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Wild-winging it (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 12,2013

West of Interstate 77, W.T. Harris Boulevard is blanketed in retail. An outdoor store? Check. An electronics store? Check. A Christian bookstore? Check. And then there’s Northlake Mall.


Commercial Confidential: Carillon (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 12,2013

When the Carillon building first made an appearance on Charlotte’s skyline in 1991, Anne Vulcano said, it was considered out of the way.


A match made in Davidson (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 12,2013

When he answered the phone about a year ago, Mayor John Woods heard that “some folks – they wouldn’t say who, it was all very cloak-and-dagger” – wanted to meet with him on an empty lot out by Interstate 77.


Unique boutique: Selwyn banking on the success of a small apartment building in Park Road (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 10,2013

For a time, at least, the Park at Drexel apartment complex will stand alone. And if it succeeds, it will stand as a testimonial to the principle that being overshadowed between two centers of activity, Downtown and SouthPark, isn’t a drawback.


Renovation Report: Veterinary Hospital of Davidson (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 10,2013

Dr. Nicole Sheehan, a veterinarian in Davidson with no office to call her own, has been making house calls. She travels from appointment to appointment, house to house, carrying her supplies with her.


Parade of Homes steps off Friday; Realtors’ sneak preview Thursday (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 10,2013

CHARLOTTE — Eighteen builders on Friday will throw open the doors of 72 new houses for the Parade of Homes, an annual Home Builders Association of Charlotte event that runs through April 28. In a new wrinkle this year, the event will have a Realtor preview day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday. The [...]


Builders without borders (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 9,2013

Standard Pacific Homes wants to build a large master-planned development in a high-demand area near Lake Wylie, the latest example of a large homebuilding company self-developing residential subdivisions just outside Charlotte in rural South Carolina.


Deal volume turning up (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: April 9,2013

Back in August, a once buoyant Chris Orr was beginning to worry about the health of the Charlotte commercial real estate market.


Revitalization project debuts in Grier Heights (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 8,2013

CHARLOTTE — The first eight homes will open this week — three of which are already under contract — in Elizabeth Heights a planned, 36-house, urban-revitalization project in the distressed, historically black Charlotte neighborhood of Grier Heights. “Getting these eight houses completed in under six months exemplifies the dedication and commitment of all involved to Grier [...]


Commercial Confidential: Carolina Commons

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 5,2013

When The Shopping Center Group took over leasing duties at Carolina Commons, which is about five miles into South Carolina, Darrell Palasciano knew the company needed to take it slow. The neighborhood shopping center, anchored by Harris Teeter, was built a few years ago to service the residents of Sun City Carolina Lakes, a massive active-adult community, and other residents of Lancaster County, said Palasciano, a broker in the Charlotte office of The Shopping Center Group.