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Developers mix it up for young professionals (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: April 19,2011

Tired of the bitterly cold Michigan winters and in search of better job opportunities, Jeff Sharp moved to Charlotte in late 2007. With a background in custom homebuilding, Sharp, 26, changed gears shortly after moving to the Queen City and landed a job as a real estate agent with My Townhome Realty. After renting an [...]


For Charlotte builders, bigger isn’t always better (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 29,2011

Lat Purser has been looking for new development projects that he can afford to lose. Earlier this month, his company, Charlotte-based Lat Purser and Associates, finished work on The Arden, a new, 16-unit apartment complex in the NoDa neighborhood north of uptown. Units in the development range from 400-square-foot studios to 900-square-foot one-bedroom apartments. Charlotte-based [...]