By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 19,2011
Robert Burkett thought he’d build up to 73 single-family homes in Park South Station in south Charlotte. Burkett, president of Concord-based J&B Development & Management, had planned to sell the homes at a higher price point, with the hopes of raising the values of neighboring homes. But his project is in limbo, as an amendment [...]
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 [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: June 6,2011
There wasn’t much of a shakeup on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission’s executive board today after the commissioners decided to keep Stephen Rosenburgh and Yolanda Johnson as chairman and vice chairwoman, respectively. No other commissioners were nominated for the posts during the noon work session meeting of the commission at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. Rosenburgh said [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 26,2011
Earlier this month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department Director Debra Campbell asked the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission to sponsor the filing of an amendment to the city’s height rules for residential districts. It was not an unusual request. Whenever the planning department is ready for amendments to go before the City Council, they are routinely presented to the [...]
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