CHARLOTTE — The Office Depot building on Independence Boulevard is about to be filed away in the pages of Charlotte’s history. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is tearing the former store down to make way for the roughly $150 million Independence Boulevard widening and expansion project. MBH Enterprises, of Rural Hall, is the general contractor [...]
This southeast Mecklenburg County town is learning to be more independent of Independence Boulevard, one of four thoroughfares that help define it and present its biggest challenges and opportunities.
Charlotte residents will have their pick of Walmarts on Independence Boulevard, with yet another one planned for the thoroughfare. According to a building permit issued last week by Mecklenburg County, the $5 million project is proposed for the former Best Buy site at 7421 E. Independence Blvd.
As demand for apartments soars across the Charlotte area, THS National will be giving Elizabeth Square apartments a roughly $150,000 new paint job.