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“We were seeing an increase in permits, inspection requests and hours demanded of our inspectors. So I told them that we needed to be prepared for the increase in construction activity now and also into the new year," said James Bartl, head of the county’s building code enforcement department.

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The pendulum swings very quickly in the small crucible that is the Uptown residential real estate market. And right now, the tiny market is a microcosm of the shrinking inventory trend that is playing out to varying degrees across Mecklenburg County.

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The next chapter in the saga of the 2011 Mecklenburg County property tax revaluation began Monday when the Board of County Commissioners approved up to $1.7 million for Pearson’s Appraisal Services to identify and help fix major assessment errors in the county’s 1,300 neighborhoods.

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According to just-released, year-to-date data compiled by the Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County had issued 1,911 building permits worth $300.5 million as of Oct. 31 for the benchmark single-family detached house.

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It’s being dubbed a “pocket neighborhood,” a small, urban housing development believed to be the first of its kind in Greater Charlotte.

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"I think the market is going to harden a bit, which is why we wanted to take advantage of market conditions now," said Bryan Howell, a managing director for Parkway Properties. "If you look at the available space dynamics in Charlotte now, it will prove that out. I expect that will continue to rise."

Robbins Park opened in 2010 when Saint and Classica's other principals were with Simonini Builders. Only five to seven homes sold in Robbins Park that year.

"At this point, there has been no conceptual plans developed," said Kurt Hartman, senior managing director of Hines. "It's really been based on what your prior experience has been. We will need to get with NCDOT to craft an agreement, a predevelopment agreement, to understand who is doing what."

DILWORTH — Developer Lincoln Harris is expected to learn Monday whether a proposed pharmacy that has upset some residents in the Dilworth neighborhood will win approval from the Charlotte City Council. At a 4 p.m. zoning meeting, the council is ...

When the Great Recession came to Baxter Village, it was good that the commercial space had a mix of tenants. That’s according to Kerri Robusto, leasing manager of Baxter Village, a 1,400-home, mixed-use center that also features more than 430,000 square feet of commercial space.

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