New details on the development replacing Midnight Diner and Uptown Cabaret in South End

Called Queens Bridge Collective, the development at 1111 S. Tryon will include:

• A 42-story, 750,000 square-foot office tower
• Up to to 650 apartments between two towers (one 30 stories, the other 38 stories)
• Roughly 30,000 square feet of retail
• 1 acre of green outdoor space
• Over 2,000 onsite parking spaces
• A rooftop terrace and lounge
• Possibly a hotel

The office tower will be as tall as or just shorter than 1 Wells Fargo Center, which is the fifth tallest building in Charlotte, according to Riverside chief operating officer Anthony Scacco. So this property will either be the fifth or sixth tallest building in town.

• Either way, it’ll be the tallest building outside of the Uptown central business district. For comparison’s sake, the Lowe’s tower in South End is 23 stories.

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Why it matters: This is a transformative project that will bridge two of Charlotte’s busiest office areas — South End and Uptown (hence its new monicker).

After revealing plans for the development last fall, Scacco told me his firm had been eyeing Charlotte for a while. They’re planning to open a southeast regional office on the property sometime this year, too.

• Scacco pointed to Charlotte’s investment in transit, its economically diverse business community, access to high-performing universities and the talent pool they provide as reasons Riverside was drawn to the city.

The goal is to break ground on Queens Bridge Collective this year.

Here are some additional conceptual renderings showing what Queens Bridge Collective will look like. CBRE is handling leasing on the project. Renderings are courtesy of Riverside Investment & Development.

Editor’s note: We have updated this story with additional details about the office building and on the new brand.