Quantcast


Higher-rise education (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: November 29,2012

For the past two years, things have been looking up for upperclassmen in uptown Charlotte, where four colleges have opened new campuses and a fifth has announced plans to do the same.


On the Level: Mike Griffin, co-owner of Griffin Bros. (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: December 20,2011

Mike Griffin’s career began in the family tire business, but these days Griffin Bros. is rolling along with additional focuses, real estate development being one. Today, Mike Griffin’s career is focused on development and real estate deals. But it wasn’t always that way. Griffin and his brother, Larry, co-owners of Charlotte-based Griffin Bros., entered the work force in [...]


Plan calls for revitalizing Charlotte’s struggling northwest area (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 26,2011

When state Sen. Malcolm Graham looks at Charlotte’s northwest corridor, he sees the intersection near Johnson C. Smith University as the “Trade and Tryon” of that area. To Charlotte City Councilman James Mitchell, the area could become a “Little Georgetown,” similar to the one in northwest Washington, D.C., that’s anchored by Georgetown University. But it [...]


Graham has ‘Trade and Tryon’ vision for intersection

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 5,2011

Sen. Malcolm Graham says he wants the “five-points” intersection near Johnson C. Smith University to become the “Trade and Tryon” of the city’s northwest corridor. Graham, of Charlotte, who also is the chairman of the Beatties Ford Road Task Force, told the Charlotte City Council Monday that the university could become the anchor property at [...]