By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: April 12,2013
West of Interstate 77, W.T. Harris Boulevard is blanketed in retail. An outdoor store? Check. An electronics store? Check. A Christian bookstore? Check. And then there’s Northlake Mall.
By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: February 8,2013
Northlake Mall opened in 2005 in north Charlotte, an area that seemed primed for residential growth. But just a couple of years after the mall opened, the Great Recession came on the scene. According to Andy Misiaveg, a partner in the Charlotte office of the Atlanta-based Shopping Center Group, the mall didn’t have time to solidify its tenant mix before the economy tanked.
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: January 3,2012
When Chicago-based Pasquinelli Homebuilding filed for bankruptcy in April, local subsidiary Portrait Homes was unable to finish a 30 acre site development for townhomes near NorthLake Mall.
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: July 29,2011
With bookstore Borders holding going-out-of-business sales around the country, it seems to be a reason for mom-and-pop bookstores in Charlotte to celebrate. But Borders’ demise does not guarantee that smaller bookstores will be in the money. Rather than celebrate, most Charlotte bookstore owners said they were unsure about what kind of impact, if any, the [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: June 21,2011
Darrell Boyette’s cigar shop, Tinderbox, is in Overstreet Mall, a collection of stores inside some of uptown’s high-rise buildings. It’s Tinderbox’s smallest location, and Boyette, the general manager, sees 80 to 100 customers every day at the store, which he says operates during “bankers’ hours” — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. “We chose this [...]
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