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Economic Development

Website offers details of university hotel-conference center
The proposed UNC Charlotte conference center and hotel have drawn plenty of interest, especially from people following the surge of development taking place near the new LYNX light-rail stations on North Tryon Street. Thanks to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning...

New online map puts UC growth at our fingertips
Ever wonder who's building in that newly cleared site or what's being planned next to the brand-new rezoning sign? A new map created by University City Partners and available to the public has that information and more, including links to rezoning documents, public...

Small-business networking event – Meet the New Kids on the Block
UCity Biz Net invites you to join us for our monthly business networking breakfast, 7:30-9 am June 13 at Hilton Charlotte University Place. This meeting’s lineup includes some of the new kids on the block in University City: Mike Hill, UNC Charlotte’s new Athletic...

Former Solectron – Flextronics facility may become offices
The former Solectron / Flextronics manufacturing facility near IBM Drive could become a multi-tenant office building with up to 455,000 square feet of space, a rezoning petition for adjacent property reveals. The Charlotte City Council held a hearing on the rezoning...

Hundreds of new homes near our LYNX stations
Two residential communities near our North Tryon Street LYNX stations took big steps in the last week. Demolition began on two office buildings beside North Tryon Street to make way for ATAPCO's five-story apartment building near the McCullough Station. Blu at...

Learn more about university hotel-conference center at May 7 community meeting
What do the Metropolitan at Midtown, Aloft at the EpiCentre and Ritz-Carlton in Chicago have to do with University City? Three companies that helped create or operate each are working with UNC Charlotte to build its hotel and conference center at the JW Clay Boulevard...