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New York-based Mascia Development lured to Charlotte apartment market
About eight to 12 months ago, New York-based Mascia Development shifted its focus more toward buying commercial real estate instead of building it.
Meck office rents up, vacancies down compared with before the downturn
CHARLOTTE — Rents for all classes of Mecklenburg County office space — A, B and C — are higher than they were in 2007, the year the Great Recession began, […]
13 to watch in ’13: Class B office space
(Part three of a 13-part series) “What you’ve got out there is a lack of new construction,” said David Dorsch, a Charlotte-based senior vice president for Cassidy Turley, a property management and leasing company.
Report: Charlotte office market strengthened late last year
“We’re certainly moving into a landlord's market citywide,” David Dorsch, a Charlotte-based principal for Cassidy Turley, said this week.
Hopper is hopping mad over vacant Wal-Mart
"Frankly, Walmart doesn't give a damn, and it's a real problem for us," said Hopper, whose organization promotes the University City area.
Politics change the future, a convention changes the present
In a city brimming with people and noise, it is hard to feel alone. But as crowded as the Democratic National Convention has made Charlotte, the simple equation still applies: A life is a solitary thing. The three people profiled here have little in common except that they altered their routines to accommodate a week like no other.
As NC real estate rules tackle fracking, environmentalists are quiet at convention
At the Democratic National Convention, considered a large gathering of reliably committed environmentalists, the foes of fracking have seemed as deep underground as the water-and-chemical mix they object to.
The delegates’ delicate decision: Is the honor worth the cost?
“You better budget at least $2,500,” said Tim Mauldin, a convention delegate for his home state of Oklahoma. “Every delegate has to pay his or her own way.”
Code crunch time
In late July, Jim Bartl knew the Democratic National Convention would impact Mecklenburg County's code inspection department. The question was: By how much?
Chiquita’s outgoing CEO still plans to live in Charlotte
Fernando Aguirre is abandoning Chiquita -- but not Charlotte.
Zoning out when maybe we shouldn’t be
When we move to a new city, we look into the public school system. We inquire about crime rates. We ask about taxes, housing costs, gasoline prices and the availability of public parks. The information in the zoning ordinance seems just as important as anything else you could know about a community. But who reads manuals?
Trinity Towns site to be auctioned at foreclosure sale today
In 2010, construction was supposed to begin on Trinity Towns, a townhome project that, if they were all built, would have featured about 60 units a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium and within walking distance of Uptown. But the project ended up being nothing more than a plan. Now, the site is being sold at a foreclosure auction set for 10:30 a.m. today.
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