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On the Level: Land-use attorney Collin Brown is moving up representing developers in rezoning cases (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: December 28,2012

At 35, Charlotte land-use attorney Collin Brown is moving up, literally and figuratively. As the Charlotte area comes to grips with development and density issues, you can often find Brown advocating for developers at public meetings, which are just as often packed with protesters.


CRVA names 3 new board members

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 20,2011

The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority announced today that it has three new board members. Chuck Allen is the Charlotte-based managing director of government and community relations for US Airways. Will Miller, who helped Charlotte with its bid for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, is executive director and founder of Social Venture Partners Charlotte and a partner [...]


Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department tells builder to scrap plans for protruding garages (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 19,2011

Robert Burkett thought he’d build up to 73 single-family homes in Park South Station in south Charlotte. Burkett, president of Concord-based J&B Development & Management, had planned to sell the homes at a higher price point, with the hopes of raising the values of neighboring homes. But his project is in limbo, as an amendment [...]


He’s known as the go-to lawyer for major real estate deals (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: July 8,2011

Already skeptical of SouthPark Mall, a big, new complex built in the middle of pastureland, residents weren’t happy when they learned that Charlotte developer Johnny Harris planned to build offices and retail shops around it. It was the early 1970s, and Harris, then a partner at The Bissell Cos., said his family had sold the [...]