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 Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: September 17,2012
Why is northern Mecklenburg County experiencing an apartment-building boom but not the southerly towns in the county? And why, for that matter, is the northernmost town of Davidson being left out?
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: September 10,2012
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.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: August 21,2012
MATTHEWS – The Polo Club at Weddington is growing by 16 condominiums, according to information from Mecklenburg County records. Four permits were issued to Ohio-based Epcon Communities to build four-unit townhouses on South Bank Court in the Matthews condominium development. The permits will bring the development, begun in 2008, to 75 percent completion, Epcon spokesman [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: August 6,2012
The widening of Independence Boulevard has extinguished some Charlotte businesses, thanks to the impact the construction has had on traffic. Plans call for Independence to be widened in Matthews, too, raising concerns about whether the days are numbered for businesses, such as those in Windsor Square.
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: August 6,2012
Roughly 15 percent of Windsor Square shopping center in Matthews is vacant, with more than 100,000 of 658,012 leasable square feet unoccupied, according to Windsor Square's website. Come October, though, nearly all of that empty space will become home to a new tenant, JC Penney, which will lease about 85,000 square feet.
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: July 27,2012
Matthews Gateway, a more than 90,000-square-foot mixed-use development on the corner of Sam Newell Road and Matthews Township Parkway, will be completed by the end of the year, according to the developer.
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: July 26,2012
Liberty will tackle the risk of moving the Moore House to its new home on the edge of the Moore Road property, only a little more than 100 yards away. The company is responsible for everything: preparing the site, moving the house, and potentially most laborious, repairing any damages that result from the move.
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 Scott Baughman
Published: February 10,2012
Miami-based Lennar Homes this week opened a model home at the Pleasant Ridge development in Matthews. The 36-home community will offer homes ranging from 3,500 to 4,300 square feet apiece and come with 0.5 to 0.75 of an acre. Prices start at $350,000.
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