Senior living facility planned for SouthPark near Harris YMCA

Charlotte real estate firm Citisculpt is planning to develop a senior living facility on a church property located on Sharon Road, near the Harris YMCA. The firm is seeking rezoning approval for the Pilgrim Congregational Church United Church of Christ property, located on 2.93 acres on Sharon Road, between Sharon Hills Road and Sharon Acres Road. The land is owned by Holy Covenant United Church of Christ Inc. The rezoning would allow Citiscuplt to develop up to 160 age-restricted dependent or…

Crescent Communities plans major Atlanta project

Charlotte-based Crescent Communities is adding to Atlanta's development wave with a 25-story glass and stucco apartment tower. The Preston Partnership LLC is designing the project. The 352-unit tower would rise just off Lenox Road, near Lenox Square mall at Oak Valley Road and Wright Avenue. The project was presented to the Buckhead Development Review Committee this week. Atlanta's apartment boom has been impressive, but not for the total number of projects. It’s where the projects are clustering…

Housing market in Charlotte remains affordable despite shrinking inventory, brisk sales

The Charlotte area’s housing market continues to exhibit conditions that are favorable to sellers, but buyers shouldn’t be worried about affordability just yet, according to the latest monthly activity report by the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association. Home sales in the region were up 6.1% in September from a year earlier, according to the report released Thursday. That’s only a slight decline from August’s 6.4% year-over-year increase, but that month saw a sharp drop from the double-digit…

Maersk lists Charlotte office for lease again, hires CBRE team

Maersk Inc.’s regional office in southwest Charlotte is back on the market. The company has hired CBRE Group Inc. to market the 325,000-square-foot facility for lease. Two years ago, Maersk hired real estate firm Thalhimer to lease the property, which is located off West Arrowood Road. At the time, the company said it had about 650 employees at the 40-acre property but was looking to improve its efficiency as part of a global initiative to optimize its real estate portfolio. According to the…

Republic Services signs big lease for University City call center

Republic Services Inc., the second-largest provider of waste services in the U.S., has signed a lease for 82,375 square feet at Three Resource Square in University City. The Arizona-based company plans to open a call center at the four-story office building on David Taylor Drive. It expects to move into the space in April. It’s unclear how many jobs will be created, but the building has a parking ratio of six spaces per 1,000 square feet, meaning a lease of that size could accommodate more than…

Cousins files plans for office development at popular South End site

Cousins Properties has filed a rezoning request for a 2.3-acre site in South End where the development firm is planning to build Dimensional Fund Advisors’ regional headquarters. Cousins is seeking approval for a building with seven floors of office space over ground-floor retail at the site, which is home to two neighborhood favorites: The Common Market and the weekly Food Truck Friday event. The site is bounded by South Tryon Street, Camden Road and Park Avenue, and most of the parcels are controlled…

Raleigh development firm hires new partner to open Charlotte office

Beau McIntosh, formerly a managing partner at Capstone Apartment Partners, has joined Dominion Realty Partners and is opening a Charlotte office for the Raleigh-based company, which is starting construction on a new apartment complex in uptown Charlotte. McIntosh, a partner at DRP, will be responsible for office and multifamily acquisitions companywide as well as new developments in Charlotte and surrounding markets. DRP is starting construction this month on its first development in the Charlotte…

State lists former correctional facility property for sale in southwest Charlotte

The state of North Carolina has listed a former correctional facility property for sale in southwest Charlotte. The 49-acre property is located at 4101 Meadow Oak Drive, at the southwest corner of the intersection of Tyvola Road and Billy Graham Parkway. It was previously home to the Charlotte Correctional Facility, which closed in 2011. In a statement, Gov. Pat McCrory said the state is listing the property for sale and is also marketing a personnel training center in Raleigh for a long-term ground…

Development firm starting work on 300-unit apartment complex in South End

Apartment developer Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management are starting construction on a 300-unit complex in South End. The Solis Southline apartment project will be built on a 3.5-acre site at South Boulevard and Remount Road, adjacent to the light-rail line. The Charlotte Business Journal reported early this year that Terwilliger Pappas was evaluating the site for a new multifamily complex. A limited liability company managed…

Merrifield Patrick Vermillion planning single-tenant office building in midtown Charlotte

Merrifield Patrick Vermillion is under contract to purchase two lots on Kenilworth Avenue where the firm plans to build a two-story office building ranging in size from 12,000 to 16,000 square feet in size. The firm plans to close on its purchase of the two lots, at 1026 and 1030 Kenilworth Avenue, before the end of the year. The two lots are next door to the Solis Dilworth apartment complex that Pappas Properties is constructing at the intersection of Kenilworth Avenue and Morehead Street. A vacant…