CHARLOTTE – The City Council has approved several components of a planned renovation at Bojangles’ Coliseum. The move follows the Council’s decision in December to provide $16 million for the first phase of the project, including $4 million in upgrades ...

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CHARLOTTE – WoodWorks, a nonprofit initiative by the wood building-products industry to promote the use of tree-derived building materials in nonresidential and multifamily buildings – think lumber and molding – announced the winners of the 2014 National Wood Design Awards ...

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CHARLOTTE – Kent Walker is sitting on 13.594 acres of prime Uptown real estate, spread across four parcels, that he can’t get off his hands quickly enough. Yet developers aren’t biting. Walker, who doesn’t own the land but instead is ...

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In anticipation of the 2014 remodeling and landscaping season, the Charlotte Convention Center is hosting the 15th annual Charlotte Build, Remodel and Landscape Expo from Jan. 10-12. Hundreds of national and local exhibitors are expected to participate with seminars, exhibits ...

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CHARLOTTE — A new Embassy Suites hotel could start rising out of the ground in uptown Charlotte by the beginning of 2014, according to a company official for BPR Properties, the developer of the $50 million, 200,000-square-foot project. Birju Patel, a principal for BPR ...

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Bruce Stewart was expecting more. When the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened nearly a year ago, he thought business at his diner, Lola’s, would hit the gas pedal. After all, Lola’s, on South Brevard Street, is across the street from ...

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Charlotte’s hotel occupancy rate rose in August to 58.5 percent, up 8 percentage points from August 2009, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority said today. If the upward trend continues, 2010 will be a better year for Charlotte hotels than last year, CRVA ...

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