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The Tuesday Interview: Dennis LaCaria, CMS director of facilities planning and real estate (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: September 15,2011

Age: 39 Lives in: south Charlotte Family: divorced; children, Stefan, 18, Nathan, 16 Education: Did not attend college As director of facilities planning and real estate for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Dennis LaCaria oversees about 170 school facilities totaling approximately 21 million square feet. Not bad for a guy who never went to college. (He opted to [...]


What should a CMS campus lease for? How’s about $1 a year (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: August 19,2011

It could be one of the greatest real estate bargains in Charlotte history: 33,347 square feet of space on seven acres for only $1 a year in rent. That proposal for Tryon Hills Pre-K Center in north Charlotte is among others that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is entertaining for nearly a dozen shuttered buildings that CMS wants [...]


CMS sees strong interest in vacant school buildings (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 18,2011

Stephan Askew would like to get his hands on a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools building. The founder of The Q Foundation, which offers services for at-risk children, including tutoring and mentoring programs, Askew said his organization resides in a small office off Monroe Road. But a CMS building would allow him to expand his programs and serve [...]




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