For Mecklenburg County building permits, a strong start for 2012 

LATEST NEWS

• Tenants go for the green build-out 

  Interior design in law offices traditionally has featured pricey, imposing furniture, expensive paneling, carpeting and artwork and other opulent touches. But the Minneapolis law firm of Nilan Johnson Lewis emphatically broke with that tradition when it developed its ecology-conscious space on two floors of the One Financial Plaza building.

• Is this any way to 
build a road? 

  Since the early 1990s the state of North Carolina has been studying, evaluating 
and planning construction of the Northern Beltway in Winston-Salem but has yet to break ground. Why, then, has DOT continued to freeze all property development and sales along the beltway corridor, leaving thousands of property owners stuck? Because it can.

• McMillan moves to Cornelius 

  McMillan Construction Management has left its Charlotte office for new digs near Lake Norman.

MECKCETERA

• He probably should change 
his number 
• How ‘bout 
them apples? 
• Who says government doesn’t care about customer service? 
• What the hell? 
• For sale: A man-cave. Seriously  
• Four years 
later, Myers Park rezoning is denied 

COMMENTARY

EDITOR'S NOTES

Andy Cox reflects on how 
his latest chapter began 

In 2005 and 2006, companies were expanding left and right in Charlotte. Building permits were skyrocketing, and if you were in the construction industry, times were good. Really good.