Chapel Hill NC Luxury Homes

Chapel Hill, NC luxury homes are among the most sought after places to live in all of North Carolina. Chapel Hill is a beautiful, highly cultural, and delightfully charming place for families, students, retirees and working professionals.  The home ownership rate in Chapel Hill is approximately 43 percent.

Several notable residents own Chapel Hill, NC Real Estate, including musician James Taylor, Pink Floyd singer Floyd Council, U.S. Senator and 2008 Presidential Candidate John Reid Edwards, basketball player Michael Jordan, soccer player Mia Hamm, novelist Thomas Wolfe, playwright Paul Green, artist Kent Williams, and comedian Lewis Black.

In 1990, the town of Chapel Hill adopted a flag, which was designed by Spring Davis. Designer Davis attributes the blue color to the town and the University of North Carolina; the green to "environmental awareness;" and the townscape is said to represent Chapel Hill's "sense of home, friends, and community."

Chapel Hill's Morehead Planetarium on Franklin Street was opened in 1949, and is one of only a handful of planetariums in the nation. It is one of Chapel Hill's most important landmarks, where several astronauts were trained during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. In front of the planetarium, within the beautiful rose gardens, you'll find a giant sundial, a hallmark feature for Chapel Hill. Other points of interest in and around Chapel Hill include the Coker Arboretum, North Carolina Botanical Garden, North Carolina Children's Symphony, local bike clubs, farmers markets, and more.

Along with the beautiful Chapel Hill, NC luxury homes for sale, there are also several unique retail outlets in the town. A Southern Season, one of the largest specialty-only gourmet markets in the United States, is based in Chapel Hill. The company was created by Michael Cooper Barefoot in 1975, originally launched as a coffee roaster. Today, the market occupies over 59,000 square feet of space in Chapel Hill's University Mall.

For more information about available Chapel Hill, NC luxury homes, condominiums or townhomes, contact licensed broker Lisa Plourde at (919) 313-3443 today.

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