Office tower owners start lobby renovation, seeking restaurant

The owners of 400 South Tryon have started a $1.9 million lobby renovation at the uptown office tower and recently opened a new 4,000 square-foot fitness center. Trinity Capital Advisors and DRA Advisors, which purchased the 33-story building last year for $61 million, started the renovation this month and the work is expected to be complete by the end of this year. The updated lobby will feature materials such as white polished stone, porcelain, and zebrawood, and gathering spaces will feature…

Developers filing again for SouthPark development, shedding protest petition

Synco Properties Inc. and Schlosser Development Corp. are starting fresh with a rezoning request in SouthPark and shedding a protest petition against their planned mixed-use development at the site of The Colony apartment complex. Synco and Schlosser filed a rezoning application late last year for the 27-acre site, seeking approval for a project with up to 1,100 residential units, 250,000 square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space (including a grocery store) and a boutique…

Accounting firm in talks to lease space at new midtown office building

Accounting firm Elliott Davis Decosimo is in talks to lease up to two floors at 500 East Morehead, a seven-story office building that Beacon Partners is constructing, according to real estate sources. Elliott Davis is negotiating a lease for space on the sixth and seventh floors of the midtown Charlotte building, sources say. The firm currently leases space one block over in the 700 East Morehead building, located at the corner of East Morehead Street and Euclid Avenue. That four-story, 35,305-square-foot…