CONCORD, NC-J&B Development and Management is scheduling a February ground-breaking on Moss Creek, a 513-acre venture that will comprise 500,000 sf of retail, 400,000 sf of office and 1,430 townhomes and single-family residences. The site is 20 miles north of Downtown Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE-Mann Contractors and local investor Chuck Atkins are starting the first phase of a $3 million, 4.5-acre project with two 6,000-sf structures that will be sold or leased. Six additional buildings are planned for later phases in the north office submarket.

HARRISBURG, NC-This town of 3,000, about 10 miles northeast of Charlotte, is about to have a Main Street to call its own. Concord, NC-based J&B Development plans 440 condominium or townhome units, 450,000 sf of retail and 300,000 sf of office for Harrisburg Town Center at Roberta Road and NC 49, the town's main artery.

CHARLOTTE-Cranes dot the skyline and bulldozers continue to carve out niches for new projects here as the year draws to an end.

HUNTERSVILLE, NC-The Tree Factory, based here about 20 miles north of Charlotte and occupying 120,000 sf on Brookshire Boulevard, plans to move to a new $3.6 million, 125,000-sf facility to be built by Northfield Investments Inc.

CONCORD, NC-The growing cluster of retail ventures leading to Concord Mills and Lowe's Motor Speedway, five miles north of Downtown Charlotte, shows no signs of slowing down.

CHARLOTTE -This city's oldest commercial leasing and brokerage firm is moving to a planned 19,000-sf, $1.2-million headquarters site in the former Centura Bank building the firm owns at 1701 East Third St.

YORK, SC-A private developer and the city have invested $1.58 million into restoring the 148-year-old inn on South Congress Street and converting the premises into residences and limited commercial space. York is 15 miles south of Downtown Charlotte.