Uptown Charlotte Real Estate
Charlotte's Center city is further broken down into four Wards. Of them, first, third and fourth wards have residential areas. The Second ward is primarily city and county government offices. The population of downtown is around 10,000 expected to rise to 27,000 by 2010 due to residential construction of high rise condominiums such as The Vue, 300 South, The Trust, The Catalyst and others. Uptown Charlotte is where Charlotte's business sector is located largely made up of banking and financial services. About 80,000 people work downtown. It is headquarters of 3 fortune 500 companies Duke Energy, Bank of America and Wachovia. Museums, sports venues, hotel, bars and restaurants are heavily concentrated Uptown.
Uptown's 1st ward is home to NBA basketball's Charlotte Bobcats, Spirits Square, Imagine on Children's Learning Center, Levine Museum of the New South, and the Mint Museum of Craft and Design. Second Ward is home to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. NFL's Carolina Panthers Stadium (Bank of America Stadium) and Johnson and Wales University for Culinary Arts are both located in the 3rd Ward. 4th Ward has many early century beautiful Victorian Homes, the NC Music Factory, an entertainment complex as well as Discovery Place.
