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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...