Be Patient, Developers: The City May Ignore You For A Little While
With all the Queen City has been through politically since 2016, developers' needs may not be an immediate priority after the elections.
On Nov. 7, a new mayor and at least six new City Council members will be elected. The future of Charlotte is in the hands of newcomers. What will this mean for commercial real estate needs?
Mayor Jennifer Roberts lost her seat in primary elections amid struggles first with the HB2 controversy and later after the city took heat for its reactions after the shooting of Keith Scott and ensuing protests.
The Charlotte ordinance stating transgender people could use the bathroom…
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Restaurants, Brewery Coming To Plaza Midwood
One305 Central, with 10K SF of adaptive reuse retail space, will be bringing new restaurants and a nanobrewery to the eclectic Plaza Midwood scene. Three concepts are scheduled to open in spring 2018: Yafo Kitchen, a diner concept from TRUE Crafted…
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Soccer in Charlotte Is Not Dead — Yet
There is still time on the clock for Major League Soccer in the Queen City, just not this year, and not if the city and county cannot come to terms with funding. Charlotte will miss its December deadline to land…
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The Silent Killer On The Job Site: Inside Construction's Battle With Opioids
The American opioid crisis was declared a national public health emergency Thursday, but the U.S. construction industry does not seem ready to take action regarding its own significant role in the deadly epidemic.
The trillion-dollar industry has been hit harder than almost any other sector of the economy in a health crisis that takes nearly 100 American lives each day. But it has been largely silent, more concerned about perception than the number of workers who are addicted to opioids.
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Will Overbuilding Force Data Center Operators Out Of The Cloud?
Data center investment has reached new highs as investors on the hunt for solid returns look beyond core real estate assets like office and multifamily for better yields.
“Huge leases are being signed all across the country,” Newmark Knight Frank Executive Vice President & Global Lead of Data Center Valuation and Advisory Miles Loo said. "This has prompted a building boom in many markets as developers are buying land to keep pace with demand. As a result, all of this attention is attracting new lenders to the market."
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The Most Terrifying Real Estate Around The World
Halloween is here, and the real estate world knows a thing or two about tricks, treats and even a few monsters depending on how bad a deal goes. In the spirit of Allhallows Eve, Bisnow dug up some of the most terrifying properties in the world, and not because they have absurdly low RevPAR or zero tenant activity. From the guest who never leaves in Massachusetts to the angry ghosts of war criminals in Tokyo, these properties all go bump in the night.
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