HARRISBURG, NC-The suburb, five miles northeast of Downtown Charlotte, is attracting Atlanta developer Ed Goodwin, who plans a 200-acre residential community and J& B Development and Management Inc., which has 300,000 sf of office, 450,000 sf of retail and 400 shelter units on the drawing board.

RALEIGH, NC-Modern Continental Enterprises Inc. of Cambridge, MA paid the city the Downtown property's appraised value. The buyer plans to develop three stories of offices, shops, a restaurant and possibly some residential.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC-The locally based firm plans to introduce three new packages for the construction industry at the February National Association of Home Builders show in Atlanta.

CHARLOTTE-Trinity Capital Advisors, a limited liability company, will focus on capital placement for local and institutional investors and the acquisition of office, industrial and mixed-use assets in the Carolinas. Jeff Harris, formerly of Flagler Development Co. and the St. Joe Co., is the firm's new partner.

CHARLOTTE-The 600-unit CitiSide on the Plaza is being developed on 20 acres in east Charlotte by the Mulvaney Group and Banc of America Community Development Corp.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC-Commercial development this year isn't expected to blow the lid off, but it shouldn't be totally disappointing either, based on announced and planned projects in the tri-city area.

CONCORD, NC-Concord Regional Airport, five miles north of Downtown Charlotte, also wants to lengthen the 5,500-foot runway by 1,500 feet to accommodate large corporate jets.

DAVIDSON, NC-The town of Davidson (Pop. 6,000), about 20 miles north of Downtown Charlotte, took the action a day after a group of landowners and developers sued the town to overturn a two-month-old building moratorium on more than 4,000 rural acres east of town.