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Oh snap

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Good to see Charlotte has a private equity scene.

I think this was a very significant announcement for a few reasons. First, it adds AXA US to Brighthouse, TIAA, and SCOR US on the list of significant annuity and life (re)insurance companies with largest employment hubs in Charlotte (plus Wells' reinsurance operations are here too). Second, a few days after this announcement, AXA announced that it is looking to spin-off AXA US into a separate entity (similar to the Brighthouse spin-off by MetLife), which could possibly give Charlotte a shot at getting a new HQ designation down the road. Third, these jobs are across all operations, such as finance, accounting, legal, IT, HR, customer service, which adds a lot of depth to the insurance industry talent in the city. As far a quiet expansions go, I've heard that Allstate and Hartford have been expanding here in Charlotte too. These things have cumulative effects, and I would love to see Charlotte become known as an insurance capital in addition to a banking capital.

I wonder whether they are using flowering types like confederate jasmine, trumpet creeper, or carolina jessamine. Done right, that could look really attractive.

Looks like a cool work setting, thanks for sharing the plans. A nice finish to that block with the Skyhouse apartment buildings.

I like the building, and am looking forward to seeing how the remainder of the project space takes shape. Also, this new 600+ foot tower will nicely cap off an impressive 2010 decade for Uptown development.

TIAA's layoffs back in September included a large number of IT jobs that were being sent to India. It's still a thing.

Wow, it would be great if this project kicks off the 2020s the way the Duke Energy Center kicked off the 2010s. Very much looking forward to seeing what comes of this.