Charlotte's Presbyterian Hospital has begun a $168.5 million expansion that will add 90 patient rooms and other improvements in two new wings at the main campus on Hawthorne Lane near uptown.

Growing demand for medical offices is helping commercial developers stay busy during the economic downturn.

The multitenant distribution center created from Winn-Dixie Stores' former complex in southwest Charlotte has landed a major tenant that will push occupancy there to more than 75 percent.

When the housing market slumps, retailers typically slow expansion, and developers put projects on hold. That's happening throughout the Charlotte region, but retail growth is still occurring in certain pockets under the right circumstances.

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 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.

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.

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