By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: January 18,2013
Lennar Multifamily, with East Coast headquarters in Charlotte, last month bought a 3.5-acre tract of land for $8.25 million in Charlotte’s Metropolitan district, according to Mecklenburg County property records.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: January 18,2013
It's a new twist on a widespread trend: Venture capital firms have been buying up foreclosed homes and then renting them out in markets across the country, including Charlotte.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: December 11,2012
CHARLOTTE — Miami-based homebuilding giant Lennar Corp. said it plans to build more than 400 single-family homes in four Greater Charlotte communities, one of which will be a new subdivision. Meanwhile, Lennar is planning to build only about 300 homes in the 18 other states in which it operates, indicating that the Queen City’s residential market might [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 8,2012
Miami-based Lennar Corp. said it will have a grand opening Saturday for its Pleasant Ridge community in Matthews.
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: October 29,2011
The Kannapolis home had been on the market about eight months. The seller, Fred Waite, had lowered the price in September from $1.8 million to $1.5 million. But, still, not so much as a nibble, said the listing agent, Heidi Hines, owner of Hines & Associates Realty in Cornelius. Then Hines got an idea. She [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: September 23,2011
After renting a townhouse from her parents for nearly three years, Dawn Wallace was ready to get a place of her own. She had a good job as an assistant manager at AmerisourceBergen, a Charlotte pharmaceutical consulting company, and over the years had been saving her money. So, in August, after exploring her options, she [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: September 20,2011
In the midst of a suffering housing market, Miami-based Lennar Corp. has announced that this fall it will give potential homebuyers a chance to win nearly $75,000 in prizes. The sweepstakes will run until Nov. 30 throughout the Southeast, including the Charlotte region. Eligible visitors to participating Lennar communities can register to win a grand [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: September 20,2011
They’re victims of the recession: unfinished communities scattered across the Charlotte area. But for homebuilders like Lennar Corp., they’re an opportunity. Just ask Jon Hardy. Hardy, president of the Miami-based company’s Charlotte division, said that this year Lennar has built homes in nine Charlotte-area communities that others started but couldn’t finish. That represents a spike [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 27,2011
Saying there’s potential in the families-without-children market, M/I Homes Charlotte plans to build homes in the Ardrey Crest community. M/I, citing new research from Nielsen Claritas, said that more than half the residents in Ballantyne are families without children at home. Some are couples whose children have grown. Other residents are DINKs: double income, no [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 18,2011
Lennar Corp. said it has hired a home consultant to grow its Charlotte division. The Miami-based company said Maria Degenhart will offer assistance to potential homebuyers. In a press release, Lennar said it “continues to add new communities and homes in the Charlotte metro area.”
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