real estate
Michigan-based mortgage lender will open office Cornelius
March 24. Ross Mortgage Corp. will open a full-service mortgage loan operation with three employees at 9606 Bailey Road. Michael Fischer will serve as branch manager. Local loan officers include Arielle Best and Rosalie Petrone, as well loan officer assistant Nathan Ramsay. Ross, headquartered in Troy, Mich., operates in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, […]
Forum provides many perspectives on work force housing crisis
Graphic: National Apartment Association March 11. Affordable housing, also known as workforce housing, is the subject of an online forum on March 30 called “Our Housing Future: Needs, Goals & Solutions.” It’s sponsored by the Davidson College Deliberative Citizenship Initiative and Center for Civic Engagement, and the North Mecklenburg Economic Mobility Collaborative (NEMC). Property values […]
Planning staff recommends ‘no’ vote on W. Catawba apartment complex
March 8. By Dave Vieser. The Town of Cornelius Planning staff is recommending that the Planning Board turn down the Junker Property mixed-use project proposed by developer Jake Palillo. A staff report prepared for the Planning Board meeting tonight said the density in the proposal “far exceeds” the 2014 Land Use Plan recommendations. It’s also […]
Red dirt alert: 57 townhomes coming to W. Catawba
Dec. 8. By Dave Vieser. Traffic is frequently congested on West Catawba west of Nantz Road and widening is years away. However, that won’t stop Demeter Properties of Cornelius from building 57 new townhomes on the big bend across from Elevation Church. Alert passersby may have already noticed that the 9.5 acres of wooded property […]
Public hearing Dec. 7 on Palillo project on W. Catawba
Dec. 2. By Dave Vieser. A proposal to build 252-unit apartment project along with commercial buildings near the intersection of West Catawba Avenue and Junker Drive—around where White House Gardens is now—will be the subject of a public hearing on Monday Dec. 7 at 6 pm. The same proposal generated strong opposition from local residents […]
Home and property sales in Cornelius: October
These recent property transactions in Cornelius were recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. 9/15/20 $430,000 David & Sarah Preston to Courtney & Casey Guerin, 18009 Northport Dr. 9/16/20 $378,000 Donna Harp to Diane Catania, 18517 Harborside Dr. 9/16/20 $1,316,500 Debra & Thomas Church to Krewson Kove LLC, 19709 Stough Farm Rd. […]
Up, up and a way to get there fast
Nov. 6. By Dave Yochum. Private helipads are emerging as a hot new amenity among luxury homeowners across the country. With a growing number of multimillion dollar homes in Cornelius, helicopters are helping lakeside homeowners avoid traffic congestion—and enjoy the high life. Luxury Realtor Sandy Reynolds says there are three helipads off Belle Isle Drive […]
HOA’s: Some advice after 12 years at the helm
July 28. By Dave Vieser. When my wife Gloria and I moved from Long Island to the Townhomes at Harborside in 2004, two unanticipated things happened rather quickly: First, we made great friends. Whether they hailed from the Carolinas or other states, it’s been a blessing. Before you know it I became president of our […]
Elegantly simple Zion Ave. house gets Historic Landmark designation
Nov. 6. A restored 113-year-old Queen Anne style house on Zion Avenue has received Historic Landmark designation, one of only a handful in Cornelius. The Sherrill-Robbins House, now the offices of real estate attorney Susan Irvin, retains its wide wood trim, wooden floors and a distinctive wooden cross design in the front gable. The left […]
Lake Norman real estate’s ‘best year ever’?
Sept. 8. Home prices across the U.S. keep marching on, especially in the South and West, according to the new S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, a leading measure of U.S. home prices. June data, the latest available, shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. The national index rose 5.1 […]
