By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 31,2013
CORNELIUS – Antiquity LLC, the developer of the mixed-use Antiquity development in this north Mecklenburg town, has two upcoming meetings with town officials as it seeks approval for the commercial piece of the project. The developer originally planned to have 60,000 square feet of retail anchored by a 30,000-square-foot grocery store, but was unable to [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 31,2013
CHARLOTTE – ContraVest, an apartment developer out of Altamonte Springs, Fla., must be feeling the longer days and rising temperatures of summer at The Addison at South Tryon, the company’s $32-million, 321-unit apartment project on South Tryon St. That’s because Mecklenburg County just issued a building permit to ContraVest, valued at $88,150, for work on [...]
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 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 Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 28,2013
CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County has issued a building permit, valued at about $9.7 million, to Johnson C. Smith University for work on its 62,000-square-foot science center. The science center is being added to the JCSU campus to increase the school’s capacity in its College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, according to the university’s website. [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 23,2013
CHARLOTTE – Clachan Properties, a residential developer based in Richmond, Va., has filed a rezoning request that would permit the redevelopment of Hawthorne Mill, at 1101 Hawthorne Lane in Plaza-Midwood. The rezoning request, filed last month, calls for the development of 150 apartments and about 9,000 square feet of office space on 6 acres. The [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 22,2013
FORT MILL, S.C. – The building built to house the Britax North and South American headquarters, at 4140 Pleasant Road, has sold for $25 million. Cushman & Wakefield Thalhimer represented the seller, Charlotte-based The Keith Corp., in the deal, according to a Cushman press release issued Tuesday. S&F Acquisitions, of Boca Raton, Fla., bought the [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 22,2013
CHARLOTTE – Johnson C. Smith University and the Piedmont Public Policy Institute are holding an event June 7 at the university about the effect of land-use regulations on the cost of housing. At the forum, the results will be released from a study entitled “The economic consequences of land-use regulation on jobs, families, communities and [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 21,2013
CHARLOTTE – Construction started Monday on the new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Eastway Division headquarters, at 3505 Central Ave. Mecklenburg County also on Monday issued two building permits, valued at about $5.4 million, to CMPD for work on the project, according to county records. Darryl Kellough, principal of Charlotte-based Southside Constructors, the general contractor on the [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 20,2013
CHARLOTTE – Proffitt Dixon Partners, a developer based in the city, finally has closed on a 2.28-acre parcel of land just inside the Interstate 277 loop, at the intersection of Stonewall and McDowell streets. Kent Winslow, a city development manager, confirmed Monday that the sale went through last week. Proffitt Dixon paid about $3.8 million [...]
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