The Gaston Gazette A long simmering economic development plan will come to fruition this year, transforming hundreds of acres of land in Gastonia and Lowell into what should be one of Gaston's hottest industrial sites. Missouri-based NorthPoint Development closed late last month on more than 300-acres just east of Cox Road, bounded to the north by N.C. 7 and Interstate 85 to the south. It's also just north of the Franklin Square area. The more than $22.7 million land purchase had been under contract for months, with NorthPoint closing on the deal just before Christmas. Here's what you need to know. The plan?