Execs eschew core's value.

PositionCharlotte

Business in North Carolina doesn't get any bigger than in downtown Charlotte. It has the tallest buildings and the largest company: Bank of America Corp. But downtown isn't where all the action is. Of the 13 Fortune 1000 companies based in the Charlotte region, just three--BofA, Duke Energy Corp. and Ruddick Corp.--have their corporate offices downtown. Two are near the airport, two are in tony South Park, and two more are in Ballantyne, a massive mixed-use development on the far south side. Ballantyne is home to two recent additions--Carlisle Cos., which moved to the Queen City from...

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