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Marvin approves plat for age-restricted community
The Marvin Village Council on Tuesday night gave final plat approval to two phases of the Courtyards of Marvin, an age-restricted community comprising 61 single-family lots on Providence Road, just […]
Union Co. updates UDO
The Union County Board of Commissioner on Monday unanimously approved a list of updates to the county’s unified development ordinance. The updates were needed to clarify language in the county’s […]
Betting on the Gold Line: Charlotte officials have bet millions the streetcar will be golden, but need to keep it on track
CHARLOTTE – Streetcars are the hottest mode of public transportation in the U.S. at the moment. The Transit Politic, a transit watchdog blog, reports that there are 32 streetcar projects […]
COMMERCIAL CONFIDENTIAL: G.G. Galloway House
CHARLOTTE – In September of last year, Dan Morrill thought he may have to face one of the toughest parts of his job. The historic G.G. Galloway House, at 602 […]
White House denies Obamas bought Asheville retirement home
Squelching viral weekend reports that President Barack Obama plans to retire to Asheville, the White House denied Monday that the President Obama and his wife had bought a retirement home […]
Construction unemployment hits lowest May level in six years
The national construction industry’s unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in May, that month’s lowest level since 2008, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America based on […]
Independence Boulevard sports complex moves forward
CHARLOTTE – GoodSports Enterprises, a sports-complex developer out of Sarasota, Fla., later this month plans to submit to the city a request to rezone the land around Bojangles Coliseum to […]
Commercial Confidential: CMPD Eastway Division
CHARLOTTE – Before the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department opened its new Eastway Division headquarters on Central Avenue, police in the East Side precinct were working out of a strip mall. […]
Meetings could encourage changes to TOD zoning districts
CHARLOTTE – The city’s planning staff on Thursday is holding the first of a series of meetings that could result in city staff members recommending changes in transit-oriented development zoning […]
Southern-style restaurant coming to Sharon Square
CHARLOTTE – Pappas Properties and Allen Tate have revealed the newest tenant in the soon-to-be-complete Sharon Square. Jon Dressler, who owns Dressler’s Restaurant, is bringing a conceptual restaurant to Sharon […]
National construction spending up in April for third-straight month
The amount of money spent on construction in the U.S. in April totaled $954 billion, up 0.2 percent from the previous month and 8.6 percent higher than in April 2013, […]
Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
At its regular meeting of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, the commissioners: Voted to approve leasing from the N.C. Department of Transportation a 144-acre piece of land […]
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