CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Some students at the University of North Carolina Charlotte had to move out of off-campus apartments right before final exams because of construction issues. Multiple media outlets reported more than 100 students had to move Saturday after ...

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UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois likes to share a joke at the onset of speaking engagements. So he was ready with a good one to warm up the crowd before last week’s announcement that Childress Klein Properties was donating $2.5 ...

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Off-campus student housing is no longer what it used to be – and that has created several quandaries for local policy makers contending with density, zoning and student safety in north Charlotte. Developers around UNC Charlotte have steadily been building ...

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After more than 30 years of amassing 23 acres of land in center city, Levine Properties’ First Ward development project had its groundbreaking ceremony Thursday afternoon. The groundbreaking took place at the corner of East 7th and North Brevard streets, ...

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RALEIGH, — Gov. Pat McCrory has signed a bill authorizing approximately $376 million of improvements for six schools in the University of North Carolina system. A statement from the governor’s office says the money for the improvements will come from various fees, receipts, ...

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CHARLOTTE — An economist at the University of North Carolina Charlotte says he expects the state’s unemployment rate to continue dropping this year. The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/N5Selm ) that economist John Connaughton said Tuesday he expects North Carolina’s jobless rate to fall below 6 percent during ...

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CHARLOTTE – Not too many years ago, when I was a nothing more than a snot-nosed freshman at UNCC, I visited friends at Holshouser Hall, one of the old, high-rise dormitories that stood at the front of campus as a ...

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CHARLOTTE – UNC Charlotte students and University Area residents will soon have yet another grocery option, when a new location of The Fresh Market opens in the Mallard Crossing Shopping Center at Prosperity Church and Mallard Creek roads. David Hendrick, ...

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CHARLOTTE — UNC Charlotte has finished a $35 million building it hopes will stimulate business growth and promote research and innovation. The Portal Building will officially open on Feb. 28, but university officials are showing the 96,000-square foot facility off ...

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CHARLOTTE – Julie Porter has spoken to teachers and nurses’ aides who live as far away as Gastonia and Stanly and commute to south Charlotte daily. Porter, the president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, said they can’t afford housing near ...

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