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		<title>Holding ground&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/02/15/holding-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Jake is a smart and creative developer, but he’s a catastrophe as a communicator," Cornelius Commissioner David Gilroy said. "He shoots himself in both feet and the side of the head."]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte rezoning roundup: Dixie River Land gets OK for shopping center&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/01/24/charlotte-rezoning-roundup-shopping-center-okd-to-go-in-next-to-shopping-center-next-to-lake-wylie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of houses, a stretch of Steele Creek Road in southwest Charlotte is expected to become home to a convenience store-size shopping center next to a larger shopping center.]]></description>
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		<title>Cato Corp. buys Fort Mill property&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/01/04/breaking-cato-corp-buys-fort-mill-property/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Months after it announced its interest in the land, Cato Corp. has completed its purchase of more than 200 acres around Charlotte Knights ballpark in Fort Mill, S.C., a consultant representing the Charlotte-based women's apparel retailer told The Mecklenburg Times Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>RFQ for Eastland Mall to be issued Friday&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/01/03/rfq-for-eastland-mall-to-be-released-jan-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s unclear as to what type of response the city will get to the RFQ. But when the city issued so-called requests for expressions of interest in October, the idea of doing something with Eastland Mall was met with little interest. ]]></description>
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		<title>City finalizes purchase of Comfort Inn, Ihop sites&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/01/02/city-finalizes-purchase-of-comfort-inn-ihop-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The portfolio of properties owned by the city of Charlotte has grown, now that it has closed on a former Comfort Inn and a former Ihop -- and the land the vacant buildings sit on -- along Independence Boulevard.]]></description>
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		<title>In heated meeting, Bailey Forest fails to win over Cornelius planning board&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/12/12/in-heated-meeting-bailey-forest-fails-to-win-over-cornelius-planning-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“They ought to change the law that says common sense is not allowed in the town of Cornelius,” developer Jake Palillo said Tuesday.]]></description>
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		<title>Four new construction projects proposed for Cornelius&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/11/30/four-new-construction-projects-proposed-for-cornelius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town of Cornelius planning department is a busy busy place these days, with four new proposed construction projects -- a bank building, a major expansion of an existing car dealership and two new housing developments -- on the books seeking town approval, according to town records.]]></description>
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		<title>Only 1 company expresses interest in Eastland Mall&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/11/12/only-1-film-company-expresses-interest-in-eastland-mall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because the company responded to the “Request for Expressions of Interest," that doesn’t mean it will be chosen by the city to play a role in the redevelopment of Eastland Mall, which the city bought this year to try and do something with the shuttered, languishing property.]]></description>
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		<title>Cornelius nixes developer&#8217;s plans for Kenton Place apartments&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/11/07/cornelius-nixes-developers-plans-for-kenton-place-apartments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Retail is in the tank right now in Cornelius," said the developer, Gary Cangelosi. "It’s overbuilt in retail. Just look at the storefronts. Just look at what happened to the four grocery stores that used to be there."]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court denies Cabarrus County rehearing request in impact-fee case&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/10/30/supreme-court-denies-apfo-rehearing/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/10/30/supreme-court-denies-apfo-rehearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Payton Guion, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August, the court, in a 5-2 ruling, said it was illegal for the county to charge developers and homebuilders the fees, which had to be paid whenever new homes or multifamily units were built. The county said the fees were necessary to offset the impact more homes would have on schools.]]></description>
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