An Atlanta-based homebuilder is pushing forward with plans to fill nearly 48 acres of mostly vacant land at the end of Ralph Knox Road in Davidson with dozens of new homes. PulteGroup's proposal, known as Davidson Grove, calls for a mix of single-family houses and duplexes on a site tucked between two existing subdivisions, and the project has already cleared one of the town's biggest planning hurdles.
According to The Business Journals, PulteGroup is targeting the Davidson site for 99 homes across roughly 48 acres. The Town of Davidson describes the same project more precisely as a 99-unit development on 47.46 acres at 20050 Ralph Knox Road, featuring single-family detached houses and duplex building types alongside parks and multi-use paths. A separate transportation study of the project, however, breaks the housing count down differently — as 90 single-family homes and 10 duplexes, for a total of 100 homes projected to be fully built out by 2028, per town records. The discrepancy between the two unit counts has not been explained in available town documentation.
A Site Squeezed Between Two Neighborhoods
The Davidson Grove property sits at the dead end of Ralph Knox Road, wedged against established neighbors on two sides. Per News of Davidson, the project site lies at the end of Ralph Knox Road, bounded to the west by the Bradford subdivision and to the south by River Run. The town held a public input session on the proposal, then known as the Haley Master Plan, on October 23, 2024, giving nearby residents a chance to weigh in before formal review moved forward.
The applicant formally submitted the master-plan application on July 9, 2024, the town's planning page notes. Davidson and Mecklenburg County staff signed off on the master plan in early summer 2025, clearing the project to move into the construction-document phase of review.
Traffic Study Finds Roads Can Handle the Load
Before staff approval, planners weighed how nearly 100 new households would affect traffic on the surrounding network. The transportation impact analysis tied to the project estimated the development would generate 983 daily unadjusted vehicular trips, according to town documents. That same analysis concluded the existing road network can sufficiently absorb the project impacts without decreasing the levels of service or safety, giving the town one less obstacle to weigh during its review.
Construction Timeline Still in Limbo
Despite the master-plan sign-off, Davidson Grove is not yet cleared for groundbreaking. Construction documents submitted for review in September 2025 remained under review as of August 2026, the town's project page states. Town staff have said they anticipate approving those construction documents in fall 2026, with construction activities beginning in spring 2027 — though those dates are the town's own projections rather than confirmed outcomes.
Annexation and Utility Rules Loom Over the Project
The Business Journals frames PulteGroup's push as one that also involves seeking annexation into Davidson, a step tied to the town's utility policies. Under the Town of Davidson's Utility Service and Annexation Criteria Framework, a property owner requesting public water and wastewater service must voluntarily annex into the town. The same framework requires that any utility extension receive approval from the Davidson Board of Commissioners before Charlotte Water signs off, and it mandates that projects seeking water and sewer line extensions complete the utility and annexation review as part of their initial development application.
With construction documents still working through town review, Davidson Grove's next concrete milestone will be whether that paperwork clears before the anticipated fall 2026 target. Until then, the Ralph Knox Road site remains much as it has been for years — largely undeveloped land awaiting the next phase of a project years in the making.
