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Autobell, Bissell Cos. get rezoning OKs (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: September 23,2011

The Charlotte City Council this week approved rezoning requests for carwash company Autobell and developer The Bissell Cos. For Autobell, the rezoning of 1.82-acres at Park, Tyvola and Fairview roads from high-density multifamily residential, or R-22, to a business district allows the company to open a carwash in SouthPark, a neigborhood Autobell has wanted to [...]


Autobell says carwash would make SouthPark shine, but not everyone thinks so (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: August 5,2011

In 1969, with the first location on South Boulevard, Charles Howard founded Charlotte-based carwash company Autobell. The company, which has 62 locations, boasts on its website that it has never closed an Autobell. The Howard family has been itching to have its iconic yellow bell towering over SouthPark for as long as the neighborhood has [...]