A new townhouse development in Mooresville, North Carolina, plans to include a publicly accessible overlook facing Lake Norman, the state’s largest man-made water body.
Toronto-based Mattamy Homes plans to build 78 three-story residences at Regalia at Langtree, a roughly 15-acre property just west of Interstate 77 and a half-hour drive north of central Charlotte. Neighborhood residents and the general public would have access to a covered pavilion with seating areas and water views, though they won’t be able to reach the water itself.
Mattamy agreed to build the overlook to comply with a town of Mooresville rule that lakeside development make at least 50% of the shoreline open space accessible to the public. The town suggests boat ramps, beaches or fishing areas as other ways developers can give residents lake access.
"Regalia at Langtree represents a rare lakefront opportunity to deliver new, thoughtfully designed housing in one of Charlotte's most prestigious and supply-constrained corridors," Mike Smedley, Mattamy’s marketing director in Charlotte, said in a statement, noting the community is close to employment, retail and health care centers.
The Langtree Road project is one of at least three Mattamy is pursuing in Mooresville, a rapidly growing Charlotte suburb. The town’s planning board voted in September to approve another Lake Norman development with 77 single-family houses on McCrary Road. The company also plans 187 detached homes at Lanterna on the other side of the interstate and close to Mooresville’s downtown.
On the other side of Charlotte, the developer recently donated riverside land to the town of Cramerton as it works on a 61-house project there.
Each townhouse in the Langtree Road development will have a garage residents can access via an alley. The units will include ground-floor bedrooms with optional efficiency kitchens for multigenerational households, Mattamy said in the statement.
The developer plans to start preparing the site for construction in early 2026.