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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has named Andrew
Gilchrist executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief
information officer, effective July 1.
Gilchrist, who has served as senior vice
president and chief financial officer since 2006, will replace Donald Lamonds,
who is retiring Aug. 1 after 30 years.
Gilchrist joined Brown & Williamson
Tobacco Corp. in 1997 and held a number of management positions there and with
the company's former parent company, British American Tobacco. Gilchrist later
held executive positions at R.J. Reynolds or its parent company, Reynolds
American Inc.
Kirsten Valle
County officials have issued a stop-work order
for the luxury condo tower at the EpiCentre, a project already brought to a
standstill because of a dispute between the EpiCentre and its residential building's
developers.
Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement announced
the order Thursday, citing safety reasons. Work on the 50-story 210 Trade
building stopped in February, with two floors built, because of a disagreement
over technical building-code issues.
The dispute has prompted lawsuits from both
affiliates of Indianapolis-based Flaherty & Collins Properties, which is
developing the condo tower, and the Charlotte-based Ghazi Co., which is
developing the rest of the EpiCentre, a high-profile mixed-use complex being
built at Trade and College streets.
The county's stop-work order, which affects
the residential portion of the project only, will remain in place, with
decisions on the remaining issues deferred until Sept. 15, according to a news
release. Code enforcement Director James Bartl said the order simply keeps
developers from starting work again without talking to the county. The
building's final certificate of occupancy will not be issued until the code
issues are resolved, the release said.
The code enforcement office and Charlotte Fire
Department have seen “some evidence over the past 15 days that the owners of
the property are considering taking steps to resolve their code issues,” the
release said. The county's decision allows those groups to continue to work
toward solving the problems, it said. Kirsten Valle
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