About eight to 12 months ago, New York-based Mascia Development shifted its focus more toward buying commercial real estate instead of building it.
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 [...]
(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.
“We’re certainly moving into a landlord's market citywide,” David Dorsch, a Charlotte-based principal for Cassidy Turley, said this week.
"Frankly, Walmart doesn't give a damn, and it's a real problem for us," said Hopper, whose organization promotes the University City area.
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.
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.
“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.”
In late July, Jim Bartl knew the Democratic National Convention would impact Mecklenburg County's code inspection department.
The question was: By how much?
Fernando Aguirre is abandoning Chiquita -- but not Charlotte.