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Grading work is underway for a 50,000-square-foot Lowes Foods<\/a> grocery store beside a four-lane divided highway<\/a> under construction in Mooresville near Lake Norman, a town official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Known as the East West Connector<\/a>, the nearly mile-long road was first proposed decades ago for drivers to escape infuriating bottlenecks when traveling east-west across the town.<\/p>\n

Phase 1 of the project, from Langtree Road to N.C. 115 (Mecklenburg Highway),<\/a> is about 75% complete, Ryan Rase, assistant town manager for public services, told The Charlotte Observer in an interview at the Mooresville public services center.<\/p>\n

The highway is expected to open early or mid-next year, he said.<\/p>\n

In 2023, town officials said they planned to complete the $29.75 million phase by May 2025, the Observer reported at the time. The major delay has been relocating utilities, Rase said.<\/p>\n

The project includes a realigned Transco Road, off Langtree Road, multi-use paths and a new rail crossing at N.C. 115. Langtree Road is off Interstate 77 Exit 31 at the lake.<\/p>\n

The connector has already lured major developments<\/a>, including Mooresville Village, Charlotte developer Pappas Properties\u2019<\/a> proposed 625-home mixed-use community.<\/p>\n

Formerly called Cadia Mooresville, Mooresville Village will include the Lowes Foods, a Pinnacle Bank branch and other businesses, Rase said.<\/p>\n

The highway also has drawn a planned Grace Senior Living facility and Gabriel Farms, a community of 218 townhomes by Virginia-based Stanley Martin Homes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Gabriel Farms will be on 50 acres<\/a> just south of Langtree Road and Mount Mourne Loop and just north of the East West Connector.<\/p>\n

The second and final phase of the connector, extending 2.6 miles east from N.C. 115 to Shearer and Rocky River Roads, is only 25% through the planning phase and has no final timetable, Rase said. In 2023, town officials pegged the cost of phase two at $50 million, although Rase said no updated final cost has been set.<\/p>\n

Still, the second phase has attracted development, too, Rase said.<\/p>\n

On the N.C. 115 end, a concept plan and a rezoning have been approved for a community called Courtyards at Holthouser, Rase said. No construction drawings have been submitted for town review, he said.<\/p>\n

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The Epcon Communities\u2019 development will be for ages 55 and older and include 86 single-family homes and 71 townhomes, the Lake Norman Citizen reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the other end of phase two of the connector, EnergyUnited plans to relocate its operations center from Cornelius, Rase said. The Mooresville Board of Commissioners recently approved a rezoning for the project.<\/p>\n

The second phase will directly connect N.C. 3 to Interstate 77, bypassing downtown Mooresville.<\/p>\n

The connector was recommended in the 1998 Town of Mooresville Thoroughfare Plan and the 2007 Mooresville Comprehensive Transportation Plan, the Observer reported in 2008.<\/p>\n

A Mooresville transportation planner at the time said he traced plans for such an east-west connector across south Iredell as far back as 1983.<\/p>\n

Mooresville\u2019s only major east-west connector is traffic-clogged N.C. 150, so the connectors would alleviate congestion on that road, former Mooresville Planning Director Tim Brown said in 2008.<\/p>\n

N.C. 150 is undergoing a $247 million expansion that will include a 10-lane Interstate 77 exit 36.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Lowes Foods began pulling out of Charlotte, swapping stores with Harris Teeter and closing underperforming stores as part of a reinvestment strategy.<\/p>\n

The 72-year-old company has nearly 9,000 employees at about 80 Lowes Foods supermarkets in the Carolinas. Lowes Foods is a subsidiary of Alex Lee, based in Hickory.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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