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City floats changing runoff requirements (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: August 12,2011

It could get cheaper to redevelop sites in Charlotte. Under current rules, redevelopment means coughing up whatever it costs — and it can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, some say — to install devices that control where stormwater goes after a project, like a new shopping center, is complete. Developers and some [...]


Cato Corp. sales rise in June

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 8,2011

Cato Corp. said its sales for the five weeks that ended July 2 rose 2 percent to $90.4 million from $88.2 million for the same period last year. The Charlotte-based clothing retailer also said same-store sales, those at stores that have been open at least a year, increased 1 percent over the period. Sales for [...]


Cato Corp. sales flat in May

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 2,2011

Cato Corp. today said its May sales were $80.7 million, flat compared with the same month last year. But same-store sales were down 3 percent over the same period. “May same-store sales were below expectations and we remain cautious given the continuing economic uncertainty,” President John Cato said in a statement. Sales for the 17 weeks that [...]