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Holiday Inn Clt University has handsome update
All 174 guestrooms of Holiday Inn Charlotte University have just been handsomely redone and upfitted to welcome visitors, many of whom have many years of making this their hotel of choice. You’d think the staff could stop and enjoy a well-earned rest. Not so; Phases 2...
In the Spotlight: Innovation Park
Rarely in the world of commercial real estate does revitalizing an aging property make a big enough splash to reshape an entire market. But Innovation Park is well on the way to doing exactly that inside University Research Park in northeast Charlotte. At 200 acres...
Focus On: Environmental Way
The video screen in the lobby is the first hint to visitors that something is very different about Environmental Way in University Research Park. Owner David Bowles can monitor the performance of all the building’s systems on a wall-mounted “dashboard” displaying real...
You can “drive” I-485 right now!
It seems like they’ll never finish I-485 – especially when you’re crawling through the I-85/I-485 construction zone. Wouldn’t it be great to turn ahead the clock to December 2014 when the barrels come down and the speed cranks up? You can do that right now! Just...
Our jobs growth keeps making headlines
In two weeks of stunning announcements, University City gained hundreds of new jobs, two new national headquarters and additional international and energy clout. AREVA will bring 130 new jobs with average salaries of $130,000. Rack Room’s 87 new jobs average $70,000...
Change is constant at URP’s Innovation Park
Not a week goes by that Innovation Park does not bring new and exciting changes to the former IBM campus. Thanks to Wells Fargo’s move-in of 1,150 employees, those transformations seem to have accelerated. Hang on; AXA Equitable is coming soon, and Classic Graphics is...
Now for the rest of the story about our roads
Here’s a little known fact. Many Charlotte roads are built as part of a rezoning, thus marrying transportation to land use. Case in point: The IKEA Boulevard extension to McCullough Drive that soon will offer a north-south alternative for folks now using North Tryon...