A 500-job call center for Charlotte-based Sonic Automotive’s EchoPark used-car subsidiary is headed to Gaston County. That makes it the county’s largest office project, says Gaston County Commissioner Tracy Philbeck.
Gaston County Economic Development Commission recruiters have worked long hours to try to bring office jobs to the traditional manufacturing area located west of the Charlotte region. Now, with a soon-to-be 50,000-square-foot building in Lowell, Mayor Sandy Railey will have her white-collar…