By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: March 27,2013
RALEIGH – A proposal to allow refunds for Mecklenburg County property owners hurt by the flawed 2011 property-tax revaluation took an important step forward in the North Carolina Senate Tuesday. A bill that would allow the county to give refunds to property owners over-billed for taxes because of the revaluation was approved by the Senate [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: March 27,2013
CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County has issued two more permits to suburban Cleveland-based DDR Corp. for construction on the Belgate shopping center, off Ikea Boulevard in northeast Charlotte. The two latest permits were for construction on 10,551 square feet of space apiece in what DDR is calling “Block C Small Shop A” and “B,” according to [...]
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: March 26,2013
CHARLOTTE — D.R. Horton is easily the early leader in the annual top Mecklenburg homebuilder-of-the-year sweepstakes sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Charlotte. By a lot and, literally, lots. Horton, based in Fort Worth, Texas, had pulled 87 county building permits for single-family detached homes worth nearly $11.9 million as of the end of [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: March 25,2013
CHARLOTTE – Trinity Capital Advisors, of Charlotte, has bought a 102,000-square-foot building in the Shopton Ridge Industrial Park, off Shopton Road in the southwest portion of the city. The most recent purchase, unit 18-C, is Trinity’s third building in Shopton Ridge. At the beginning of the year, the firm bought 18-A and 18-D. Trinity now [...]
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: March 25,2013
HUNTERSVILLE — The town Planning Board here on Tuesday is scheduled to consider a request by Bowman Development Group to slightly increase the density of Phase 4 of the $100 million Vermillion mixed-use development. The Huntersville-based development company, owned by Nate Bowman, wants to convert three single-family detached-home lots measuring 60 feet across to five [...]
By Abbie Bennett
Published: March 25,2013
The Charlotte City Council is set to vote on a text amendment to the city’s zoning ordinance at tonight’s council meeting. Several potential and existing breweries approached the city last year requesting increased opportunities for development. In February, the first phase of the process was completed — the review of brewery standards in industrial districts. [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: March 25,2013
CHARLOTTE – Elevation Church, the Charlotte-based mega church, has filed a rezoning application with the city, looking at add a leviathan location in Ballantyne. The rezoning request, filed on Feb. 25, asks the city to rezone roughly 21 acres on the west side of Lancaster Highway, at the intersection of the highway and Johnston Road. [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: March 22,2013
CHARLOTTE – BECO South, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate firm, has filed a rezoning request with the city, seeking to rezone 18 acres in Innovation Park with the intent of adding office buildings, or something similar, on the property. The rezoning request, filed on Feb. 25, is asking to rezone the land from an [...]
By Abbie Bennett
Published: March 21,2013
Charlotte-based National Gypsum, a building products manufacturer, will sponsor DIY Network’s Blog Cabin 2013 and will use the sponsorship to launch a campaign for the company’s new product line. At the INTEX Construction Expo in San Antonio, National Gypsum will introduce an advertising campaign. Blog Cabin is a TV series in its seventh season and [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: March 21,2013
CHARLOTTE – Publix, the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer that has recently entered the area, is starting construction on its Ballantyne store on March 28. The grocery chain in September revealed plans for the Ballantyne store, which will be at 11206 Providence Road West, between Marvin and Johnston roads. In October, Publix opened its first two area [...]
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