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CPCC seeking rezoning to expand Harris Campus (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 6,2013

CHARLOTTE – Central Piedmont Community College has filed a rezoning request with the city, asking to change the zoning on 13.57 acres at the intersection of Morris Field and Capitol drives, adjacent to the school’s Harris Campus. The request, filed on April 22, asks to rezone the land from an R-5 residential use to an [...]


Publix issued huge permit for Ballantyne store (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 3,2013

CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County has issued a building permit, valued at $3.32 million, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Stiles Corp. for work on the Publix supermarket the company is putting up in the Ballantyne area at 11222 Providence Road West. The permit, issued last week, is for work on the shell of the store, according to [...]


City has yet to finalize Charlotte Inn purchase

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 2,2013

CHARLOTTE – The city, which was set to close on the troubled Charlotte Inn property on April 30, is still negotiating with the property owner, and no new closing date has been set for the $1.46-million acquisition of the hotel at 2701 E. Independence Blvd. Bob Drayton, the asset management and special projects manager with [...]


Two buildings at Folger Subaru on Independence Boulevard to be demolished

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: May 1,2013

CHARLOTTE – To make way for the Independence Boulevard Expressway expansion, demolition continues along the thoroughfare, and this time the body shop and detail shop at Folger Subaru dealership are set to go down in rubble. Mecklenburg County has issued the three permits, valued at $40,420, for demolition work at 5701 E. Independence Blvd., the [...]


Willow Ridge Apartments getting more than $140,000 in roof work

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 29,2013

CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County has issued 10 permits, valued at $143,500, to Willow Ridge Associates for roof work on the Willow Ridge Apartments just off Park Road in south Charlotte. The permits, which were issued last week, are for roof work on 10 buildings in the complex, according to county records. The owners are putting [...]


Shelco permitted for more renovation work at Independence High School

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

CHARLOTTE – Shelco, a Charlotte-based general contractor, has been permitted by Mecklenburg County to continue work on a nearly $14-million renovation project at Independence High School at 1967 Patriot Drive in Mint Hill. The county issued a permit last week, valued at $239,800, for Shelco to start work on replacing the visitor bleachers at the [...]


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 [...]