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Developers and builders lament shortage of lots in the Charlotte area (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 26,2011

When Stephen Pace, owner of Charlotte-based Pace Development, looks around the area, there’s something he’s not seeing, and it worries him: lots that are developed and ready for new homes to be built on them. Well, lots that are in desirable locations, anyway. And that’s a major problem for a new-home market that has yet [...]


Growing debate (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: June 10,2011

When it comes to promoting Charlotte, economic developers like to point to the treetops. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, for one, boasts on its website that Charlotte is known as a tree city. The city has been fighting to protect its tree canopy since it adopted a tree ordinance in 1978. Today, it even dictates [...]