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Childress Klein hears more complaints about apartments (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: October 19,2012

Childress Klein got an earful this week as residents opposed to a proposed 280-unit apartment complex spoke out against the project during a rezoning meeting.


Eastway Holdings seeks rezoning for shopping center

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: October 11,2012

A shopping center on Eastway Drive could see an expansion if a rezoning request is approved. Charlotte-based Eastway Holdings LLC is requesting a rezoning to add around 18,000 square feet to the Eastway Crossing Shopping Center that sits at the corner of Eastway Drive and Central Avenue. Sonja Sanders, a planner at the Charlotte Mecklenburg [...]


2 housing projects for seniors pitched (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: August 6,2012

It's summertime, and the senior living is popular in Charlotte. There are proposals for at least two such facilities in the southern part of the city, but they have yet to be granted approval for rezoning requests.


Land use trumps demographics (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 30,2012

A thirty-four-acre property on Carmel Road will become residential multifamily if the City Council follows the committee’s recommendation. That change would allow the developer, Faison-Hollow, to tear down the midpriced apartment complex and build 390 upscale units.


College Downs frowns (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 26,2012

Squeezing student apartments between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus and College Downs -- one of Charlotte’s oldest single-family neighborhoods -- prompts doubts about the city's plan.


New building planned for Streets of Toringdon

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 25,2012

The Streets of Toringdon, a shopping center on Johnston Road in Ballantyne, may add a hotel and retail building if a rezoning request is approved by the Charlotte City Council.


Rezoning Recommendations (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: July 2,2012

The city’s zoning committee met Wednesday to consider rezoning requests. The City Council gets to vote on them next. Here’s how the committee voted.


Rezoning Recap (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: June 21,2012

The following requests won unanimous support from the council during the last zoning meeting of the Charlotte City Council.


Legion defends rezoning request with planned development clause (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: January 17,2012

The American Legion in Rock Hill is hoping to build a new facility on 19 acres at 502 Heckle Blvd.