CHARLOTTE-Arbor Glen, a 30-year-old ailing public housing project, is getting $8.75 million in tax credits over 10 years to rebuild itself. A 144-apartment project is set to break ground by year end.

CHARLOTTE-Uptown Charlotte's South Tryon Street is becoming a hotbed of new construction, particularly the 200 block of south Tryon Street.

CHARLOTTE-The first half has been good to growing Mecklenburg County as 552 firms plan to create 9,628 jobs, occupy 9.6 million additional sf and invest $1.33 billion.

HIGH POINT, N.C-Asheboro developer Jeff Schwartz has broken ground on a $3 million, six-building rental warehouse and manufacturing complex just northeast of Charlotte.

GREENSBORO, NC-After a long search for permanent office space here, apparel maker VF Corp. is buying the 181,000-sf Cone Mills corporate office complex at North Pointe Corporate Center for an estimated $15 million.

CHARLOTTE-Two years ago, Levine Properties announced it would convert a three-story, 55,000-sf warehouse building at 209 E. Seventh St. to offices on the upper level and restaurants and entertainment on the ground floor. But Levine has now applied for a permit to demolish the 75-year-old structure.

CHARLOTTE-The Village of SouthEnd, a $14 million, 125,000-sf mixed-use development, has its first two tenants even as site work for the project is only in its early stages. The development is targeted for an early 2001 completion.

CHARLOTTE-The shuttered Greystone Restaurant, a local landmark of sorts, will be demolished and a new structure will resurface as the anchor on a 13,015-sf retail project.