In his latest deal, Lazes in the hunt for the rights to refurbish and run the old Carolina Theatre on North Tryon Street, which pits him against the powerful, button-down Foundation for the Carolinas.
Now in round three, the bidding war for two historic NoDa mills will go into round four if companies file upset bids Monday to redevelop the properties. The Community Builders Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based affordable-housing developer, put in a $1.02 million winning upset bid before the previous March 3 deadline, beating out Merrifield Patrick Vermillion, [...]
The Comedy Zone is the largest comedy club network in the U.S. It is based it Charlotte, but there hasn’t been a Charlotte location since 2007. That’s about to change. In the spring, The Comedy Zone will open a new, 400-seat club at the NC Music Factory, a mixed-use development in Charlotte’s uptown. Brian Heffron, [...]