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Balfour Beatty completes demolition milestone at Brooklyn & Church in Charlotte
Balfour Beatty completed demolition at Brooklyn & Church in Charlotte, advancing the adaptive reuse project with 250,000 square feet removed for future residential units.
Ruling halts demolition of mansion once owned by Doris Duke
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Demolition work at a historic New Jersey mansion once owned by tobacco heiress and socialite Doris Duke has again been put on hold. Crews started tearing […]
Company to raze Lafayette home where man’s body decayed
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A construction company that’s purchased the Lafayette home where an 88-year-old man lay dead for more than nine months plans to raze the residence and build […]
Charlotte Knights old stadium awaits demolition
FORT MILL, S.C. — The Charlotte Knights old stadium in South Carolina is awaiting demolition after the team’s move to an uptown stadium. The Charlotte Observer reported (https://bit.ly/1pWuByd ) that Charlotte clothing retailer […]
Eastland falling as film meetings start
The Eastland Mall demolition itself may be procedural, but as the walls fall on a mall that was once one of the most popular shopping destinations in the city, it’s not hard to picture the transition from debris to development. The city is now one step closer to that possible development, as it held the first meeting on Wednesday with Studio Charlotte Development to discuss the company’s propo[...]
Just like your mama told you: Demo crews clean up their mess
Reflexive thought: Geez, those demo guys sure make a mess. But they also clean it up, and they even increase their profits by sifting through the rubble and salvaging, reclaiming, recycling and reusing. By saving and selling as much of what they tear down as possible, they can keep their prices lower.
Demolishing the Myth
General contractors take pride in what they erect, plumbers in the pipes they sweat. Electrical contractors love to run wire and HVAC guys work for hire. Roofers roof and masons mortar while cabinet makers pull their drawers.
Charlotte Inn will be demolished, but then what?
The preliminary steps to cleaning up the crime that so dismayed residents of Commonwealth Park are almost complete, but uncertainty lingers about the fate of nearly eight acres that next will be the site of three buildings’ worth of rubble.
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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