SmellyCat

They printed Hornets instead of Bobcats.

The Bobcats really get no respect. A big win like this and here's how the story from the newswire begins: LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jason Richardson had 34 points and 10 rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets stunned the Los Angeles Lakers 108-95 on Wednesday night in a game where Kobe Bryant drew two technical fouls in a span of 29 seconds late in the fourth quarter and was ejected.

What about "eminent domain"? My guess is that NC is one of those states where this is not enforceable yet.

Well, it has been exactly 2 years and 10 days since the Vue was announced and still not a shovel to be seen.

Not sure if it will be Lucky Strike, but he did say that this would not be your typical bowling alley, so I don't think you'll see Fred and Barney chugging beers there on their Monday bowling night. I've never been to a Lucky Strike, but I would assume the EpiCentre bowling alley will be something like Bowlmor Lanes in NYC (www.bowlmor.com), which is sort of like disco bowling with neon lights and pins and loud music, either 70s or 80s theme depending on the night. Hopefully, it will also have a martini bar.

Ghazi also mentioned that there would be lots of cool signage and that there would be an element of a "Times Square" feel to it. He said the bowling alley could be either 10 or 15 lanes...they were still toying around with which size they will go with. He confirmed that the hotel operator is indeed W, and this will be their first "W Loft" concept hotel. And most importantly, there will be a Cold Stone Creamery!

Signage for Court6 was just put up on the 6th Street side of the building. Hopefully this means tenants will soon be moving into the building. Also, don't know if anyone has seen it, but the Court6 entrance on Davidson is pretty cool, especially when lit up at night.

Latest rumor on Mills is that New York-based Vornado Realty (VNO) is taking a hard look at possibly upping the ante on Simon. VNO just lost a bitter takeover battle on Equity Office Properties to Blackstone and obviously has a lot of dry powder at their disposal to make an acquisition.

he who hesitates....

Unless there is a topping bid, this takeover will be approved. This would be great news for this mall, as Simon is without a doubt the superior mall operator in the U.S., if not the world.

Having not been to Northlake in quite awhile (apparently I'm not alone), I'm just curious as to what type of behavior has been going on there which would necessitate such a sign?

Although I think Brookfield is a solid real estate owner and operator, most of its assets are large office buildings in major U.S. and Canadian MSAs. Sans some small mixed use components built into its office buildings, Its only retail assets are held in Brazil, of all places. Therefore, since there is no overlap and most of the Mills properties are performing well, I doubt Brookfield will do anything drastic for at least a year until it evaluates the entire portfolio. Perhaps it will take on an experienced retail property manager as a partner. But what about the name - Concord Brookfield? I don't think so.

Court6's completion has been substantially delayed because the original contractor was fired. The project's completion is now at least 6 to 9 months behind schedule.

Most of Mills' properties are performing quite well. Unfortunately, it has been mismanagement at the corporate level, including accounting screwups that apparently are layers thick - in addition to getting over its head with the Meadowlands Xanadu project - that may ultimately doom the company.

I find the timing of this announcement curious. And how long will this last?: "And we're delighted to place the US Airways name in the beautiful, state-of-the-art Bank of America Stadium."

Chump change for him, though.

Anyone know the time and place of the FWNA meeting tomorrow night? I'd like to see what Levine really has to say.

I wonder if anyone even noticed. These seems to be a fairly routine occurance at Eastland.

I'm guessing a at least a $million - but probably more - since they've had a full page advert in just about every issue of every Charlotte based publication for the past 2 years.

Several establishments have approached Furman about leasing the retail space in Courtside, but he is holding out for the tenant with the right fit. I've heard that he has sold all the retail spaces in Court6 but I'm not sure who the tenants will be.

^That's Eastland Mall....in about 4 years.

Sorry, a little off topic, but interesting - The name of the movie is "Leatherheads", about the early days of pro football in the 1920s. Apparently, Universal's been trying to make this movie for almost a decade. Of course, Clooney will direct, produce and star. Looks like his leading lady will be Renee Zellweger.

Wait...which is greedy and shameful - the fact that the developer is cancelling the contract or that your friend was looking to get rich by flipping a condo?

I visited Northlake for the first time in several months yesterday, and to my surprise the place was absolutely packed!! I'm sure the lousy weather and Columbus Day sales may have had something to do with that, but still....this is good to see. Also, with many of the outparcel sites being built out now, many with decent stores and chain restaurants, you can definitely spend a whole day there.

1977 to be precise - UNCC came within one shot of making it to the finals but eventually lost to the other cinderella team that year, Marquette. I don't think we need football at UNCC. We have enough lousy college FB teams in this state as it is.