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Real Estate Transactions May 2019
Mecklenburg County 0/19 $333,000 Timothy & Christina Lewis to Jessica Fording, 14111 Blankside Dr., Huntersville 5/13/19 $360,000 Melita & Kyle Jordan to SPH Two, 14015 Helen Benson Blvd., Davidson 5/13/19 $894,000 Joseph & Kimberly Hains to Hope & Frederick Dmuchowski Jr., 19107 Wildcat Trl., Davidson 5/13/19 $355,500 Jimmy & Joyce Caldwell to Willem Selders, 15750 […]
Toll lanes open with little traffic, little fanfare
June 3. At 8:30 am Monday, traffic was flowing freely at Exit 28 on down to Westmoreland, while hardly any vehicles were traveling southbound in the Express/Toll lanes. After 3 1/2 years of construction, the first stretch of toll lanes is open on a work day. The toll lanes are open from Exit 36 in […]
I-77 shoulder hardening starts next spring/summer
June 4. By Dave Yochum. NC Sen. Natasha Marcus says reconstruction of the shoulders of I-77—known as hardening—will begin late spring or early summer next year. The work, which is not part of the I- 77 Mobility Partners/Cintra contract, will add capacity to the controversial highway. NCDOT will bid out the contract for the hardening […]
Greenheck, a manufacturer, announces $58.8 million expansion in Shelby
May 30. Greenheck Group, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of commercial and industrial ventilation equipment, will build a $58.8 million campus in Shelby, bringing 400 new jobs. Greenheck already employs more than 400 people in North Carolina. “With the addition of a campus we will be able to offer team members a variety of career opportunities and […]
New managing broker at Sotheby’s LKN
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, which has become a major player in the Lake Norman luxury market since opening in Cornelius four years ago, has a new managing broker. Karen Krotki will take over from Jason Gentry who is returning to the Charlotte office. Notably, Gentry was the president of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association last […]
Golf scores: Rain, Tiger affect clubs
By Debbie Griffin. Local experts name in common two extraordinary things impacting golf right now: Tiger Woods won the recent Masters Tournament and there has been excessive rain with extended cold. Developer, co-owner and general manager of the semi-private Verdict Ridge in Denver, Scott Knox, said the win re-energizes the game plus is a good […]
Good mourning takes many different forms
By Dave Yochum. None of us is going to get out of this alive, which means the funeral business looks good as Baby Boomers enter their, uh, prime consumer years. Nevertheless, the time-honored ritual is becoming more secular and casual as Americans change their notion of an appropriate good-bye. “The times, they are a ‘changin,” […]
Mark Bardo back at Allen Tate
Mark Bardo, a well-known name in Lake Norman luxury real estate, is back at Allen Tate. He is the new regional vice president for the company’s Upstate South Carolina region. He will also oversee Allen Tate’s luxury homes marketing program across the company footprint in North and South Carolina. Bardo has more than 30 years […]
Projects show how affordable housing works
May 15. By Debbie Griffin. Affordable-housing partners gathered April 10 with golden shovels to officially commemorate the start of two projects for people 55 years and older: The 60-unit, $8.5 million Prosperity Ridge in Kannapolis and the 68-unit, $10 million Cascade Garden in Mooresville. The non-profit organizations Wesley Community Development of Huntersville and Prosperity Unlimited […]
Bills in Raleigh target benefits, family leave
May 14. By Debbie Griffin. North Carolina legislators introduced several bills in March that seek employee benefits ranging from paid sick time and family leave for all to an expanded definition of family and tax-funded insurance. Some companies may already offer better benefits than the law requires. Others wonder how they’ll stay in business if […]
