Digital Realty’s Broken Promise: Charlotte’s Court Arcade, Demolished for a Data Center
In October 2025, Digital Realty filed a demolition permit for a century-old office building in uptown Charlotte, promising to preserve its historic facade. By July 2026, that promise was gone, and so was the building. The 1920s Court Arcade Building The Court Arcade was one of Charlotte’s earliest examples of mixed-use development, ground-floor retail with…