By Scott Baughman
Published: December 15,2011
License to Build profiles projects that have recently been awarded building permits. The skeleton of a structure at 1635 W. Trade St. will grow a little larger soon. Last month, Charlotte-based Griffin Bros. was awarded a building permit to finish the roughly 6,800-square-foot retail phase of the Mosaic Village project planned for the site. The [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 26,2011
The developers of the proposed Mosaic Village mixed-use project have been granted $3.18 million from the Charlotte City Council to be used for parking and infrastructure improvements. The city’s financial contribution will include $3 million to fund the construction of 223 public parking spaces in a multilevel parking deck and $182,000 in public rights of [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 20,2011
A public-private partnership that would bring more parking and other improvements to the West Trade Street corridor is one step closer to becoming reality. On Monday, the Charlotte City Council’s economic development committee recommended to the full council that it partner with Charlotte-based Griffin Bros. and invest $3.18 million from the city’s Business Corridor Revitalization [...]
By Greg Lacour, contributing writer
Published: May 6,2011
The April 15 groundbreaking for the new Mosaic Village complex on Charlotte’s west side was a festive affair with a marching band, marquee tent and business and political leaders galore — and an unofficial job fair for Charlotte’s minority contractors. The $16 million student housing, retail and parking project, on land owned by local automotive [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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