Lincoln Harris has been hired to market a new, three-story office and retail building along South Boulevard near the Scaleybark light rail station, according to a press release from the company. Located at the intersection of South Boulevard and Hollis ...

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RALEIGH – There may be momentum to repeal a limit on state funds for light-rail projects approved last year. The House Transportation Committee voted Tuesday to eliminate a provision in the state budget capping those state funds at $500,000 per ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A state House transportation study panel recommended Monday that the North Carolina legislature do away with all ferry tolls and eliminate a recent cap on state funding for light-rail transit projects. The special committee, suspending its ...

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Durham County and Orange County residents are debating a proposed light rail system connecting Chapel Hill and Durham. Local media report that community members on Thursday brought up concerns about accessibility, efficiency and affordability in a public ...

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CHARLOTTE – Several developers are seeking rezonings for projects ranging from huge multifamily housing developments to transit-oriented and mixed-use projects. Along the proposed Lynx Blue Line extension route, property owner Carolina States Regional Center wants to build a 350-unit apartment ...

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CHARLOTTE – The city wasted no time in throwing new Mayor Dan Clodfelter into the fray of city business on Monday night. In his first meeting with the full City Council since being sworn in last week, Clodfelter oversaw the ...

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Residents will have an opportunity this month to weigh in on the plan to pay for the LYNX Blue Line extension project, which will cost the county more than $250 million.

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If every step of the process goes as planned, the Lynx Blue Line extension to the UNC-Charlotte could operate as early as 2017. Five years might seem a long ways off, but some property owners and property managers already see dollar signs.

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South End – Charlotte’s first designated transit-oriented district – is at a crossroads. Will it maintain its burgeoning urban environment, or will encroaching suburban development turn it into another bedroom community for uptown?

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The site where Proffitt Dixon Partners is developing a $26.2 million luxury apartment community sits near the Lynx Blue Line light-rail route, and the company is taking advantage of that. Plans for the Fountains at New Bern Station include a light-rail lobby that will be built about 50 feet from the New Bern Blue Line station.

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