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Two real estate professionals surrender their licenses
Two Charlotte real estate professionals recently voluntarily surrendered their licenses to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission. In cases of voluntary surrender, the commission does not hold a formal hearing […]
The town that time remembered
FORT MILL, S.C. – Don’t forget the homemade peach ice cream from Springs Farm PeachStand. When James Martin, vice president of Crescent Communities’ residential group, gets to going on about […]
Design and parking changes could be required in Dilworth area
CHARLOTTE – Reacting to concerns from people who live near Dilworth, the Charlotte planning staff has proposed amending the pedestrian overlay district zoning that governs development in that area to […]
Huntersville approves 395-home subdivision
HUNTERSVILLE – A long-planned community of nearly 400 homes got the go-ahead on Monday night from the Town Board of Commissioners in a unanimous vote. The board held a public […]
Commission experiences communication problems while seeking solutions to communication gaps
CHARLOTTE – Communication, and the lack thereof, was again on Tuesday the subject of a meeting between construction and development industry representatives and the Mecklenburg County agency that polices them. […]
Lancaster County gives preliminary OK to another Barberville Road subdivision
LANCASTER, S.C. – The Lancaster County Council this week voted to approve the first of three required readings of a rezoning ordinance that would pave the way for Matthews-based Bonterra […]
Bill in N.C. Senate would prohibit some local governments’ building standards
RALEIGH – A bill passed in 2013 by the N.C. House of Representatives prohibiting local governments from imposing aesthetic design standards on homebuilders is eligible to be brought back up […]
Committee airs Code Enforcement grievances
CHARLOTTE – It took 180 minutes to communicate this, but the biggest problems between Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement and the building industry professionals who deal with it all boiled down […]
No quick fix: Legislator looking for solution to building repair and renovation backlog
While legislators often are tasked with determining whether the state can afford to spend money on governmental programs, and if so, how much, Rep. Dean Arp of Monroe plans to […]
Property protector: Eminent domain bill in Senate’s hands
The N.C. General Assembly gathers at noon May 14 to begin its 2014 Short Session. Over the next several issues and while the Legislature is in session, The Mecklenburg Times […]
Levine Properties seeking permits for 260-unit First Ward apartment project
CHARLOTTE – Local developer Levine Properties plans to start work this summer on a 260-unit apartment project in Uptown’s First Ward. Brian Nicholson, director of construction and development with Levine, […]
Market-rate subdivision OK’d in Cherry
CHARLOTTE – The City Council on Monday approved StoneHunt LLC’s request to put a market-rate single-family subdivision in the heart of Cherry, despite neighborhood protests. Anthony Hunt and Stoney Sellars […]
Latest News
- Construction Spending Rises 0.9 Percent Annually In April; Association Urges Officials To Renew Highway And Transit Funding By September
- Zombie foreclosures rise in most states with North Carolina up 67 percent
- US consumer inflation breaks above 4% as Iran war raises energy prices
- Rail Trail Bridge to Connect Uptown to South End over I-277 work begins
- Construction employment rises in 32 states and D.C. with North Carolina adding 13,600 jobs
- ATTOM reports home purchase loans at 12-year low amid rising mortgage rates
- NCDOT unveils six design concepts to reconnect I-77 South corridor in Charlotte
- ATTOM report finds home prices grew in nearly half of opportunity zones
- Foundry Commercial Brings Uptown Charlotte Site to Market
- Construction Employment Rises By 9,000 In April As Nonresidential Hiring Offsets Residential Declines And Average Hourly Pay Rises To $38.73
- Foreclosure activity rises 18 percent annually with Delaware and South Carolina hardest hit
- Homeowners face plumbing and radon as top repair stressors across states
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- Nick Schirato Joins Thomas & Hutton As An Environmental Designer In Charlotte
- Foundry Taps Alex Olofson to Lead Capital Markets Growth in Charlotte
- Tony Lathrop Strengthens Parker Poe’s Infrastructure, Transportation & Public Policy Services
- MVA Expands Economic Development & Incentives Group, Appoints Beth Buckner as Head
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Kaylee Neal’s Professional Engineer Licensure In North Carolina
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