Massive Estate Hits Market

For a small taste of how the other half lives, let’s explore a recent listing that just hit the market. What is it? Oh, just a lil 81.4-acre Lake Norman waterfront estate. Located in Mooresville and owned by the Cornelius family, the estate is for sale for a cool $22 million. Spare change, right? 

The entirety of the 80+ acres is wooded, allowing both for privacy and landscaping diversity. It’s also the only parcel of this size with direct lake access currently on the market. The owners, the Cornelius family, are the very ones that inspired the name of the town of Cornelius. Their ancestor, Joseph Benjamin Cornelius, played a key role in the history of the Lake Norman-area town. 

No home currently exists on the land and it is being sold in its entirety. As described by the listing agents at Sotheby’s, “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own an undeveloped property of this scale on Lake Norman. This abundant 81.36 acres lot is the only one available of this size and the only one offered with water access on Lake Norman. Build custom coastal-inspired homes on over 1100sf of shoreline, where peaceful private living would be uninterrupted by water views.”

Seeing as the sellers have no interest in dividing the parcel, tell us! What would you do with over 81-acres of wooded lakefront property?