There may be a new trend emerging in office buildings: tenants buying the buildings rather than leasing them. For more on this and other business news of the week, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

UNC Charlotte could soon become one of the few universities in the country to offer a degree in artificial intelligence. The school is seeking permission from the UNC Board of Governors and plans to start offering the undergraduate degree through its College of Computing and Informatics next year.

One of Charlotte’s most well-known companies has a new name, and it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue. For more on the name change and other business news of the week, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

The Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter this week is taking a summer break from covering the business world to present a series looking at Charlotte’s history on foot. So we’re going to talk about that instead. It’s written by Lawrence Toppman, who joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry.

It’s now been three years since Charlotte City Council allowed for the creation of social districts. You know those areas where you can walk down the sidewalk while drinking alcohol. Several businesses and neighborhoods immediately expressed interest, but so far Charlotte only has one. For more on this and other business stories, Lindsey Banks of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for this week's BizWorthy.

Growth is still the story of Charlotte, but as the economy muddles along, some of that growth and stratospheric home prices might be cooling off. Still, there's plenty of reason for optimism, and several classrooms-worth of people moving here every day, according to the latest statistics. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this, and other local business stories, on this week's BizWorthy.

So Charlotte's office market has a problem that's often described as a “flight to quality." That's employers leaving decades-old office buildings in favor of shiny, newer buildings with modern amenities like coffee bars and Instagram walls. Makes sense, right? Especially as a way to lure workers back to the cubicle farms. But is this “flight to quality” really happening? Maybe not quite according to new data. For more on this and other business stories, WFAE’s Marshall Terry is joined by Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter, for our segment BizWorthy.

Construction in Charlotte is still slow. New quarterly data from CoStar show the number of new apartments and industrial projects have dropped sharply, while almost no new offices are being built. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this, and other business stories, on this week's BizWorthy.

The door has now been slammed on door-to-door sales in the town of Pineville. In a 3-2 vote last month, the town council ended an ordinance allowing only some solicitations. The Ledger's Tony Mecia and WFAE's Marshall Terry discuss this, and other business stories, on this week's BizWorthy.

You know that huge parking deck at 11th and Brevard streets in uptown Charlotte that’s been sitting there for years, partly finished, with no cars in it? Well, that could be about to change. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this, and other local business stories, on this week's BizWorthy.