Businessman and philanthropist Leon Levine died Wednesday at age 85. He was the founder of Family Dollar and one of the most prolific philanthropists in Charlotte's history.
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The Carolina Theatre on North Tryon Street was built in 1927 but fell into disrepair and closed in the 1970s. The Foundation for the Carolinas is restoring it now.
Years of delays due to unexpected environmental problems and the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed back reopening of the historic Carolina Theatre in uptown Charlotte. But officials now say it s on track for the fall of 2022.
When restoration began on the theater on North Tryon Street in 2017, it was supposed to take two years and include a 250-room hotel above it.
But first, toxic dry-cleaning fluid was found in the groundwater. Removing it took nine months and cost just under a million dollars, said Michael Marsicano, president and CEO of the Foundation for the Carolinas, which owns the site.