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ContraVest issued more than $10M more in permits for The Addison (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 26,2013

CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County has issued three more permits, valued at about $10.6 million, to Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based ContraVest for work on the $32 million, 321-unit The Addison at South Tryon apartment complex. The permits, one of which was issued Monday and the others on Wednesday, are for work on three apartment buildings at the [...]


Inland American Communities issued $2.47M in permits for University apartments

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 24,2013

CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County has issued four building permits, valued at $2.47 million, to Dallas-based Inland American Communities for its University House Charlotte apartment project at 9807 University City Blvd. The permits are for construction work on four building shells totaling 116,351 square feet. University House Charlotte is a 300-unit, 284,651-square-foot apartment project, according to [...]


Charlotte Knights issued nearly $912K more in permits for new ballpark

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 23,2013

CHARLOTTE – Construction on the Charlotte Knights’ $54 million uptown ballpark is swinging along, as Mecklenburg County has issued five more building permits, valued at $911,943, to the team for construction on the new ballpark. The county last week issued five more building permits, four of which were for what the building permit is calling [...]


CLT opens bidding on 1.25M-square-foot parking deck

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 22,2013

CHARLOTTE – Starting Monday, the city is accepting bids from contractors wishing to work on a five-story, 1.25 million-square-foot parking deck at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The city is calling the project “Business Valet Parking Deck II.” Potential bidders on the project can obtain bidding materials starting at 2 p.m. on Monday and are invited [...]


Just Fresh set to open in Ally Center (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 19,2013

CHARLOTTE – Just Fresh, a café chain, is planning an April 24 grand opening of a sixth location in the Charlotte area, this one in the Ally Center, at 440 S. Church St. The grand opening of the restaurant, which serves breakfast and lunch, comes a little more than three months after Mecklenburg County issued [...]


Hendrick Construction to work on historic York County renovation (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 18,2013

York, S.C. – Hendrick Construction, based in Charlotte, has won a $2 million bid to renovate the McCelvey Center Annex in the York historic district. The 18,600-square-foot renovation requires Hendrick to put in a new roof, new storefront windows and new water and sewer infrastructure, according to a press release sent out Wednesday. Once completed [...]


Rezoning filed to reopen childcare facility on Sharon Road

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 16,2013

CHARLOTTE – Brian Crutchfield, owner of Charlotte-based Crutchfield Homes, has filed a rezoning petition with the city in an effort to reopen a vacant childcare facility on Sharon Road. The petition, which was filed on March 25, is seeking “to accommodate a child care center that may serve a maximum of 125 children and the [...]


Providence Prep looking to add a preschool building

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 15,2013

CHARLOTTE – Providence Preparatory School, a school off Providence Road, is seeking to change the zoning on 1.8 acres of land to add a building that would house preschool and afterschool programs. In the rezoning request, Providence Prep asks to rezone the land “to permit a preschool/child development center accommodating approximately 178 children, infant through [...]


Ten responses filed for Knowledge Park RFQ

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 11,2013

ROCK HILL — Eleven development groups filed 10 responses to a request for qualifications by the Tuesday deadline to participate in the planned $60 million, 90-acre redevelopment of Rock Hill’s abandoned textile corridor into the mixed-use Knowledge Park. “It’s encouraging to see the RFQ so well-received after the downturn in the real estate industry,” Knowledge [...]


The Arden Group seeking rezoning for 39-acre auto mall near Belgate

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 11,2013

CHARLOTTE – The Arden Group, a developer from Winston Salem, has filed a request with the city to rezone about 39 acres in the University Area for up to five automobile dealerships. In the petition, Arden is asking to rezone the land from a Commercial Center use to a B-2 general business use, said Sonja [...]