How Scout Motors will impact Plaza Midwood

Plaza Midwood’s charm meets corporate expansion, with 1,200 employees on the way

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Scout Motors will bring more change, and a lot more cars, to Plaza Midwood

Scout Motors has selected Plaza Midwood for its corporate headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Young/The 5 and 2 Project)

This week’s big economic development news — that Scout Motors is putting its headquarters in Charlotte — is a unique deal. That’s not only because it’s a headquarters for an automaker — not exactly an industry Charlotte’s economy is known for — but because it picked Plaza Midwood, a neighborhood more likely to be visited for its nightlife and restaurants than for an office job.

With plans to kick off a second office building for Scout as soon as possible, and the first Scout Motors employees potentially working from the already finished building by late 2026 or early 2027, it prompts a broader question: How is Plaza Midwood going to contend with all those additional cars?