By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: June 4,2013
General contractors take pride in what they erect, plumbers in the pipes they sweat. Electrical contractors love to run wire and HVAC guys work for hire. Roofers roof and masons mortar while cabinet makers pull their drawers.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 31,2013
This is the land that Jake owns. These are the 26 two-acre single-family lots that would be on the land that Jakes owns. This is the fourth plan to develop and sell the 62 acres on two sides of Bailey Road for the 26 two-acre single-family lots that would be on the land that Jake owns.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 30,2013
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. — David Weekley Homes has begun construction on its new Cottages at the Landing subdivision in the hot-selling homebuilding territory around the Charlotte area’s southwestern swimming hole. The Houston-based production homebuilder has broken ground on the model home and three “showcase homes” on the western shore of the lake. They will serve [...]
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 30,2013
Eschewing the cliché of starting a successful business on the back of a paper cocktail napkin, Darin Brocklebank started out Metro GreenScape at the bottom of a paper grocery sack. Usually, On the Level calls or emails subjects and begs them for a half-hour of their time. Brocklebank emailed us, saying he wanted to meet us so he could do us a favor. That was a new one, so we agreed to meet, but only if he let us interview him in exchange for hearing about his offer.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 30,2013
May 20 was the day they drove old Dixie down. But at least the historic Dixie’s Tavern building will not be torn down. So says owner Daniel Levine.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 29,2013
CHARLOTTE – After the streetcar, destruction. Tuesday night’s opening act at the Charlotte City Council was the political fanfare of the City Lynx Gold Line extension vote that resulted in a victory for Mayor Anthony Foxx and supporters of the streetcar. What followed was a brief, anticlimactic discussion, then a tension-free 10-1 vote to approve [...]
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 24,2013
REITs are having new, single-family homes built, largely in stalled subdivisions, with the express purpose of renting them to the growing market of people who want to live in houses but can’t afford the down payments or qualify for loans.
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.
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.
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.
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