2823 Providence Road #280, Charlotte, NC 28211

From this eighth-floor penthouse above the tree canopy at Rosewood, the day begins and ends with the sky. Morning light pours across the sunrise balcony while the coffee is still hot, and by evening the horizon beyond the living room has turned to embers, with a white church steeple standing in silhouette above a sea of oaks, a breathtaking show that never plays the same way twice. This is a true corner residence on the top floor, one of the rarest offerings in the building, and it feels less like a condominium than a house in the sky, with nearly 2,600 square feet on a single level beneath 12-foot ceilings, where tall French windows draw the light across site-finished hardwoods from two directions. Though the building opened in 2008, this residence was not completed until 2014, a later chapter in Rosewood's story, and its kitchen is fitted with Wolf and Sub-Zero. Evenings gather in the great room around the gas fireplace while dinner comes together in the kitchen, and the dining...