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Mecklenburg County contractors have $104M week in permits (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 21,2013

Whether it was a fluke or the start of something big, contractors rocked last week in Mecklenburg County. Builders pulled more than $104 million in county building permits from Sunday, May 12, through Saturday, May 18, the 20th week of 2013, according to county data records.


Pappas, Terwilliger form multifamily-residential team (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 21,2013

A pair of pedigreed multifamily players are partnering to form a new, Charlotte-based entity that is already at work on a 292-unit apartment complex in Raleigh, premiering its aspirations to enter several fast-growing Southeastern U.S. markets.


On the Level with Bill Miley of Metrostudy (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 21,2013

Get this: As a kid, Bill Miley used to play tennis with … but we’ll let him tell you. The Charlotte regional director for the Houston-based Metrostudy housing analytics firm just released his latest quarterly report, and it says that developed lots in the nine-county Charlotte market are … well, it’s complicated; better you should hear it in his words.


M/I Homes is getting a subdivision on Charlotte’s periphery (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 16,2013

For M/I Homes Charlotte, the third time was a farm. In its recent push to self-develop raw land into lots, the most-permitted homebuilder last year in Mecklenburg County has won its first of three rezoning battles to develop and build a residential subdivision.


Vice Versa in Vermillion (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 16,2013

Along with its success, Vermillion occasionally has hit bumps in the road to completion, including a delay in rolling out Phase 3 and some lots that did not sell as quickly as planned. But as the housing market rebounds, the $100 million master-planned development appears to be back.


Renaissance Man: On the Level with Frank Spencer, president of Habitat for Humanity Charlotte (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 14,2013

On the Level apologizes to Frank Spencer. All the articulate gent wanted to do was talk about Habitat for Humanity Charlotte. But we kept interrupting him and encouraging him to digress. That's because Spencer, president of the Charlotte affiliate of the national affordable-housing nonprofit, is a dang interesting guy.


Charm Alarm: Lowe’s and Habitat for Humanity give Charlotte neighborhood a face lift (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 14,2013

Balancing on a ladder and simultaneously trying not to drip paint from a brush would be a piece of construction cake for a contractor. But for Elaine Bryant of Mooresville, it’s a miracle moment.


7-Eleven project making progress in Cornelius process

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 10,2013

CORNELIUS — A conditional-use request made last October to expand an existing Sam’s Mart and turn it into a 7-Eleven store is finally headed toward a decision in this north Mecklenburg town. The town last week scheduled the request, by Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc., to go before the town Board of Commissioners for an up-or-down decision [...]


Building momentum: Residential permits are up (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 10,2013

If you permit it, they will build. And despite a slow start, Mecklenburg County permitting this year is finally in positive territory compared with the same period in 2012, which opens up the possibility of more construction activity this year than last in the Charlotte market.


Cornelius puts the brakes on Hyundai dealership (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 7,2013

CORNELIUS – Despite his sleek new architectural plan, a car dealer’s six-month quest to build a new Hyundai dealership came to an abrupt 3-2 stop Monday night at Cornelius Town Hall. After another in a series of contentious rezoning meetings in this development-suspicious north Mecklenburg town, Mayor Lynette Rinker broke a 2-2 town Board of [...]