Marsh Properties broke ground on The Remsley in late 2025, calling it the third and final residential phase of the Sedgefield redevelopment. Anyone who has walked past the fenced corner of Haverford Place and South Boulevard for the past several years might read that word "final" and expect the construction cones to disappear for good sometime next year.
They won't. Not entirely. The company's own site plan for the property still lists parcels lettered E, F, H, I and L, all zoned for more apartments and townhomes that haven't broken ground yet. What's ending with The Remsley is the visible, South Boulevard-facing stretch of a 60-acre parcel the Marsh family has owned since the 1950s. What's continuing, by the developer's own description, is a build-out the company says will keep unfolding for roughly another decade.
Five buildings, eight years, one property
The redevelopment has moved in distinct, dated steps since the first phase delivered in 2017. Each one replaced a slice of the original 1950s-era shopping center and garden apartments, which Marsh's own materials describe as approaching the end of their useful life after roughly 65 years standing.
| Parcel | Project | What it added | Delivered |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Sedgefield Shopping Center | Retail, including Harris Teeter, The Waterman, Core704 | 2017 |
| C | The Edge | 263 apartments | Early 2021 |
| B | 2825 South | 118,000 sq. ft. office building, 20,000 sq. ft. retail | 2023 |
| D | The Brinkley | 166 apartments | Mid-2024 |
| Unspecified | The Remsley | 171 apartments, 43 townhomes | Groundbreak late 2025 |
Add up the residential units alone and the property has delivered or committed to 643 new homes since 2017, all on land that previously held a single aging apartment complex behind a neighborhood grocery store.
What actually breaks ground with The Remsley
The new phase is a $100 million-plus project anchored by a 16,000 square foot clubhouse, a size that outscales anything the earlier phases built for shared use. According to Marsh's own description, the clubhouse includes a resort-style pool, an expansive courtyard, a dog wash station and a dedicated pickleball court. The Edge already had a saltwater pool and a boutique pet spa when it opened in 2021, so the pool itself isn't new to this stretch of South Boulevard. The pickleball court is. None of the earlier phases mentioned one.
Marsh's marketing language for the project leans on continuity rather than reinvention, describing The Remsley as a place "where modern design meets the character and charm of South End and Sedgefield." The pitch matches the pattern of everything built here since 2017: new construction, same footprint, same proximity to the New Bern Blue Line station that anchors the whole corridor.
The opening date has already moved once
Coverage of the groundbreaking in December 2025 pegged first move-ins for late 2026. Marsh's own site, updated more recently, now lists a spring 2027 opening. That's a shift of several months from the original public estimate, which is worth knowing if you've been watching the framing go up and assuming it means residents by the holidays. A five-story, 214-unit project with a full clubhouse is not a fast build, and the schedule slipping from late 2026 to spring 2027 is a normal part of that timeline rather than a sign anything has gone wrong.
What's already open, and how full it actually is
The retail and office pieces of the redevelopment have had longer to fill in. Harris Teeter anchors the shopping center today, on the same stretch of South Boulevard where the original Harris Food Store operated from 1952 until 1988, before the site went 29 years without a grocery store until this one opened. Alongside it sit The Waterman, a rooftop oyster bar with uptown skyline views, Core704, Nekter Juice Bar, Hollar & Dash and Star Cleaners.
The office building, 2825 South, tells a slower story. When construction started in 2021, roughly 93,000 of its 118,000 square feet remained available after Aston Properties claimed 10,000 square feet for its own headquarters. Marsh has since announced three additional tenants taking more than 24,000 square feet, which fills roughly a quarter of that remaining space in the two-plus years since the building opened in 2023. Apartments have leased up fast in this corridor. Office space has moved at a noticeably slower pace, which tracks with what's happened to office demand across Charlotte generally rather than anything specific to this building.
What "final" actually covers
The word "final" in the coverage of The Remsley refers to the residential parcels closest to South Boulevard, the ones most visible from the street. It doesn't cover the rest of the property. Marsh's own development page states plainly that the company is progressing with construction and will continue developing the 60 acres over the next decade to include more multifamily residences, office space and retail along the South Boulevard streetscape.
The remaining parcels aren't vague either. The site plan spells out specifics for each one:
- Parcel E: roughly 16 for-rent townhomes
- Parcel F: 154 units mixing garden-style apartments and for-rent townhomes
- Parcel H: 131 units in a similar mix, with its own amenity building
- Parcels I and L: smaller-scale townhomes and garden apartments with private balconies and street entries
None of these have broken ground as of this year. Whenever they do, expect the same pattern as everything since 2017: a fenced-off block, roughly 18 to 24 months of construction, then a delivery date that arrives a few months later than first announced.
What this means for the block itself
The developer has also committed to specific infrastructure work tied to the overall build-out, separate from any single residential phase: roughly 3.5 miles of new sidewalks across the property, a new road connecting Elmhurst and Marsh roads behind the shopping center, a new left-turn lane off South Boulevard into Elmhurst for grocery traffic, and 15-foot sidewalks along South Boulevard itself, wide enough for outdoor dining tables and, as the developer's own FAQ puts it, a double stroller.
Sedgefield's Walk Score currently sits at 55, a moderately walkable rating that reflects a neighborhood built for cars with retail now filling in around it. The sidewalk work in progress is aimed at nudging that number, not transforming it overnight, since the biggest remaining parcels haven't been built yet.
For now, the corner at Haverford Place is the one to watch. It's the last visible gap in the block that's been under some form of construction since before most of the retail tenants who occupy it today ever signed a lease.
If you're trying to make sense of what's actually changing in Sedgefield, or how a property like this one gets built out parcel by parcel over more than a decade, Charlotte Living Realty Group has been tracking this corridor since before the first shovel went into the ground. Reach out anytime you want a straight read on what's next for this block.
