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MARK HAMES - mhames@charlotteobserver.com The footprint canada car dollar rent of the proposed 25-story hotel is near the Metropolitan along Kings Drive. Some residents who live in the existing condos canada car dollar rent at the Metropolitan complained about the project, saying it is too big and would block their views.
MARK HAMES - mhames@charlotteobserver.com This is a panoramic view of the site of the proposed 25-story hotel tower, which would be built on the southeast corner of Metropolitan Avenue, canada car dollar rent South Kings Drive and Baxter Street, It would include as many as 155 apartments or condos and a 175-room hotel.
Charlotte s City Council held a public hearing about the rezoning Monday night. Some residents who live in the existing condos at the Metropolitan complained about the project, saying it is too big and would block their views.
Keith McVean, an attorney representing Levine Properties, said Monday the tower would be a signature building. He said the side of the tower that is adjacent to the greenway would have glass walls to make it blend better with the green space.
Charlotte-area hotels have bounced back from the recession and are thriving. As of December, they were on pace to have their best year financially even eclipsing 2012, when the city hosted the Democratic National Convention.
The Charlotte Knights have said a new hotel will be built adjacent to their new uptown stadium, and a developer has said an Embassy Suites will be built across East Martin canada car dollar rent Luther King Jr. Boulevard from the NASCAR canada car dollar rent Hall of Fame.
Elsewhere in the city, veteran Charlotte developers Allen Tate Jr. and John Crosland Jr. announced Tuesday that they are working on a 300-room hotel project on a parcel on Sharon Road, just behind the Sharon Corners Shopping Center. They hope to complete it in early 2016.
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