Brooklyn Village

The lawsuit seeks to force Brooklyn Village Partners to demolish the old Board of Education building. It also seeks to push the developer out of the project completely.

Mecklenburg County Commissioners in 2016 selected The Peebles Corporation to build Brooklyn Village uptown. Nothing has been built.

In 2021, Atrium Health promised affordable housing in a pitch to win $75 million in local tax incentives for its medical innovation campus, The Pearl. The housing hasn’t materialized.

All nine Mecklenburg Commissioners agreed Wednesday that they will no longer attempt to work with Miami Beach-based The Peebles Corp. to redevelop Brooklyn Village in Second Ward.

Mecklenburg County selected The Peebles Corporation to develop Brooklyn Village nine years ago. Nothing has been built in Charlotte and the firm has delayed projects in other cities.

Mecklenburg County commissioners selected The Peebles Corporation in 2016 to redevelop Brooklyn Village in Second Ward. Nothing has been built.

Miami Beach-based Peebles Corp. has a July 28 deadline to demolish the old Board of Education building in uptown.

The county's frustration boils down to this: After being picked in 2016 — and signing a development agreement in 2018 — The Peebles Corporation hasn’t built a single Brooklyn Village apartment.

The city of Charlotte said The Peebles Corporation has withdrawn its application for money from the Housing Trust Fund.

Mecklenburg County’s public-private partnership with The Peebles Corporation to build Brooklyn Village in Second Ward has hit another roadblock that could jeopardize the project.