By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: December 27,2012
St. Mary's Chapel hosts a lot of weddings. A LOT of weddings. But for at least a month, early in the new year, St. Mary's won't be home to much matrimonial bliss.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: December 11,2012
According to just-released, year-to-date data compiled by the Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County had issued 1,911 building permits worth $300.5 million as of Oct. 31 for the benchmark single-family detached house.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: November 13,2012
Pearson’s representative Emmett Curl said he thought the revaluation would not have devolved into a debacle if the county’s informal appeals process for disputed values were more “customer-friendly.”
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: August 22,2012
Atlanta-based Epcon Communities plans to develop a new 55-and-older community in Stallings, just over the Mecklenburg County line in Union County. It’s being called the Courtyards at Weddington Road. That’s according to Epcon’s Charlotte-area rep Brad Baranowski, who said the development will have 34 ranch-style maintenance-free homes with optional upstairs bonus rooms ranging from 1,500 [...]
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: August 17,2012
The Mecklenburg County Criminal Courts Building will soon be known by a different name. Mecklenburg County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to rename the building at 700 E. 4th St. after the late Clifton Johnson, a former North Carolina judge. Johnson was the first black judge in Mecklenburg County when he began in 1969 and [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 21,2012
In a move likely to anger many in the construction industry, Mecklenburg County's code enforcement department is raising its fees, saying what it charges is way below what it costs to provide its services to the industry.
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: May 24,2012
So far in 2012, Mecklenburg County has issued more than $1 billion in construction permits, nearly double the value of permits issued by this time last year.
By Scott Baughman
Published: March 29,2012
Mecklenburg County is considering payment plans for tenants who lease about 6,000 square feet of space at the county-owned parking garage across from the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.
By Scott Baughman
Published: March 22,2012
For three days in February, no one knew when Mecklenburg County was going to be able to consider new requests for residential building permits.
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 19,2012
Tenants of the 6,000 square feet of retail space in the parking garage of the Mecklenburg County Courthouse are hoping the county cuts them some slack.
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