroundings. In order to create perception the new neighborhood was part of older Davidson, the developer and marketing consultants created a name that was a description of the desired outcome: “A New Neighborhood in Old Davidson”. REALTORS confirmed the strategy worked by identifying the neighborhood in MLS as “Old Davidson”.


Description of project (continued):

Homeowners appear to be sinking roots, getting involved with their neighbors and participating in the many civic, recreational and cultural opportunities within the town.

About ten percent of the homeowners living in the New Neighborhood have joined St. Alban’s Episcopal Church.

Almost every single-family home and many townhomes has a front porch

All homes are located twenty to thirty feet from the street

Sidewalks and street trees parallel both sides of every street creating an explicit invitation to get out and meet neighbors including those walking through from adjoining neighborhoods.


Development Timeline:

Public Design Charette: July 1997

Land Development Started: April 1999

Construction of First Homes: February 2000

Sales completion date: December 2005


Property size: 82 Acres

Total Units:

Residential: 279 ea.Commercial: 2 ea. (8 offices)Institutional: 1 (Church)

Density/acre: 3.4 residential units per acre

Number Units/type/size:

131 ea. – Single-family: 83 ea. – 57 and 65-foot wide lots 27 ea. – Charleston style homes on 54-foot wide lots 4 ea. – One-story homes with rear entry garages on 60-foot wide lots 15 ea. – 80-foot and wider lots 2 ea. – Existing single-family homes (one also designated as Live/Work)139 ea. – Townhomes fronting on public streets 9 ea. – ¾ AC Estate Lots owned by others for future development 2ea. – Office units (attached to a townhome building) with four offices containing SF leasable area in each unit


Number Units/type/size (continued):

15,000 SF Church with 175 to 200-seat sanctuary that can be expanded to 45,000 on 6.25 AC

Parking:

Church - 175 off-street parking spaces

The church, eight office tenants and twelve townhome owners share about 25 on-street parking spaces.

Each single-family home and townhome has a 2-car garage. All the single-family homes have front-load garages, detached garages or side-load garages on corner lots except for the previously mentioned four lots served by an alley. Other than corner lots side load garages were not permitted.

All townhomes have rear load garages accessed off the alley in back on 24-foot wide lots.

On-street parking is permitted for visitors and guests throughout the New Neighborhood except for limited restriction to “parking one side only” for some streets.


Housing product and prices (Years 2003/2004):

$130 - $140$450K +3,200 – 5,000 SFCustom Homes

$115 - $120$445K - $455K3,700 – 3,950 SFCunnane Group Davidson Series

$120 - $128$339K - $369K2,720 – 2920 SFCunnane Group Charleston Style

$130 - $140$259K - $339K1,900 – 2,300 SFCunnane Group One Story Homes

$95 - $125$224K -$327K1,840 – 3,140 SFDavid Weekley Homes

$112 to $148$229K - $300K2,032 – 2,102 SFCunnane Group Townhomes

Price/SFPriceSizeType


Initial Office tenants:

Realtor – Market PropertiesMortgage Broker – Main Street MortgageArt gallery – Breathe GalleryFine Art Impressions – Museum Quality Giclee PrintmakersChristian children’s literatureCunnane Group - BuilderBoone Communities - Developer

Office tenants 2008:

Soon to be vacant - Sports Marketing (NASCAR) – MCG SportsMuseum Quality Giclee Printmakers – Fine Art ImpressionsSpecialized Text Messaging Tools – FRS InsightsGeneral Contractor – Flat Creek ConstructionRetail Custom Jewelry Headquarters – Jewel Box Architect – j3h architects


Neighborhood Entries:

St. Alban’s Lane & St. Alban’s Square – Cost $102,000 Years 1999 – 2002

Fairview Lane - Cost $35,000 Years 1999 – 2001

Wolfe Street – Cost $31,000 Years 2003 - 2004


Amenities:

Seven parks designed for people of all ages that have become gathering spots for residents of many town neighborhoods. Still a work in progress the parks include:

Caldwell Green - A fenced park for small children that contains a 24-foot by 24-foot sand box and a mound of dirt with a tunnel - Cost $60,000 Years 2000 - 2003

Faulkner Square - A 650-foot long village green with pergolas and benches at each end - Cost $120,000 Years 2000 - 2005

Ashby Park - Trails though newly planted habitat and wetland areas with periodic picnic tables. A lawn area for possible development with horseshoes, badminton, bocce ball, etc. or for a community garden - Cost $72,000 Years 2000 - 2005

Forest Park - A playground with climbing structure, slide and swings – Cost $85,000 Years 2001 - 2005


Amenities (continued):

The Preserve - A 7.8-acre wooded area with older trees and a hiking trail that will include fenced, one-acre off –leash play area for dogs. Potential community garden – Cost $53,000 Years 2002 - 2005

North Lawn - Cost $31,000 Years 2002 - 2005South Lawn - Cost $25,000 Years 2002 – 2005Two lawn areas for unstructured play that double as tee-ball and soccer practice fields for six to eight year old children

The church property contains one and one-half acres of open area on the natural gas transmission line right-of-way that crosses the property will be developed with a trail to connect the parks and has room for another soccer practice field and/or recreation field for the church and has room for a cutting garden for the church and a community garden.


Amenities (continued):

Homeowner Association Common Area (partial list):

Clemen’s Square & Clemen’s Garden - Cost $66,000 Years 2003 – 2005

Wolfe Park - Cost $10,000 Years 2003 – 2005


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