The owners of Charlotte's Fordham Park are doing something that all real estate developers strive for but few accomplish in challenging economic times.

The Atlanta developer of uptown's Catalyst condos might convert the 27-story tower to apartments before it's ready for occupancy in January.

Next Big Thing: Southborough, Charlotte's most unusual condo development, could become a model for how retailers build big boxes in urban neighborhoods.

The First Ward neighborhood is inside Interstate 277 and the Belmont neighborhood is just outside the loop's eastern edge, but they have something in common.

The cost of building a Ronald McDonald House in Charlotte has increased 35 percent to $13.5 million since plans for the project were announced two years ago.

Ten years ago the Hampton Inn & Suites opened in Phillips Place, completing Charlotte's first mixed-use village.

Home improvement companies are always scouring the countryside for customers, but a new business believes it can bring the customers to them.

Uptown Charlotte has dazzled the real estate world this year with one of the nation's lowest office vacancy rates.

Biltmore Park Town Square is a construction zone today with stores, condos, apartments and parking decks rising from the George Vanderbilt family's former dairy land.

The soft real estate market is causing some developers to pull back, but others are finding opportunities.

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Doug Smith
Doug Smith writes on business and development for The Charlotte Observer.