New developments coming to Davidson, Huntersville

Two Harbour Place, a 51,000-square-foot office and retail building at Jetton and Griffith streets in Davidson, will be the new regional office of the Valspar paint company, officials said Monday. The three-story building is a Childress Klein project. Construction has started and should be complete by February 2015. Valspar will move from its current location within Mooresville's Morrison Plantation.

"We enjoy the culture of Davidson, so when Childress Klein presented this opportunity to be so close to Interstate 77 but also internationally knit into the town, we knew this was the spot for our new office," said Kelly McGlynn, Valspar's operations manager.

Two Harbour Place

Two Harbour Place is part of a 50-acre mixed-use Harbour Place development Childress Klein launched in 2007. Wells Fargo, MSC Industrial Direct and Homewood Suites are already tenants.

Over in Huntersville, apartment developer Northwood Ravin has broken ground on the Apartments at Holly Crest, located along Sam Furr Road across from Northcross Shopping Center, between Statesville and Rich Hatchet roads. David Ravin, president of Northwood Ravin, said the 400-unit project will bring "a new level of finishes and amenities" to the area. It will include green spaces and gaming lawns as well as a sauna, golf simulator and private dog parks.

Apartments at Holly Crest

The first of the apartments are expected to be ready in late spring of 2015.

More urban apartments breaking ground beside Veterans Park

I'm starting to feel a bit like a broken record with the flood of new apartment communities cranking up these days, but here comes another one. Northwood Ravin LLC, which oversees the VUE and Catalyst apartment towers uptown, has broken ground for a $50 million, 403-unit project that will overlook Veterans Park, in the Commonwealth neighborhood. This one comes with a bit of a twist from the many other urban multifamily complexes going up. It's designed to be less dense, with 384 flats spread across a variety of two-, three- and four-story buildings. The 21-acre project will also include 17 two- and three-bedroom townhouse apartments and two for-sale single-family homes.

Morningside Village, as it's being called, will sit about a four-block walk along McClintock Road from the Harris Teeter at The Plaza and Central Avenue. It will include more green space than typical infill projects, the developers say. It will have inner courtyards, private gardens, dog parks, and even garden plots for residents. In a press release, David Ravin, president of Northwood Ravin, called the project "part of the next generation of apartment homes that will bring all the modern amenities in a convenient, urban location but will provide more living space within each apartment and the community as a whole."

The first of the apartments are expected to be completed in early spring of 2015.