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Mint Hill Chamber to host Holiday Pop-Up Shop on Nov. 14
MINT HILL – The Mint Hill Chamber of Commerce will host a Holiday Pop-Up Shop featuring local small businesses, artisans and entrepreneurs. The pop-up shop takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center. The hospital is the presenting sponsor for the event.
theshelbyreport.com
Compare Foods Stores In NC Rebrand As Frescal Supermarket
Compare Foods is changing its name to Frescal Supermarket, CEO Omar Jorge announced in an Oct. 14 video message to customers, with the rebrand of the grocer’s seven North Carolina stores – six in Charlotte and one in Concord – accompanied by investments in store environment, pricing and a new loyalty program.
hel.news
Truist Home-Equity Assets Up Again, Yield Down
Home-equity holdings at Truist Bank registered another quarterly gain, extending the portfolio’s modest expansion even as the yield slipped. The bank’s parent reported lower earnings, fewer employees and a reduction in banking offices as a new chief executive officer took the helm. Portfolio. A home-equity lending investment portfolio...
groundbreakcarolinas.com
Charlotte Glass Contractors Expands Footprint, Capabilities, and Technology
Charlotte Glass Contractors is growing its regional presence, adding new capabilities, expanding its teams, and opening a new office in Nashville to better serve clients across the Southeast. Expanding Into ACM Panels. Charlotte Glass Contractors has broadened its scope of work to include architectural metal panel systems, including ACM. The...
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Alliance Building 10th Charlotte Rental Community
Alliance Residential Co. will break ground before the end of this year on Broadstone Enderly Park, a 336-unit community at 1306 Berryhill Road. It will be the company’s 10th apartment project in the Charlotte metro area. The Charlotte Business Journal reports that Alliance acquired the 3.39-acre site from Beacon...
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte banks can force employees back to the office. It's coming with a cost.
There are plenty of reasons to take a vacation day. At Wells Fargo, one employee says he discovered a new one: It might actually improve your office attendance record. To explain: The employee told me he’d scheduled a day off earlier this year. But a demanding project needed his attention, so he canceled the vacation time and worked a full shift from home — figuring he’d done the responsible thing. Then his attendance record came under scrutiny, even though he says he was working 50- to 60-hour weeks at the time. As he understood the Wells Fargo system, the day he’d originally planned to take off would have counted toward satisfying its requirement that eligible employees work in the office three days a week. By canceling the vacation and working remotely, he’d forfeited that credit. If it sounds confusing, you’re right. But basically, what he learned after talking to his manager is that taking the day off might have been better for his attendance record than actually doing his job. “It doesn’t generate loyalty if you’re putting in 60 hours a week and you’re getting rinky-dink violations,” he told me. The employee hasn’t quit. He still shows up at the
hoodline.com
Alliance Residential Pays $13.5M for Enderly Park Land, Plots 336 Apartments
A roughly 3.4-acre stretch of land at 1306 Berryhill Road in Charlotte's Enderly Park neighborhood has changed hands for $13.5 million, setting the stage for a 336-unit apartment community called Broadstone Enderly Park. Alliance Residential is the buyer, and the project is expected to welcome its first residents in 2028.
The Post and Courier
New affordable housing opens in Rock Hill as York County sees uptick in demand for apartments
ROCK HILL — About 200 new apartments in an affordable housing community just opened off of Heckle Boulevard in Rock Hill, part of an influx of multi-family units popping up in York County. “We need more opportunities for people to live here than we have had previously,” said Rock Hill Mayor John Gettys, who joined the grand opening celebration at Edgewood Place Apartments on Oct. 14. Edgewood, built by Charlotte-based developer Fitch Irick, is off Russell Street toward the south end of Heckle Boulevard. The 216-unit complex occupies acreage where the former Edgewood Elementary School once sat....
groundbreakcarolinas.com
2026 GroundBreaker: Chad Frampton, President and CEO of Frampton Construction
GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Chad Frampton, President and CEO of Frampton Construction, who has been named to the Class of 2026 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of individuals recognized for going above and beyond to make a difference in the construction community across the Carolinas. Founded in 1993, Frampton is a Southeast-based construction firm offering planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services. Based in Ladson, SC, in Charleston County, with additional offices in Charlotte and Tampa, the company is positioned to manage projects in the Southeast and beyond.
Axios Charlotte
Indie bookstore boom extends to south Charlotte
Julie Isgrigg has been serving readers for more than 27 years. Now she's the co-founder of her own bookstore . Why it matters: The Reading Tree Bookshop will add another independent bookstore to Charlotte's growing scene and give south Charlotte residents a new place to gather. Zoom in: Isgrigg and fellow bookstore co-founders David and Michelle Ebersman hope to honor the Ebersmans' late son, Sam, by hiring several workers with autism. Sam died in an accident several years ago. "David and Michelle really thought that a bookstore would have been the place, the kind of place where Sam could have worked and thrived," Isgrigg tells Axios. What to expect: The Reading Tree Bookshop will be open daily. It will sell new books for all ages. The 2,200-square-foot space will include a 10- to 12-foot 3D tree in the corner of the kid's section. Isgrigg's mother is making mushroom cap floor cushions that kids can sit on during story time. The hope is for people to "come into our forest and and put down roots," Isgrigg says. There will also be book related events, community gatherings, arts and crafts nights and silent book club. Between the lines: Fans of the 1998
WFAE
Charlotte airport workers strike Wednesday after colleague dies while working in the heat
ABM cabin cleaner Colleen Coates died on the job last month, with advocates and co-workers pointing to extreme heat as a contributing factor. Workers are demanding that company management “start taking their concerns about safety, harassment, verbal abuse and intimidation seriously” after the incident. Help make stories like...
Charlotte Stories
Major Defense Contractor Announces $95 Million Advanced Military Factory Near Charlotte – Adding 423 Jobs
A major defense contractor is planning a huge expansion just north of Charlotte, bringing 423 new jobs and a $95 million investment to Mooresville. Corvid Technologies will add a new 400,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility at its Iredell County headquarters. The expansion will focus on engineering, manufacturing and vehicle launch systems.
Charlotte Observer
‘People don't really understand' the hype, says Wegmans shopper on first day
Charlotte’s first Wegmans does not open its doors until 9 a.m., but superfans (aka “Wegmaniacs”) of the Rochester, N.Y.-based grocer are already lined up in Ballantyne hours before the historic moment. After years of anticipation, it’s finally here for shoppers at 11550 N. Community House Road. And it started early. Doors opened a little after 8 a.m. to cheers from the line. The store features dedicated cheese counters, specialty bakeries, and expansive prepared-food and dining offerings, giving local shoppers and New York transplants a taste of Upstate and Western New York. Some of the many offerings include sandwiches, sushi, pizza, and a cheese shop with varieties aged in Wegmans’ famed Cheese Caves. For those planning a trip to Wegmans later today, here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked. Go Wegmans! By 5:30 a.m., the line of the store’s first customers stretched around the corner. Wearing Buffalo Bills paraphernalia, Kari Morris, Eski Kowalski and Selma Belic were the first group in line at 5 p.m. They traveled from Lexington, S.C., for the celebration. “Wegmans is absolutely epic,” Morris said. “They have amazing options.” Some of the things she’s looking forward to are the bison dip and the chocolate sponge