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Chiquita finds NASCAR Plaza appealing

By Scott Baughman
Published: November 29,2011

Chiquita Brands International ended months of speculation today when it announced that it will relocate its worldwide headquarters to Charlotte from Cincinnati. It’s new home: NASCAR Plaza, built in 1999 and, according to a March Mecklenburg Times story, featuring a 61 percent vacancy rate. A 19-story office complex at 550 South Caldwell St. that connects [...]


Battle of the buildings (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 4,2011

They’re two of the biggest buildings — and competitors — in Charlotte. NASCAR Plaza and Ally Center were built in the same year, 2009, and the two uptown properties contain a total of 755,000 square feet of office and retail space. And while the same company owns them, the buildings battle each other for tenants, [...]


Ally Center’s retail space nearly filled; two restaurants to sign leases

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 2,2011

The Ally Center, a 15-story uptown office tower, is close to filling its vacant retail space, with two restaurants slated to move in. That’s according to Peter Conway, co-managing partner for Trinity Partners, a subsidiary of Trinity Capital Advisers, which owns the 365,000-square-foot building at 440 S. Church St. Trinity Partners manages and leases the office space [...]


Trinity Capital Advisors buys NASCAR Plaza

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: January 13,2011

Charlotte-based Trinity Capital Advisors said today that it has purchased NASCAR Plaza in uptown. A press release did not provide the purchase price. Trinity, a real estate investment and development company, said it has purchased the debt and equity interest in the 19-story, 393,000-square-foot Class A office building, the majority of which is void of tenants. Trinity said its [...]