$7,499,000
About this home
This rare 23+ acre Lake Hickory waterfront property in Conover, NC features appx 3/4 mile of shoreline and a proven, development-ready campus with PD zoning. Currently operating as a Boys Academy, the site shows established utilities, access, & density tolerance for residential, institutional, or hospitality redevelopment. Property includes 12 buildings w/ 35 bedrooms & 28 bathrooms, accommodating ~65 overnight residents & up to 140 daytime occupants, + a dining hall, residential & administrative structures, a zipline, floating dock, beach area, & 3/4+ mile lakeside walking trail. Existing improvements support adaptive reuse, near-term income, or phased redevelopment, w/ potential support from Catawba County Planning for rezoning to Residential R-40. Convenient to Hickory, Mooresville, & Charlotte region, this property is well suited for luxury lakefront estates, a secluded enclave, retreat/wellness use, or continued institutional operations—an exceptionally rare Lake Hickory offering.
Property details
- MLS
- Triad MLS
- MLS #
- 1206563
- Property type
- Investment
- Subdivision
- N/A
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 263
- On market date
- January 15, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- N/A
- Garage spaces
- N/A
- Parking spaces
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- Lot size
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Location
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Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card.
- Enrollment
- 554
- Student:teacher ratio
- 14.6:1
- District
- Catawba County Schools
- Enrollment
- 469
- Student:teacher ratio
- 18.0:1
- District
- Catawba County Schools
- Enrollment
- 873
- Student:teacher ratio
- 17.5:1
- District
- Catawba County Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Conover's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). EPA National Walkability Index only -- nearby-amenity data not cached yet for this area.
Market position
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Data source: Listing information provided by Triad MLS via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated July 15, 2026.
Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.