We confess that, like government, we tend to speak in alphabets and jargon. NECI stands for the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure, one of the key elements of City Council’s delayed capital-improvements package. When built, NECI will enhance the functionality of the...
Last week, another key milestone for opening the Blue Line Extension (BLE) in 2017 was achieved when Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) signed a 50-year lease with both NC Railroad and Norfolk Southern. Because there has been considerable confusion, here is a recap...
Buried in news about AXA Equitable and Wells Fargo signing leases at Innovation Park was the fact that, in the past 19 month, BECO South has leased 500,000 square feet in Innovation Park. Given the economic climate, that is an impressive total. DRAMATIC CHANGES AT OLD...
Campus crime dropped 30 percent between 2010 and 2011, says a new report from UNC Charlotte’s police. University City police also had a great year, with crime down 13.9 percent – the second best record of CMPD’s 13 divisions. One drop in particular indicates...
Our busy airport is getting $5.5 million for improvements. The FAA money will help Concord Regional Airport maintain its taxiway and plane parking area - an important investment in a facility that handles more than 150 takeoffs and landings daily, including Boeing 737...
Credit surging GM car sales for dozens of new jobs at a University Research Park call center. Convergys Corp., which operates the center for GM’s OnStar service, recently announced it is hiring about 150 new workers for its two Charlotte centers. Many of those jobs...
People looking for signs that the economy finally has turned will soon have a big red one in the shape of a guitar. Guitar Center, a national chain of superstores for all things musical, is renovating half of the former Best Buy store at University Place for its fifth...