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Crestlight Capital has wrapped its $20 million renovation project at one of SouthPark's most prominent office properties. The Detroit-based commercial real estate firm delivered this week on 10 months of work to overhaul the Towers at SouthPark, formerly SouthPark Towers, located at 6000 and 6100 Fairview Road. In an effort to breathe new life into the 26-year-old office property, the lobbies of both buildings were completely gutted, expanded and retrofitted with larger windows, soft woods, neutral colors...

The new space is available for any employee of Wells Fargo, which currently has a hybrid workplace model. Employees are expected to be in the office at least three days a week. Employee teams are assigned floors, but the top-floor spaces provide an opportunity to work outside that setting. “We want people to choose the best way to work for the task they have to do,” Goble says. “We believe it makes them productive and happier.” The floors offer enhanced work hubs, with different seating iterations a...

WINNER: TOP SPACE BUILD-OUT DEVELOPMENT At 550 South Tryon Street, a landmark in Charlotte’s uptown skyline, Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has transformed 100,000 square feet of the tower into an employee work and amenity space. The renovation showcases a commitment to creating spaces that foster a positive employee experience in a collaborative and adaptable work environment. At home, everyone gathers in the kitchen. The same is true for 550 South Tryon’s new, 20,000 square-foot-food hall. The ...

The former Carolinas Aviation Museum reopens Saturday, June 1, with a new name, in a new location and a renewed commitment to be more than just a place that puts an emphasis on the Tar Heel state’s status as “First in Flight,” says Stephen Saucier, museum president. The Sullenberger Aviation Museum – which takes its new name after now-retired pilot Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, known for the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” landing – hopes it can spark an interest in young minds abo...

The Customer Information Center campus is the home office to more than 10,000 employees of the third-largest U.S. bank. Work kicked off last year to modernize the workplace, which predecessor bank First Union opened in 1995. It includes more workspaces, new contact center space, a revamped food hall, and a new 2,500-space parking deck. Three full-floor renovations and the first phase of the food hall enhancements are done, with five additional full-floor renovations, and the new parking deck set to deliver ...

After forging cast iron into pipes for more than a century near the Queen City’s center city, Charlotte Pipe moved 35 miles east to 700 acres in Oakboro in Stanly County. The foundry became fully operational in September 2023, after as many as 500 construction workers a day logged more than 1.2 million hours of work. Construction supplies and materials were 100% made in the U.S., officials said. The 123-year-old company has been owned by the Dowd family since its inception. At the plant, Charlotte Pipe ...