DENVER, NC-Lincoln County commissioners are allowing 240 more lots to be developed in Watergate Crossing, a 276-acre venture 20 miles from Charlotte. The rezoning brings the number of single-family homes to 424.

GASTONIA, NC-Bureaucrats think they can revitalize private investment interest in this city's commercial side by first relocating government offices to the central business district. The plan would be to buy York Chester Square, a 140,000-sf downtown shopping center, for $3.5 million or $24.30 per sf.

LINCOLNTON, NC-General Shoelace plans a two-phased, 72,000-sf expansion that will add 70 new jobs to the 190-worker payroll. American Licensed Products Inc. expects to add 100 new jobs by year end.

CHARLOTTE-AvidXchange.com, a locally-based e-market exchange for commercial real estate operations, is going with Carter Todd & Associates of Columbia, SC as its agency of record.

CHARLOTTE-Pre-construction sales at the Park, a 20-story, 106-unit uptown condominium, are averaging 12 units per month--and the project hasn't even broken ground. Prices start at $150,000 and run to $550,000 for a penthouse.

CHARLOTTE-Five projects totaling 1.47 million sf with an estimated construction cost of $354 million are under way. Leading the pack is the $240 million redevelopment of the old convention center, plagued with delays since the city put it on the market in 1995. Now owner LCOR of Berwyn, PA is pushing to complete the three-acre uptown site.

CHARLOTTE-This Durham, NC company didn't have to put out bids for a materials contractor to build its new $3.2 million, 4,240-sf plant at 325 E. Hebron St. here. Unicon Concrete is using its own product.

CHARLOTTE-This Durham, NC company didn't have to put out bids for a materials contractor to build its new $3.2 million, 4,240-sf plant at 325 E. Hebron St. here. Unicon Concrete is using its own product.