By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: February 26,2013
CHARLOTTE — Town house construction in Mecklenburg County is off to a rip-sawing start in 2013. The number of permits issued by the county for town houses in the first eight weeks of the year has almost doubled that from the same period in 2012, rising to 83 from 46. For the county, it’s the [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 16,2011
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership said it has selected Standard Pacific Homes to build the first single-family homes at Brightwalk in Historic Double Oaks. The housing partnership developed the mixed-use neighborhood about one mile north of Uptown Charlotte. Irvine, Calif.-based Standard Pacific Homes will initially build about 20 homes priced from $120,000 to more than $300,000. [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: September 23,2011
After renting a townhouse from her parents for nearly three years, Dawn Wallace was ready to get a place of her own. She had a good job as an assistant manager at AmerisourceBergen, a Charlotte pharmaceutical consulting company, and over the years had been saving her money. So, in August, after exploring her options, she [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: May 25,2011
Irvine, Calif.-based Standard Pacific Homes said it is opening two residential communities in the Charlotte area. The developments, Chapel Cove, on the shores of Lake Wylie, and Weddington Trace, in Union County, are scheduled to open Saturday. The communities feature six home designs. Chapel Cove features ranch and two-story home designs ranging from 2,600 to more than 4,000 square [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 5,2011
In Charlotte, as in the rest of the country, the construction industry is feeling the pinch. The cost of building materials keeps rising. According to a March 16 Associated General Contractors of America report, material prices for all types of construction have risen 6.1 percent in the past 12 months in the U.S. Some Charlotte-area [...]
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