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Charlotte is growing fast. Its retail pipeline isn’t.

Great Recession pullback, rising costs, shifting strategies keep development below historical norms
CoStar Analytics
July 6, 2026 | 6:27 P.M.

Charlotte, North Carolina's retail inventory has struggled to keep pace with the area's population surge, pushing retail space per resident to its lowest level since CoStar began tracking the market in 2006.

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