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		<title>Charlotte&#8217;s office vacancy rate levels off,  but some still wait for recovery&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/03/05/charlottes-office-vacancy-rate-levels-off-%e2%80%a8but-some-still-wait-for-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an office market that’s seen vacancies rise since the Great Recession began, steady vacancy rates are a good thing. But industry officials say that does not necessarily mean Charlotte’s office market has turned a corner.]]></description>
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		<title>Roll  fall: Charlotte real estate trade groups’ memberships take hit in recession&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/22/roll-%e2%80%a8fall-charlotte-real-estate-trade-groups%e2%80%99-memberships-take-hit-in-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Board of Commercial Realtors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnes Research Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theresa Salmen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, before the recession, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association had 8,152 members. Today, its membership is thinner by about 1,407, a decline that, no doubt, is a byproduct of the market’s downturn. It’s not as much of an exodus as CRRA President Laurie Knudsen said she was expecting. “We don’t necessarily depend on membership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte office  vacancy rate dips&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/08/26/charlotte-office-%e2%80%a8vacancy-rate-dips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Office buildings in the Charlotte area had a 17.9 percent vacancy rate in the second quarter, down from more than 18 percent at the end of last year, according to a Karnes Research Co. report released this week. The region had 552 office buildings, with a total inventory of 49.19 million square feet, in the quarter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What should a CMS campus lease for? How&#8217;s about $1 a year&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/08/19/what-should-a-cms-campus-lease-for-hows-about-1-a-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government and Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bethlehem Center of Charlotte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis LaCaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hendrick Automotive Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnes Research Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaye McGarry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Norman Christian School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Raible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student First Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The International House of Charlotte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timothy Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William McDonald]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacancies build barriers to construction loans&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/21/vacancy-glut-builds-barriers-to-construction-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking and Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beacon Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bissell Cos.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branbridge Real Estate Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Center City Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnes Research Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Ortlip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ned Curran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Lash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Dodson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On June 9, Charlotte-based Bissell Cos. started construction on two office buildings in Ballantyne Corporate Park. The company calls it the largest speculative office project in the U.S. The $100 million project will add another 550,000 square feet to the corporate park. But the project is significant for more than its size. In today&#8217;s construction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsold on uptown&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/21/unsold-on-uptown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Center City Partners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Myers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Thilo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northlake Mall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overstreet Mall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Rosenburgh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darrell Boyette&#8217;s cigar shop, Tinderbox, is in Overstreet Mall, a collection of stores inside some of uptown&#8217;s high-rise buildings. It&#8217;s Tinderbox&#8217;s smallest location, and Boyette, the general manager, sees 80 to 100 customers every day at the store, which he says operates during &#8220;bankers&#8217; hours&#8221; &#8212; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. &#8220;We chose this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s tough finding big spaces in South End&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/27/it%e2%80%99s-tough-finding-big-spaces-in-south-end/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/27/it%e2%80%99s-tough-finding-big-spaces-in-south-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 19:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balfour Beatty Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Center City Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coldwell Banker Commercial Meca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Piacentino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Stipp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnes Research Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meredith Dickerson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Design Center of the Carolinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Dodson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte&#8217;s South End has an artsy &#8212; some might even say funky &#8212; vibe, with its easy access to light rail and historic buildings. The businesses the area is known for are, generally speaking, small outfits that feel at home in the older buildings that feature lofty ceilings and hardwood floors. Now, large businesses are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reeling from the reval&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/08/reeling-from-the-reval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alec Polites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B.V. Belk Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B.V. Belk Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Hicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Guy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alec Polites said it&#8217;s like hitting a man when he&#8217;s down. Having slashed rents to hang on to tenants in his struggling shopping center on East Independence Boulevard, he couldn&#8217;t believe his eyes when he received his 2011 revaluation from Mecklenburg County&#8217;s assessor&#8217;s office last month. The tax value for Independence Park, which is divided into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail property values double in revaluation; double-digit percentage increases for offices</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/03/22/retail-property-values-double-in-revaluation-double-digit-percentage-increases-for-offices/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/03/22/retail-property-values-double-in-revaluation-double-digit-percentage-increases-for-offices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Hicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Plyler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Mecklenburg County retail property and office building owners are going to be coughing up a lot more in property taxes. According to a Mecklenburg Times review of the county&#8217;s 2011 commercial property revaluation &#8212; the results of which were sent to property owners Monday &#8212; some retail properties throughout Charlotte more than doubled in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking ahead: Commercial property values expected to rise in revaluation&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/02/22/looking-ahead-commercial-property-values-expected-to-rise-in-revaluation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon Roberts, editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cassidy Turley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Hicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnes Research Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Cochran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skeet Harris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s guess as to what the results of the county&#8217;s 2011 revaluation of commercial properties will be. Property owners won&#8217;t receive the new values until March. In the meantime, those involved in the revaluation say it&#8217;s likely that overall values will be higher than in 2003, when the county&#8217;s last revaluation took place. &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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