A new building downtown has been completed and just had a topping out ceremony, according to the Business Journal. The ceremony is one of the first ceremonies that happens after a construction is completed. The building is 15 stories and will house almost 400,000 square feet of office space in uptown Charlotte Real estate.

The building is located at 440 South Church Street in uptown Charlotte. 

According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the building will be applying to become a green building from an organization that certifies these things. 

This is actually the building I just blogged about a few weeks ago. Duke Energy will be taking residence there when the building is fitted with what they need. It will keep a building full in this difficult commercial real estate market.

The building project was started several years ago when the economic outlook was much different.

The building is on the northwest side of Charlotte's uptown. It is only a few blocks from Bank of America stadium, the home of the Carolina Panthers. That means that it is visible from i-77, as you whiz past downtown Charlotte on the interstate. It's fun to know there will be a new building to peer out over Charlotte from.