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...
Economic Development
Learn about light rail’s past and future at March 2 event
Where has light rail brought Charlotte since it began in 2007? Where are we headed as University City’s line opens this summer? Get answers at the March 2 presentation, “Charlotte’s Light Rail: 10 Years of Change,” featuring Darlene Heater, executive director of...
Grocery chain featuring Indian and Pakistani food plans NC 49 store
One of University City’s “historic” buildings may be getting a new life as a grocery store. Suvidha INDO-PAK Groceries has taken out a building permit to renovate the longtime home of Gus’s Original Forty-Niner, at 10008 University City Blvd. just east of Mallard...
5-story apartment building approved near McCullough LYNX station
The shift of University City’s North Tryon Street business corridor from car-centric suburbia to transit powered urban district took another step forward in January with City Council’s approval of a five-story apartment building near the McCullough Drive light-rail...
UNC Charlotte-based Atom Power gets Siemens funding to launch revolutionary circuit breaker
The UNC Charlotte Portal Building provided a fitting setting on Feb. 9 for a groundbreaking announcement by startup company Atom Power. Siemens, the global leader in energy technology and Charlotte’s No. 1 manufacturer, announced that it is providing major funding to...
Have your say by Feb. 10 on our transportation future via online survey
Charlotte’s traffic is like the weather, right? Everyone complains but who can do anything? Well, right now, YOU CAN do something about traffic – by taking an online survey to help shape state and local decisions for the next 25 years about roads, light rail, other...
One University Place greets the future with major renovation
One of University City’s oldest and perhaps even historic office buildings – One University Place – just underwent a comprehensive update, thanks to new owner Origin Investments. The multi-million-dollar renovation includes major improvements to the lakeside office...