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Diversity defender: Stephane Berwald helps minority contractors compete (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: October 23,2012

Some of us are unlucky enough to have day jobs and night jobs. But Stephane Berwald said she loves her two occupations.


Levine’s dreams: Developer has big plans for 1st Ward (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: October 1,2012

If Charlotte’s 1st Ward had a mayor, his name would be Daniel Levine. While the 51-year-old owner of Levine Properties has left legacies all over Charlotte, 1st Ward, much of which is now little more than one big parking lot punctuated by a handful of buildings, is home to Levine’s dreams.


Stats for starts: Tamara Lynch helps M/I Homes determine where to build (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: September 24,2012

Lynch, a Michigan native, is vice president for sales and marketing for M/I Homes Charlotte, which consistently ranks at or near the top of annual lists of homes built and sold in the Charlotte market.


Growing concerns: Mary Newsom helps encourage discussion about development (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: September 17,2012

Mary Newsom doesn’t mind stepping on toes if she thinks those toes belong to a politician, developer or anyone else who does “dumb things that hurt the environment, for example. But that’s my opinion, not necessarily that of the Urban Institute.”


Stage fight: ‘Relentless’ Claire Fallon vows to get Eastland deal done (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: September 1,2012

"I’m not going to let [the film studio deal] fall apart. I am determined to get this done. It may take years, but I want people to understand that I’m relentless. We’re going to do it. It’s going to cost money …but that’s the only way things are going to work."


Knowledge builder: Julian Arcila gives Latino contractors tools to be successful (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: August 31,2012

As executive director for the Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas, Julian Arcila said he’s his backgrounds as a Hispanic immigrant and as a former editor of El Nuevo Constructor magazine to close what he describes as a gap between how the construction industry works in Latin America and in the U.S.


Industrial Strength: Jon Morris helps Beacon Properties invest (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: August 20,2012

With a father who owned a recruiting firm and after being paid hourly in high school to dig ditches, Jon Morris said he wanted to find a career that gave him more control of his financial destiny. "I wanted a job that created residual value, and real estate did that for me," he said.


Fueling Creativity: Jaren Wells on the ballooning popularity of Piedmont Natural Gas’ space (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: August 10,2012

In 2008, Piedmont Natural Gas gave C Design a project: Take the basement at its corporate headquarters office at Piedmont Town Center in Charlotte and convert it into a room where employees could be inspired to think creatively.


Waist Management: Katherine Hebert studies how planning can reduce paunchiness (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: June 18,2012

Katherine Hebert is the coordinator of Davidson’s Design 4 Life program, which is funded by a grant from the CDC. Her powers over how homes are designed -- much like those of other North Carolina's planners -- might soon be diminished if a bill makes it through the General Assembly.


‘Proceeding cautiously’: Christopher Daly on Childress Klein’s warehouse gamble (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: June 12,2012

When it comes to industrial development, there haven’t been many projects completed in the Charlotte area over the past five years. That’s why Childress Klein Properties raised eyebrows with its announcement last week that wants to build a 270,400-square-foot speculative warehouse in south Charlotte.