City planners unveiled a radically different type of bridge for I-85 last week - one that will have separate lanes for bikes, extra-wide sidewalk, and a signature design to tell motorists, "You have arrived in Charlotte and University City." You can see the plans...
Four years after opening its University City offices, global insurance company AXA announced on Tuesday, May 9, that it will add 550 jobs over the next five years to make Innovation Park its largest operations center in the U.S. “With this announcement, AXA affirmed...
University City's diverse population includes many people with ties to India and Pakistan, as our our growing variety of restaurants and grocery stores attest. Madras Cafe, which opened last fall near University Research Park, adds an all-vegetarian Indian-Pakistani...
With the LYNX light-rail line set to open next spring, businesses along University City’s North Tryon Street corridor are busy preparing for a new wave of commuters and customers riding the rails between UNC Charlotte, Uptown and beyond. Here are the latest headlines...
University City Partners had great news to share on April 13, as it released its 2017 Economic Development Report for Charlotte’s No. 2 employment district. From surging commercial-real-estate sales to numerous business expansions, “Remarkable data points to this as a...
The Vinoy at Innovation Park apartments near Vance High School have a new owner. Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group purchased the 356-home community on Jan. 31 from Heitman, of Chicago for $52,750,000. That is 38% more than Heitman paid for The...
If you follow the LYNX Blue Line Extension project, you’ve already heard the news: Light-rail service to Center City is now set to begin next March rather than this August. But did you know that March 2018 has been the required delivery date all along? And have you...