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Top-tier care: Close to home and work
CMC-University pioneered community-based health care in Charlotte when it opened in 1986. “It was the first hospital not stuck in downtown,” says President Bill Leonard. CMC-University continues to break ground. It recently earned the first designation in America for...
2012 Review: Dining and retail choices grow
There’s nothing like having company coming to make you freshen your surroundings. The Democratic National Convention and University City’s thousands of visitors triggered a flurry of hotel remodelings. Restaurants and shops opened at a similar steady pace, all...
Peak 10 opens data center in URP
With its opening of phase one of what will become a 64,000-square-foot technology campus in the David Taylor Corporate Center, Peak 10 has become the latest company to make a major investment in the University Research Park (URP). The URP facility is the company’s...
EPRI finds room to grow next door
One of University Research Park’s oldest residents continues to grow. EPRI has completed renovating and occupying the former Verbatim building next door – now officially EPRI Building No. 3. “They did a very good job of turning a big, empty factory into a really...
The ride of his life started here
When Shane Hockensmith chose to relocate and expand Bike Line at Town Center Plaza five years ago, he made “an investment in growth.” He hired an interior designer, studied stores from Apple to Kohl’s and devised an inviting layout that says, “This is me.” And Bike...
In the beginning there was an idea …
Ivan Howitt (on the right side of this photo) is a UNC Charlotte engineering professor who specializes in wireless networks and technologies. He also has a hot new invention to his credit. The SL-RAT just won the 2012 Innovative Technology Award at WEFTEC, the largest...
Taking energy innovation from theory to reality
To witness emerging energy technologies being road tested, head down Louis Rose Place to tour Environmental Way. Better yet, have David Bowles show you how he tracks that data in real time on a very sophisticated dashboard. BOWLES CHOSE LONG-VACANT BUILDING TO...