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The York County Council on Monday gave its unanimous initial approval for the rezoning of 360.5 acres for the development of property that formerly held the Charlotte Knights baseball stadium. The council will hold a public hearing Jan. 19, after ...

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While the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization could waylay plans for the construction of toll roads on a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 77, such a move would have immense implications for other road projects in the region. That’s according to ...

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Construction employment in North Carolina grew by 6,300 jobs in November to 188,500 from 182,200 a year earlier, a growth rate that places the Tar Heel State 26th in the nation. North Carolina did not fare nearly as well on ...

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Incoming Charlotte Chamber Chairman Ned Curran told some 1,700 members of Charlotte’s business community Tuesday night that job creation, passing bond packages and coordinating an economic-development strategy will be the chamber’s priorities in the coming year. Curran, who also is ...

The Lancaster County Council voted 6-0 on Monday night to approve the third and final reading of an ordinance for a development agreement on a proposed 310-home subdivision. District 1 Councilman Larry McCullough was absent from the meeting. Austin-based Forestar ...

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The time is right for uptown retail, Chris Hemans told commercial Realtors on Tuesday. Follow this link for video of his comments.

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The share of homes that were bought with cash in the Charlotte area fell 2.9 percentage points in July from a year earlier, according to real estate information and analytics provider CoreLogic. Cash sales in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia area accounted 25.2 ...

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UNC Charlotte alumnus and Lowe’s Cos. Inc. Chief Executive Robert Niblock has donated $2.5 million to the school’s Belk College of Business. The funds will support the college’s Student Center for Professional Development, which will be named the Robert A. ...

CHARLOTTE – Two more former high-level executives at Charlotte-based cleaning company Swisher Hygiene have been charged in connection with an accounting fraud case. Former Chief Financial Officer Michael Kipp, 61, of Charlotte and former External Reporting Director Joanne Viard, 36, ...

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An appellate decision against a community bank nestled in the foothills of North Carolina is going to have a ripple effect on banks and borrowers of all types throughout the state. “This affects virtually every citizen and lending institution in ...

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