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July 28, 2016 In Announcements & News

AI DESIGN GROUP AND PROGRESSIVE AE ANNOUNCE MERGER

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. РJuly 27, 2016 РCharlotte, North Carolina‐based ai Design Group and Grand Rapids,
Michigan‐based Progressive AE today announced they are merging to create a stronger, more diverse fullservice
architectural and design firm. The combined organization will have active work in all 48 contiguous
states, a team of 200 professionals and over 65 years combined history as leaders in architecture and
design.

To read the full press release, please click here.

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July 20, 2016 In Announcements & News

New York real estate firm acquires Cresa Carolinas

A New York commercial real estate company recently acquired Cresa Carolinas, a tenant representation firm with offices in Charlotte and Durham.

Savills Studley, which also specializes in tenant representation, purchased Cresa Carolinas for an undisclosed amount. The newly-acquired North Carolina offices will continue to provide tenant representation, transaction management and project management to companies, particularly ones in the high-tech and life-science sectors.

To find out more, please click here.

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July 20, 2016 In Announcements & News

OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS ACQUIRES LOCAL OFFICE FURNITURE COMPANY SECOND EXPANSION IN TWO YEARS

Charlotte, NC (July 18, 2016) – Office Environments, Inc. (OE), a Charlotte-based commercial furniture dealer, announces its second acquisition in two years. They are now expanding to Rock Hill, South Carolina through the procurement of White Office Furniture, an established Steelcase dealer in South Carolina for over 70 years. Both Office Environments and White Office Furniture are uniting under the Office Environments name and will continue their shared mission to provide a single source for workplace solutions through high quality products and services.

To read the full press release, please click here.

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July 14, 2016 In Announcements & News

Carolina Site Celebrates 20 Years!

Carolina Site, a Gold Sponsor and active partner of CREW Charlotte, is proudly celebrating 20 Years in business.  The company specializes in parking lot repair, construction and maintenance.  President of the company, Sclater Heindl who is also a member of CREW, recently answered several questions about the past, present and future plans for Carolina Site which was featured on Page 5 of the Business Journal.  Click here to take a look!

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July 11, 2016 In Announcements & News

Kimley-Horn Named Best Workplace for Millennials and Gen X’ers

Fortune ranked Kimley-Horn #3 on its 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials list and #2 on its 20 Best Workplaces for Gen X’ers list.

A Kimley-Horn millennial told Fortune: “Although I have only been here a few years, my ideas, thoughts, issues, and solutions are always taken seriously.”

Both rankings are based entirely upon employees’ own feedback and winners were selected from a database of some 620 Great Place to Work®-Certified organizations.

“You have the feeling that you are truly valued and that people care about you on a more personal level,” says one of Kimley-Horn’s Gen X employees.

Kimley-Horn has 291 employees in the Carolinas, with 69 in its uptown Charlotte office. Learn more about the firm here. 

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June 21, 2016 In Announcements & News

JLL Named a Top Attractor Company by LinkedIn

CHICAGO, IL, June 21, 2016 – The 433+ million members of LinkedIn have voted with their actions and selected JLL (NYSE:JLL) as one of the top companies in the world at attracting and keeping top talent. The Top Attractors list is the first ranking of its kind based entirely on user activity such as job applications, career website engagement and employee retention.  JLL is the only real estate company on the list.

To read the full press release, please click here.

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June 14, 2016 In Luncheon Summary

Owning Air – Air Rights 101

Who You Missed:

Moderator – David Jones – Partner at Troutman Sanders

Panelists – Fred Klein III – Partner at Childress Klein, Laura Smith – Executive Vice President at Foundation of the Carolinas & Doug Stephan – Principal at Vision Ventures

What You Missed:

  • FAST FACTS

    • Air Rights Transactions have gone on in Charlotte for at least 25 years

    • Air Rights Transactions are vertical subdivisions, dividing properties up and down instead of from right to left.

    • Air Rights Transactions are extremely complex not only from a legal perspective, but also when it comes to structure and engineering.

  • Projects

    • Carolina Theatre at Tryon and Sixth Streets (Laura Smith)

      • Requires four elements of condominium rights for uses within the project above the planned restoration of the 36,000 square foot theater.

    • The Mint Museum at 500 South Tryon Street (Fred Klein III)

      • Next phase of development that has happened over the last decade

      • Foresight of Wachovia/Wells Fargo was enormously helpful in helping this project come to fruition.

      • Air Rights above the Mint were purchased for $18.1M

      • Great lengths were gone to, including agreeing to not swing cranes over the trading floors at Wells Fargo during the building process.

    • The Epicentre (Doug Stephan)

      • Legal Battles over Air Rights went on for a lengthy period.

      • Separate development rights were created for condominium agreements

      • The economy and lack of parking were major roadblocks in this project.

      • Eventually the project became two limited service hotels, under construction now.

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June 3, 2016 In Announcements & News

CHARLOTTE-BASED Firm Names CHENEY AS New Co-Managing Partner

Charlotte, June 2, 2016 – Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin, PLLC (HSSM) has named a new co-managing Partner, Becky Cheney, to help lead the firm into the future.

The firm elected Becky Cheney to serve alongside George Sistrunk as the firm’s co-managing partner.  Cheney takes on the role that David Hamilton, firm founder, filled previously. She will play a key role in the firm’s operations and management functions.  Cheney has been a partner with the firm for the past 8 years, previously serving as counsel for Charlotte Douglas International Airport.  

To read the full press release, please click here.

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May 10, 2016 In Luncheon Summary

Charlotte Douglas International Airpot – An Economic Engine Of The Carolinas: Planning For The Future

Charlotte Douglas International Airpot – An Economic Engine Of The Carolinas: Planning For The Future – Submitted by Dave Rushing

Who You Missed:

  • Jeff McSwain – Assistant Aviation Director of Development for CLT

In this capacity, McSwain is responsible for the planning, design and construction of Airport projects. He also oversees land acquisition and the Part 150 Airport Noise Compatibility Program.

McSwain holds a Master of Business Administration from Pfeiffer University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University.

​​Professional affiliations:
Professional Engineer (PE), North Carolina
Certified Member (CM), American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)√¢‚Ǩ‚Äπ

  • Stuart Hair – Economic Affairs Manager for CLT

In this capacity, Hair plans, directs, manages, and oversees the activities and operations regarding economic development. Identify corporations and business facilities that are targets for recruitment to locate on, or near, Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and market the Airport to identified targets.

Hair holds a Masters degree in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Queens University of Charlotte.

What You Missed:

  • FAST FACTS
    • Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) is ranked 5th nationwide in Operations, 9th in passengers and 29th in Cargo.
    • CLT handled over 44M passengers in 2015
    • CLT has approximately 700 departures daily and Nonstop service to 155 destinations.
    • $10-12B annual economic impact to the Carolinas
    • 100,000 jobs directly or indirectly related to the Airport and the businesses that serve it.
  • Projects Underway
    • Elevated Terminal Roadway
    • East Terminal Phase II – Food Court
    • Concourse A North Expansion
    • Terminal Concourse Renovations
    • Regional Concourse Projects (Concourse E)
  • Future Project
    • Terminal Lobby Expansion (Perhaps to include Queen Charlotte Statue)
    • Future Gate Expansions
    • 4th Parallel Runway
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