2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Design Center of the Carolinas, Charlotte, North Carolina
 
Design Center owner eyes tower plans on nearby lot

by Susan Stabley
Charlotte Business Journal (NC)
April 9, 2009


The owner of Design Center of the Carolinas in South End wants to add a tower to the three-building complex.

But first, the company must get permission from the state because part of the site under consideration is contaminated.

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Ram Development Co. is mulling a residential tower - it could be condos, apartments or a hotel - with street-level shops and offices along West Worthington Avenue across the street from the center. According to documents filed with the state, the building could be 20 stories or taller.

In 2007, Ram acquired the 188,146-square-foot Design Center and nearby parking lot at Camden Road and Worthington Avenue for $28.6 million. The complex is the home to Pike’s Old Fashioned Soda Shop plus several design firms.

....

For the entire article, see
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/04/06/story5.html?b=1238990400%5E1805105

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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