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DAVIDSON – Roy Alexander, executive director of the Davidson Lands Conservancy, is one of those people you can’t help but be in awe of. At 71, he has literally spent his adult life in the service of others, and of ...

CHARLOTTE -The Belk Gym at the University of North Carolina Charlotte is undergoing a much needed metamorphosis. “It was well beyond time for it to be upfitted, plus code has changed,” explained John Fessler, director of capital projects at the ...

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CHARLOTTE – Kevin McClave had a twin emergency last week but lived to tell his tale. McClave, as fresh faced as his freshly minted new title – principal and sales division manager at Henderson Properties – was supposed to show ...

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CHARLOTTE – The Salvation Army’s Center of Hope shelter is looking to renovate its third-floor storage area into an additional 64 beds for the city’s homeless. The charitable organization is in the process of raising funds to transform the attic ...

HUNTERSVILLE – It’s been a long trek for Jay Priester, vice president for development and leasing at Cambridge Properties, but the finish line – or at least the first finish line – is finally in sight. The first store in ...

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CHARLOTTE – There’s a Jaguar in the parking lot of Wanda Smith & Associates Realtors, a Rolex Yachtsman on the arm of owner Tony Smith, and a couple of valuable vintage Rolexes in a drawer back at home. But don’t ...

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CHARLOTTE – They stand as bright beacons on the corner of Sweetbriar Street and The Plaza. Three pristine Craftsman-style homes painted in vibrant red and blue, conspicuous amid some shabby neighbors on the fringes of NoDa. Builder Brian Alenky, president ...

CHARLOTTE – “Sometimes,” as three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee put it, “it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.” Tell that to Lee Cochran, vice president of ...

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CHARLOTTE – Some good PR people don’t like marketing themselves; they’re all about their clients. So it took about two months of cajoling, hounding, and email-stalking – everything short of blackmailing – before On the Level landed Julianne McCollum, whose ...

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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 E. Morehead St., was facing a possible demolition, after its ...

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