Charlotte: A Better Version Of Atlanta

Unlike sprawling Atlanta, Charlotte has focused its development in the urban core.

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March 7, 2001, 12:00 PM PST

"Yet unlike Atlanta, and most Sunbelt cities, the biggest real estate action in Charlotte is not in the sprawling suburban hinterlands, but instead, in the rapidly developing central core. Just as many western cities seek to avoid emulating the "success" of Los Angeles, Charlotte's business and political elites are attempting to avoid Atlanta's current problems with traffic, urban blight and unplanned development."

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FULL STORY: Charlotte: The Next Atlanta. Not.

Tuesday, March 6, 2001 in REIS

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