Doug Smith writes on business and development for The Charlotte Observer.You can reach him at (704) 358-5174 or email him at dougsmith@charlotteobserver.com.
A sliver of land beside Time Warner Cable arena that didn't work for a large condo-hotel development is getting a 16-story hotel without the condos.
Charlotte is one of those cities where ladies and gentlemen of the business world iron out differences in a quiet, low-key manner.
The developers of Bailes Ridge Corporate Park are adding multi-purpose industrial buildings to the 235-acre development in Lancaster County, S.C.
When businesses outgrow their offices, they usually go in search of another building.
The developers of a 15-story office tower planned on South Church Street in uptown Charlotte have signed their first major tenant.
There's no doubt the $1.5 billion North Carolina Research Campus that Castle & Cooke is building in Kannapolis will be a Next Big Thing for the city and the region.
The Catalyst condo tower – which last week reached its ultimate height of 27 stories – seems to have sprung up almost overnight on South Church Street.
When the big gorilla plops down in your neighborhood, it's time to re-evaluate.
Over the past five years, half a dozen residential infill projects have sprung up on Park South Drive, a roughly mile-long street connecting Fairview Road with Park Road in south Charlotte
Microsoft has purchased two buildings it has leased for more than seven years in ArrowPoint Office Park off Arrowood Road in southwest Charlotte.
Wachovia Corp.'s $880 million, 48-story office tower is still climbing skyward in uptown Charlotte.
A NoDa landmark disappeared a year ago when high winds blew down the graffiti-splashed facade of Fat City Deli.
DOUG SMITH: Crate & Barrel plans to double its space in Lincoln County Industrial Park with a 400,000-square-foot “green” distribution center.
DEVELOPMENT An industrial park under construction in west Charlotte will bring to the city one of the distribution industry's hottest trends: 40-foot warehouse ceilings.
From the moment I hit the gate at Carolina Adventure World, people were asking: "Have you done the zip line?"
Charlotte's JDH Capital LLC is the latest commercial developer to follow strong residential growth into Union County.
Belk plans to participate in the expansion and renovation of Monroe Mall with a $6 million addition to its department store.
For more than a year, passers-by have wondered what's happening inside that seven-story office building being converted to $1-million-plus condos on South Tryon Street near The Square in uptown Charlotte.
Charlotte's BE&K Building Group will get a new owner and greater financial resources to expand its construction business as part of an acquisition announced Wednesday.
A Triangle area company that seems to have a nose for real estate deals is back in the Charlotte market with another acquisition.
If Donald Trump's plans for a high-rise development in uptown Charlotte are on hold, what's that ad for the project doing in the Wachovia Championship program?
About six years ago, Blakeney looked like an outpost with a cluster of single-family houses and townhomes on Charlotte's distant southern fringe.
At one of Charlotte's longest simmering shopping center sites, construction of the first building -- a Wal-Mart Supercenter -- is expected to start next month.
A new continuing-care retirement community taking shape in Matthews is certain to be the southeast Mecklenburg town's Next Big Thing in residential development.
Davidson probably is the last place in Mecklenburg County you'd expect to see downtown infill development.
One of uptown's newest condo towers has signed the first two tenants -- a restaurant and a small convenience market -- for its street-level retail space.
The Charlotte School of Law is becoming almost as visible against the uptown skyline on Wilkinson Boulevard as the venerable JFG coffee billboard.
The developers of a planned 15-story uptown office building are getting a $18.7 million boost from a California real estate investment manager and adviser.
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