By Tommy Santora
Published: January 29,2013
A look at some of the largest construction jobs under way, or expected to be, in Mecklenburg County, from new apartments in Charlotte's uptown to Charlotte Douglas International Airport projects.
By Tommy Santora
Published: January 10,2013
“It’s been a long process," said Kate Shelton, executive director of the Charlotte chapter of the American Institute of Architects. "We’re still far behind our peak levels before the recession, but the industry is slowly improving and we’re making progress.”
By Tommy Santora
Published: January 3,2013
“We were seeing an increase in permits, inspection requests and hours demanded of our inspectors. So I told them that we needed to be prepared for the increase in construction activity now and also into the new year," said James Bartl, head of the county’s building code enforcement department.
By Tommy Santora
Published: August 23,2012
As Democrats were busy preparing to come to town for the convention, Charlotte real estate industry leaders were busy, too.
By Tommy Santora
Published: June 11,2012
Pool builders have spent the past five to seven years seeing their industry hit hard by a slow economy and recession, tough consumer credit market and decline in home sales and new construction. So far in 2012, the pool and spa industry is showing an uptick in activity.
By Tommy Santora
Published: May 8,2012
Jane McIntyre says it takes five essential characteristics for a leader to turn around a company: excessive energy, tolerance for change, love of complex problems, passion for your story and eternal optimism. McIntyre should be very familiar with all those traits. She displayed them while getting the YWCA of Central Carolinas out of debt and saving it from extinction.
By Tommy Santora
Published: May 8,2012
In the early 1990s, Rosa Marion teamed up with Barbara Brewton Cameron, founder of The Harvest Center of Charlotte, to transform a West Charlotte community around Wyatt Street, now Brewton Drive, which had been infested with drugs, guns and violence and close to 100 murders in a span of four years.
By Tommy Santora
Published: May 8,2012
Architect Kim Marks said the biggest challenge in her line of work is the need to continually think outside the box for her clients. The biggest challenge of her career, she said, also involved outside-the-box thinking when, in 2003, she decided to leave a large architectural firm to start her own business.
By Tommy Santora
Published: May 8,2012
With more than 14 years of accounting experience, the 36-year-old Maybry ranks as a senior tax manager at Elliott Davis, a 75-year-old accounting firm and one of the largest accounting, tax and consulting services firms in the U.S. In her four years at Elliott Davis, Maybry has played a key role in growing the firm’s tax practice in Charlotte by generating new business. Specializing in income taxes for individuals and planning for nonprofits and high-net-worth individuals, Maybry has about 100 to 150 clients and manages 350 tax returns a year on average. She has also mentored 10 Elliott Davis professionals in her four years.
By Tommy Santora
Published: May 8,2012
Kim McDonald playfully blames her mother, but she also thanks her, for her 20-year career in the staffing industry. “My mom said I had to get a part-time job in high school, so I said, ‘OK, I’ll work for you,’ and went to work for her at the staffing agency she owned, and I loved it from day one,” McDonald said. “I grew up around it, and I’m now fully in it, and I am thankful she brought me into this business.”
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