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It’s like they’re rubbing it in our faces. From today’s Axios newsletter. Does anyone know what the hold up is here?

Yeah, what about that??? Here’s a pic a friend sent to me last week. From the social district in downtown Mooresville. MOORESVILLE I said. I wish we were as cosmopolitan and forward thinking as Mooresville.

I know someone who owns a business here and actually helped them to upfit their space about 8yrs ago. I’m 99% sure each of the spaces in that building are individually owned, condo-style. Maybe the person your friend talked to sub-leased from an individual owner that isn’t renewing their particular unit?

Girl gotta make a dolla. It cost to live.

Somebody help me here… “The city’s consultant — Moran — cast the [NASCAR] Hall as a tacky intrusion on his vision for Charlotte’s "festival district." “How do you generate and maximize revenue but in an authentic way?” Moran said. “I think we want to avoid a NASCAR Hall of Fame feel where you are seeing a lot of brands slapped around or a lot of LED signage.” But wait, because also.. “Moran said the city could sell the naming rights to the entire area — a first for Charlotte. As an example, he pointed to names like “The Bank of America District” or “The District Presented by Bank of America.”” This can’t fail.

It says "Tonight's sunset"... But where's Duke? And Truist still has the old floodlights at the top. Hmmm...

Well I knew this was coming but it still hurts to see this beautiful house where Fuse Salon was leveled. So sad. Wish it had been moved somewhere, if that was even possible.

I'll fight anyone who thinks Linda's Fudge Cake from CF isn't one of the best chocolate cakes out there. I've never liked cheesecake and nothing else from their menu is memorable to me (maybe some avocado egg roll thing) but I can't recall having a bad meal there. But the menu really is Big.

Is there some hidden meaning behind this question?

Biz Journal reporting today that another Cheesecake Factory is coming to town. Taking over the old Gap space in Birkdale.

Wells is vacating One and Two WF altogether, according to the O today. Consolidating everyone in Three WF and the old DEC. I'm sure that tower will be re-branded soon. From the O: "The bank will move employees out of the One and Two Wells Fargo Center buildings, according to a memo sent to Charlotte-area employees on Tuesday morning. Offices will be consolidated, with workers moving to the Three Wells Fargo Center and 550 S. Tryon Street, the former Duke Energy building. That tower on S. Tryon Street will effectively become the bank’s new Charlotte headquarters. By the end of this year, Wells Fargo will occupy 95% of the office space at 550 S. Tryon, the memo said. The bank already owned the building." Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/banking/article271848872.html#storylink=cpy

This could be the worst pic ever taken, but the signage is lit tonight.

I saw that when it first was published at the beginning of Covid. I’ve made them a few times and they do NOT disappoint!

485 from 77 to Johnston Rd looks like you're driving through a landfill. My aunt and uncle from SF came to stay with my parents a couple weeks ago and I drove out there for dinner one night while they were here and I thought, my God. This is their first impression of the city right from the airport. I know it's a state highway and their responsibility, but good God it's atrocious.

Durham at 100 and Raleigh at 83. Nasty. In all seriousness, they must not have driven around 485 or (insert any) on/off ramp in this entire city…

Sad news from FC: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/football/anton-walkes-charlotte-fc-death-spt-intl/index.html

Thanks for this. So for comparison, the Vue is 576’. That’s great.

Yeah, but I feel like a lot of Targets are like that. If someone had asked me to guess the busiest Target in two states, I don't know that any one in particular would actually come to mind, but that one wouldn't shoot to the forefront for some reason. Maybe because it's tucked away somewhat, and also because we rarely seem to have a lot of "full-size" or busiest version of anything close to/in downtown. But that's interesting to know.

I think I had heard this before, but that is somewhat shocking to me. I mean, it’s busy, but the busiest? I believe you but still surprised.

Fixed that for you.

But have you seen Lynn Good's silver Mercedes SL550? It's nice.

I don’t get this. Where is this extra power coming from and if it will soon be “available”, why couldn’t it have been planned to be made available ahead of time so we didn’t find ourselves here? They aren’t out there constructing new plants today, are they? They’ve been talking about this bomb cyclone coming for a week now. But please… raise our rates again. “These outages are temporary and rotated among customers and will continue until additional electricity is available and normal operation of the power grid resume.” Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/weather-news/article270395712.html#storylink=cpy

That doesn’t surprise me. I’ve said it before, but my parents retired to Ballantyne from NY at the end of 2018. And two of my friends’ parents have also relo’d here in the past few years - both from FL. My mom’s brother and his wife are coming for a visit next month from the Bay Area. They’re considering moving when my uncle retires in the next couple of years. It is surprising though, how many moved out. Doubly impressive that despite that we still ranked so highly.

I would say the Kimpton, Grand Bohemian, Dunhill, Ritz, Westin, and even though it’s circa 1988, I think the Hilton at One Wells (or whatever it’s called now) is a more fully fleshed out design. But my point was not that the JW looks better or worse than other hotels here, but disappointing in the catalog of other recently-built JWs in their portfolio. We got the runt.

And loved by the New York Times…