Rise Biscuits Donuts is opening a Ballantyne Town Center location Dec. 3 and will start its grand opening festivities Dec. 1. The 1,400-square-foot space in Ballantyne Town Center next to City BBQ is the chain's first Charlotte location. In addition to its "Old School" and "New School" donut offerings, Rise cooks up savory biscuit breakfast sandwiches and coffee. A franchise is also planned for more than 1,500 square feet of space in the Steele Creek area in RiverGate Shoppin

The Charlotte housing market saw much of the same trend in October as previous months - steady gains amid a continued low housing inventory. Across the CarolinaMLS region, home sales jumped 3.4% from year-ago figures to 3,418 properties sold. However, overall sales were down 11% compared with September 2016 figures, according to the most recent report from the Charlotte Regional Realtors Association. Average sales prices jumped 7.6% to $256,736, and median prices were up more

The quiet Heathwood neighborhood in Waxhaw is nestled away off Waxhaw Highway just about 1.5 miles west of downtown Waxhaw at Providence Road in Union County. The smaller neighborhood is heavily wooded and has beautiful homes built in 1990 and later on lots more generously sized than newer, more populated communities. Heathwood is ideally located between Providence Road (Highway 16) and Johnston Road (Highway 521). It is approximately 20 minutes to Ballantyne from Heathwood a