By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 26,2011
In 2001, when Bill Wilson ended his 36-year career with the family construction business in order to retire, he figured he was done with the industry. So much for those plans. The 70-year-old is now heading up a new company and a new construction project in Kannapolis. It wasn’t so much the need for money [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 18,2011
After successful careers in the real estate industry, Stuart Proffitt and Wyatt Dixon found themselves at a crossroads. The economy was in the crapper, their once-lucrative jobs at big Charlotte firms were either in a state of flux or being eliminated and they were facing one of the worst real estate markets in U.S. history. [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 18,2011
There’s no shortage of property owners upset over Mecklenburg County’s latest revaluation. But one group of homeowners in the northern town of Cornelius might just be more vocal, and organized, than most. “I’ve never seen such anger and frustration in all my years in office,” Cornelius Commissioner Jim Bensman said. Most of the upset homeowners [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 18,2011
Thanks to uncertainty over how condo owners could be affected, a plan by a Wells Fargo subsidiary to rezone Emerald Green Village in Mooresville is in limbo. The subsidiary, Redus NC-All LLC, wants the zoning changed so that, instead of condos, townhomes can be built. Redus says townhomes would help it better market and sell [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 15,2011
Kip Byrne’s disgust with college put her on a career path that led from working at the bottom of the banking world to becoming a leader in Charlotte’s mortgage lending industry. Live in: Charlotte Age: 49 Family: husband, Britt; sons, Seamus, 15, Aidan, 12 Education: attended University of Virginia but did not graduate After dropping [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 12,2011
The Obama administration rolled out revisions to a program last month designed to prevent some homeowners from going into foreclosure. But many question the Home Affordable Refinance Program’s effectiveness and say that it’s too narrow and limited to make an impact on the housing market. Others go so far as to say it could do [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 12,2011
Anne Steppe had never seen anything like it. As an employee at Simplicity Consultants in Charlotte, a company that helps people and businesses get organized and eliminate clutter, she had encountered plenty of messy homes and offices. But none of it compared with the house she visited this past summer in Columbia, S.C. Steppe had [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 8,2011
Salisbury’s Land Development Ordinance essentially created two pathways in which projects can be approved, said Preston Mitchell, the city’s planning director. One has a set of development criteria and standards that enables a project to get blessed at the administrative level without having to go through the legislative process of appearing before the City Council, [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 8,2011
Salisbury’s City Council adopted an ordinance in October that will allow it to issue water and sewage extension permits locally instead of going through the state. Proud of that accomplishment, city officials declared that it would streamline the approval process for new construction projects and help attract more development to the area. But many local [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 5,2011
The purchase of the collapsed Abersham subdivision site has got to be one of the most unusual and complicated real estate deals in Mecklenburg County history. And most of those involved in the sale agree that they’ve never seen anything like it. But just because the deal has been finalized doesn’t mean the weirdness has [...]
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