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Steele Creek
The Steele Creek Community dates back to the 1740's and currently is one of the fastest growing residential areas of Mecklenburg County. It also contains one of the highest employment concentrations in the county due to large-scale business parks and manufacturing plants along Westinghouse Blvd. The character of Steele Creek continues to change due to rapid residential and commercial growth in the area. The community's area is about 47 square miles.
The Steele Creek Community is located in southwest Mecklenburg County and generally includes the area south of Charlotte-Douglas Airport and west of Sugar Creek and I-77. The industrial areas along Westinghouse Boulevard separate the residential and commercial areas of Upper Steele Creek from those of Lower Steele Creek .
The population is decreasing in the northern fringes of Steele Creek due to the airport buying out of properties in airport noise corridors and for expansion. But elsewhere in Steele Creek, development is booming.
Most residential and commercial development continues to be concentrated along the S Tryon Street corridor, but several large new residential communities are being developed in the western fringes of Steele Creek. As the area has matured, more housing and retail choices are becoming available.
Upper Steele Creek is home to two new master-planned communities, Berewick and the mixed-use Town of Ayrsley. Ayrsley includes live-work townhomes above retail shopping and restaurants, a movie theatre, YMCA, a hotel and medical offices. Berewick also plans a new live-work town center and the community has also added a new park and elementary school. Businesses in the Whitehall business park along South Tryon Street offer residents a variety of choices for shopping and dining. In Lower Steele Creek, the intersection of Highways 49 and 160 (S Tryon Street and Steele Creek Road) has seen major new development and is considered by many residents as their "Town Center." A major new shopping area includes RiverGate Center in Southwest Charlotte. Along the Lake Wylie shoreline, new high-end developments like The Palisades and The Sanctuary continue to receive national recognition for their environmental conservation efforts.