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RALEIGH, NC - November 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery & Investment (OERI) Director Dempsey Benton, Wilson Mayor Bruce Rose and Bob Kucab, Executive Director of the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for affordable apartments at the Springbrook Apartments construction site in Wilson on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 11:00 a.m. The site is located on Cresent Drive, off Forest Hills Road.

Raleigh, NC - November 4, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Five affordable housing developments received Housing North Carolina Awards on Nov. 3 during the N.C. Affordable Housing Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center.

RALEIGH, NC - November 4, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco today announced that five North Carolina communities will receive $1.23 million in Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Tax Credit Housing Development funds to provide housing and related needs for low- and moderate-income residents.

GREENSBORO, NC - October 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- North Carolina families facing foreclosure, seeking affordable rental housing, or hoping to buy their first home will have a greater opportunity to find housing, or keep the homes they have, because of $1,781,863 million in housing counseling grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Raleigh, NC - August 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Treasury has awarded $95 million to North Carolina to jump-start stalled development of 36 affordable apartment projects in 26 counties. The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, which manages the federal housing tax credit program, will provide the funds to 36 rental developments that were awarded tax credits in 2007 and 2008 and applied for the assistance.

Raleigh, NC - August 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Housing Coalition, the Community Investment Corporation of the Carolinas, and the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency will offer the state’s most comprehensive housing conference this year — all focusing on the exemplary work of affordable housing and how that housing works for North Carolina’s families, communities, and economy. The conference will be November 3 and 4, 2009, at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC.

This 500,000 sq. ft., 532-room addition will make Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel the largest hotel in the State of North Carolina. New York, N.Y. - July 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Turner Construction Company, the nation’s leading general builder, has been awarded a $120 million contract to manage the construction of Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel Tower III in Cherokee, N.C. The completion of the tower is scheduled for December 2010

CONCORD, NC - April 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Simon Property Group’s Concord Mills is thrilled to announce two additional openings this summer. Firehouse Subs and Jasmine Smoothie World & Bubble Tea are set to open doors at the popular shopping center and bring dynamic new dining and refreshment options to Charlotte-area shoppers.

Raleigh, NC - March 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that 20 local governments, nonprofits and other organizations have received grant awards totaling $48.85 million under the new federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program developed late last year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program’s purpose is to assist those areas hit hardest by the housing crisis.

Raleigh, NC - October 24, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Four affordable housing developments will receive Housing North Carolina Awards on Oct. 16 during the N.C. Affordable Housing Conference at the Durham Marriott at the Civic Center in Durham.

WASHINGTON - August 25, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced that he is approving a $10 million loan guarantee to the City of Charlotte to purchase 70 acres in the Double Oaks neighborhood.

Raleigh, NC - August 23, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — North Carolina will gain $263 million in affordable rental apartments as the result of federal...

GREENSBORO, NC (June 20, 2008) – The City of Greensboro Field Operations Department has been awarded a Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant worth...

RALEIGH – June 17, 2008 - Commerce Secretary Jim Fain today announced that Alamance and Hoke counties each recently received $250,000 in Community Development...

Blue Ridge Parkway community begins construction on log homes and rustic lodge Blue Ridge Parkway, NC - December 20, 2007 - Cielo Falls, the premier...