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Jury awards $21,500 to Sisson in business dispute
Jan. 21. By Dave Yochum. A Lincoln County jury has decided that both Bayport Holdings and Brian P. Sisson breached “a material term” of the management agreement that determined how Sisson would run The Range at Lake Norman in Denver, NC. The agreement between Bayport, a partnership that includes Cornelius businessman Bob Watson and Kevin […]
Number of businesses sold fell during 2019
A total of 2,454 small businesses were reported to have sold in the third quarter of 2019, an 8.6 percent decline compared to the same period last year. BizBuySell (BBS) says the median sale price rose just .1 percent year-over-year. Stagnant sale prices are not for lack of trying. The median asking price of a […]
Nancy Nagy new president of Premier Sotheby’s International
Nancy Nagy has been named president of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, where she will be responsible for leading all sales operations of the $5 billion brokerage. She succeeds Budge Huskey, who was named chief executive officer on Jan. 1. She previously served as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Chicago, ranked among the top […]
LKN business leaders take shots at each other in Lincoln County trial
Jan. 17. By Dave Yochum. If Hilary Clinton had been elected, none of this would have happened. It turns out the Donald Trump presidency coincided with a precipitous decline in the firearms and shooting range industry. People didn’t feel like their right to bear arms was threatened, and revenue at Denver Defense, a gun range […]
Jury selection under way in Bayport v. Sisson trial
Jan. 13. By Dave Vieser. Jury selection begins today in Lincoln County Court over a contract dispute between two warring gun range businesses, both of which are owned by influential business people in Lake Norman. On the one side is the Range at Lake Norman, owned by Tricia and Brian Sisson. She is a Cornelius […]
Strong home price appreciation continues
Net in-migration bodes well for Lake Norman and Cabarrus homeowners—the demand for housing will continue to drive up prices in 2020. “At a regional level, Phoenix retains the top spot for the fifth consecutive month with October’s 5.8 percent year-over-year gain. The Southeast region was also strong, as Tampa, Charlotte, and Atlanta prices all rose […]
Newsmakers Breakfast focuses on schools
Public education in North Mecklenburg is the topic at the Jan. 15 Newsmakers Breakfast at The Peninsula Club. It will focus on education, with speakers Jennifer De La Jara and Rhonda Lennon Cheek, both Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools board members. Growth and over-crowding became an issue when Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools left North Meck out of capital […]
Are you starting 2020 in control of your brand?
By Ginny Mackin. I’m not big on resolutions. Sure, a crisp new calendar inspires me to become more organized and mindful of my time and priorities. But the big transformational proclamations leave me cold. There is one commitment I made two years ago that has stuck, and I want to share it in hopes you […]
New Corporations Jan. 2020
Mecklenburg County 12/9/19 Charlotte Restaurant Group LLC, United States Corporation Agents, 16911 Yawl Rd., Cornelius 12/9/19 Heather Ison Photography LLC, Heather Ison, 8914 McDiarmid Ln., Huntersville 12/9/19 NikitaSokol LLC, United States Corporation Agents, 19520 One Norman Blvd. Apt. O, Cornelius 12/9/19 Pycons LLC, Anton Tarasenko, 21415 Nautique Blvd. Apt. 306, Cornelius 12/10/19 AG65 Catering LLC, […]
Real Estate Transactions Jan. 2020
Mecklenburg County 12/16/19 $455,000 Standard Pacific of the Carolinas to Mary Beth & Mark Davis, 16708 Setter Point Ln., Davidson 12/16/19 $405,000 Jon & Julie Giles to Douglas & Jennifer Poppen, 19100 Ruffner Dr., Cornelius 12/16/19 $295,000 Carmax Auto Superstores Inc. to Andrew & Melissa Kruep, 7913 Bridegegate Dr., Huntersville 12/17/19 $528,000 James & Debora […]
