2151 Hawkins Street (The Line) rendering
2151 Hawkins Street (The Line) rendering
2151 Hawkins Street (The Line) rendering at dusk
The Line Charlotte building exterior
The Line Charlotte interior space
The Line Charlotte outdoor terrace
A low angle view of The Line Charlotte building
The Line Charlotte building exterior at dusk
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The Line Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

Known as ‘The Line,’  2151 Hawkins, a new mixed-use development designed by Gensler, both visually and physically opens up to Charlotte’s popular South End community and embodies a welcoming spirit. The new tower introduces a ground-floor food court featuring cuisine from local chefs, creates enhanced connections to the existing Lynx light rail and pedestrian trail through thoughtful circulation planning, and opens up to a surrounding expanse of grassy spaces that can provide an ideal atmosphere for evening and weekend concerts, beer and wine tastings, and farmer’s markets.

The building’s massive 55-foot floor plate of the office space encourages wide-open workspaces with a variety of collaboration and dynamic working opportunities. To accommodate 700 parking spots without diminishing the vibrant, community-centric feel of the space, Gensler’s design team chose to carve each floor of parking out of the facade to create a series of exposed and beautifully-landscaped steps. These steps not only provide greater opportunity for relaxation and connection but also visually link the building to the vibrant and changing South End neighborhood.