Bissell has donated $25,000 to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). With the gift, seven 28277-based elementary schools will receive funding for books to support the North Star Reading Partners Initiative, an effort to work together with the community to help nurture literacy. ...

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Ballantyne Corporate Park saw 219,378 square feet worth of new leases and renewals during the second quarter, according to a press release from owner The Bissell Cos. *Time Warner Cable – which recently merged with Charter Communications – renewed its ...

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Kimberly Kendall and Rett Turner have both been named vice presidents at Bissell Cos. of Charlotte. They share responsibilities for office leasing in Ballantyne Corporate Park and Bissell’s SouthPark Off ice properties. In addition, Rhonda Walcott has been appointed vice president ...

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CHARLOTTE – The Bissell Cos. has received engineering approval for property on which it has announced plans to build an 11-story office tower, leaving only one step remaining before the company would be allowed to start construction. Bissell, the local ...

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CHARLOTTE – The first of more than 1,300 MetLife employees coming to the Gragg and Woodward buildings in Ballantyne will set up shop in mid-November, according to a MetLife spokeswoman. Meghan Lantier said MetLife employees will start occupying the Gragg ...

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Many and perhaps most of the 2,600 MetLife insurance company jobs headed to North Carolina -- roughly half of them to Charlotte -- will be local hires, a top executive with the insurance giant said late Thursday afternoon.

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CHARLOTTE — After protest petitions were rescinded, the Charlotte City Council on Monday night voted 9-1 to approve a rezoning request for a proposed large apartment complex at Marvin and Johnston roads, allowing the project to move forward. The vote ...

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Charlotte real estate giant The Bissell Cos. doesn't have a tenant yet for either of its latest marquee properties at Ballantyne Corporate Park – but the company plans to have at least one tenant by January.

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Although the two towers reaching toward the sky in Ballantyne Corporate Park are the latest jewels in the crown of the Bissell Cos., observers say the huge increase in office space poses a risk for the developer.

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With Charlotte’s commercial real estate market still stuck in tenants’ favor, landlords continue to bite the bullet and offer free rent. And some don’t expect free rent and other tenant incentives to disappear in the near future. But in some sections, the incentives appear to have begun drying up.

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