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Commercial Confidential: Steel Yard at South End (access required)

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

Rhea Greene knows that the Steel Yard at South End isn’t for everyone. Companies looking for cookie-cutter office space in the average high-rise or office park probably won’t quite feel at home at the Steel Yard, with its concrete floors and exposed masonry.


Developer of Fountains at Stonewall granted extension it might not use (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 2,2013

The closing of Proffitt Dixon Partners’ purchase of the site for the Fountains at Stonewall apartment complex may be delayed up to two months, although a city official said he expects the closing to happen on schedule next week. The Fountains at Stonewall is a five-story, 210-unit luxury apartment complex planned for one of the few vacant patches of dirt in uptown Charlotte.


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.


Revaluation investigation findings to be revealed Tuesday (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: November 12,2012

CHARLOTTE — Attention, property owners: The findings of an investigation into the controversial 2011 Mecklenburg County revaluation will be revealed at 3 p.m. Tuesday. After 15 weeks of holding community meetings and examining hundreds of revaluation cases, officials at Pearson’s Appraisal Services will present a summary of their findings at a county Board of Commissioners [...]


On the Level: John Jones, commercial broker for Gibson Smith Realty (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: November 6,2012

John Jones is one of those button-down, Charlotte-boosting businessmen whose resume includes a long list of civic service.


Collett to open S.C. office (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: August 16,2012

CHARLOTTE — The Upstate of South Carolina will soon be home to a new office for Charlotte-based commercial real estate firm Collett. On Thursday, the company announced plans to expand with a Greenville, S.C., location. “This branch will serve as our base of operations for all of South Carolina and will allow further expansion of [...]


Proposed accounting changes seen as bad idea for struggling commercial real estate (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: March 12,2012

The International Accounting Standards Board is proposing a change that would increase total liabilities for most companies that lease commercial property.