CNL Commercial Real Estate wins uptown leasing assignment

CNL Commercial Real Estate has won the leasing assignment for the 121 West Trade building in uptown Charlotte. The 32-story office tower totals 330,000 square feet and is approximately 73% occupied. The largest tenant at 121 West Trade is Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., which occupies approximately 117,000 square feet, or about a third of the building, in a lease that expires in 2018. The Dilweg Cos. acquired the building with Greenfield Partners in 2013 for $59.6 million. CNL has been managing the…

Be Generous: It’s a Simple Way to Stay Healthier

(TNS)—If there’s a magic pill for happiness and longevity, we may have found it. Countless studies have found that generosity, both volunteering and charitable donations, benefits young and old physically and psychologically. The benefits of giving are significant, according to those studies: lower blood pressure, lower risk of dementia, less anxiety and depression, reduced cardiovascular […]

Bell Partners acquires south Charlotte apartment complex for $50.5 million

Bell Partners Inc., the Greensboro-based apartment firm that recently sold a SouthPark complex for nearly $50 million, has purchased a 210-unit complex in south Charlotte for $50.5 million. The company has acquired Hawfield Farms, an apartment community off Ardrey Kell Road, near the intersection of U.S. 521. Bell Partners has renamed the community Bell Ballantyne. The garden apartment complex property was formerly owned by a company controlled by MetLife and was 96% occupied at the time of sale. The…

Charlotte council clears way for residential development along Park Road

Despite disgruntled neighbors who toted signs at Charlotte City Council’s meeting Monday night, council members voted to approve a rezoning request that clears the way for a residential development at the intersection of Park and Sharon roads, according to WSOC-TV. The planned project includes 18 townhomes as well as 36 apartments, the TV station reports. Area residents’ concerns include added traffic at an already busy intersection. Council member Kenny Smith, however, said the developer has…