By Scott Baughman
Published: October 11,2012
Bob Nixon owns less than an acre of land at Anderson and North Davidson streets in the NoDa neighborhood. He’d like to redevelop it — into what he doesn’t know yet — but he said the blighted masses that are the Johnston and Mecklenburg mills, roughly three blocks from his land, have made him reluctant to do anything with his property.
By Scott Baughman
Published: October 4,2012
Robert Fossi expected some labor pains as his company oversaw the rebirth of the Mecklenburg and Johnston mills.
By Scott Baughman
Published: April 2,2012
Plans for extending the Lynx light-rail line have the new owners of Johnston and Mecklenburg mills in NoDa looking for a rezoning that would take advantage of the transit system.
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: June 3,2011
The Charlotte area could soon see two more historic textile mills undergo a facelift and go from vacant to back in use. Plans are under way to restore and renovate Mecklenburg and Johnston Mills, NoDa properties that have been eyesores for years. In April, after a bidding war that lasted more than two months, the [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: April 4,2011
With no one challenging The Community Builders’ upset bid of $1.24 million, the Washington, D.C.-based affordable-housing developer is now poised to take ownership of two historic NoDa mills that are to be developed into a residential project. Charlotte’s Neighborhood and Business Services staff will bring TCB’s high bid offer to the City Council for approval [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: April 1,2011
Carletta Jackson wants to move back to the home that she was kicked out of. It happened in 2006, on Mother’s Day weekend. Jackson had just come home from work and was in the kitchen making food and cocktails for a neighborhood cookout when there was a knock on her door. It was a Charlotte [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 25,2011
The Community Builders Inc. submitted another upset bid Thursday for two historic NoDa mills that are to be developed into a residential project, part of which will include affordable housing. The upset bid of $1.24 million is more than double what Community Builders, a Washington, D.C.-based affordable-housing developer, originally bid for the mills in February, which kicked [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 14,2011
Eligible bidders for two historic NoDa Mills have until March 24 to come up with at least $1.24 million to stay in the running. The bidding war is now in round four since Merrifield Patrick Vermillion submitted an upset bid of $1.12 million today, beating out the previous upset bid by The Community Builders Inc. of $1.02 [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: March 9,2011
Now in round three, the bidding war for two historic NoDa mills will go into round four if companies file upset bids Monday to redevelop the properties. The Community Builders Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based affordable-housing developer, put in a $1.02 million winning upset bid before the previous March 3 deadline, beating out Merrifield Patrick Vermillion, [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: February 22,2011
A bidding war for two historic mills in Charlotte’s North Davidson Street area is now in its second round after three companies submitted upset bids Monday. Last week, The Community Builders Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based affordable-housing developer, put in a winning bid of $610,000 for the Johnston and Mecklenburg Mills. It was one of four companies that [...]
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