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New York-based Mascia Development lured to Charlotte apartment market (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: January 30,2013

About eight to 12 months ago, New York-based Mascia Development shifted its focus more toward buying commercial real estate instead of building it.


Meck office rents up, vacancies down compared with before the downturn (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: January 24,2013

CHARLOTTE — Rents for all classes of Mecklenburg County office space — A, B and C — are higher than they were in 2007, the year the Great Recession began, according to Charlotte-based Karnes Research, which tracks the county’s office market, but only activity in buildings that have at least 15,000 square feet of space [...]


13 to watch in ’13: Class B office space (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: January 24,2013

(Part three of a 13-part series) “What you’ve got out there is a lack of new construction,” said David Dorsch, a Charlotte-based senior vice president for Cassidy Turley, a property management and leasing company.


Report: Charlotte office market strengthened late last year (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: January 14,2013

“We’re certainly moving into a landlord's market citywide,” David Dorsch, a Charlotte-based principal for Cassidy Turley, said this week.


Hopper is hopping mad over vacant Wal-Mart (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: January 9,2013

"Frankly, Walmart doesn't give a damn, and it's a real problem for us," said Hopper, whose organization promotes the University City area.


Politics change the future, a convention changes the present (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 6,2012

In a city brimming with people and noise, it is hard to feel alone. But as crowded as the Democratic National Convention has made Charlotte, the simple equation still applies: A life is a solitary thing. The three people profiled here have little in common except that they altered their routines to accommodate a week like no other.


As NC real estate rules tackle fracking, environmentalists are quiet at convention (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 6,2012

At the Democratic National Convention, considered a large gathering of reliably committed environmentalists, the foes of fracking have seemed as deep underground as the water-and-chemical mix they object to.


The delegates’ delicate decision: Is the honor worth the cost? (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: September 4,2012

“You better budget at least $2,500,” said Tim Mauldin, a convention delegate for his home state of Oklahoma. “Every delegate has to pay his or her own way.”


Code crunch time (access required)

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: August 23,2012

In late July, Jim Bartl knew the Democratic National Convention would impact Mecklenburg County's code inspection department. The question was: By how much?


Chiquita’s outgoing CEO still plans to live in Charlotte

By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: August 14,2012

Fernando Aguirre is abandoning Chiquita -- but not Charlotte.