MOLLY HULSEY PROFILE

Almost all artwork found gilding the hallways of each Grand Bohemian Hotel comes from the Richard Kessler family private collection. “It’s not just three pieces that go up,” Ron Nagy, general manager of the Greenvill... Read More

BASF Corp.’s Seneca location served as a silver sponsor in the Grace’s Closet annual ‘Fore the Kids’ benefit golf tournament on May 20 and also played a few rounds, winning second place in the tournament.  ... Read More

For years, 84 Lumber’s Christi Powell didn’t work with other women. A former fire and rescue team lead and chemist, Powell turned her talents toward business development at Lowe’s and Builders FirstSource’s... Read More

Travelers disappeared from airports in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world. Leisure travelers began a steady return in 2021 but business travelers remained grounded. Now travel is back at levels sufficient to drive up ... Read More

Emeline, a boutique hotel in Charleston’s historic district, will debut its Artist in Residency Program on July 29 with Savannah-based artist Stephanie Forbes and her Divine Armor Collection. Featuring a range of work using text... Read More

BMW Manufacturing held graduation ceremonies for its 11th class of BMW Scholars this week while 13 high school seniors completed the inaugural Rising Scholars program.  Started in 2010 for high school graduates, BMW Scholars part... Read More

DartPoints will add more than 17,000 square feet to its Greenville data center, including a power room and electrical service entrance area. The data center also will update electrical systems, including switchgears, generators and ... Read More

Chris Garcia happened to be in the right place at the right time. When COVID-19 broke on American shores, he had stepped to the helm of startup Health Supply US, formed in January 2020. Coming from a family of first responders, the... Read More

Carolina Precision Foods LLC, a venture of Carolina Fresh Foods and owners of Lake Foods, plans to establish operations in Florence County, according to an announcement from the S.C. Commerce Department. The $10 million investment is ... Read More

The nation of Jordan has added eight F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to the backorder of 128 planes to be made at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville manufacturing and sustainment facility.  “This F-16 acquisition reflects ove... Read More

  Greenville’s gig economy giving some of its delivery drivers a little bit more relief at the pump. Bite Squad, a local on-demand food delivery service, has made its gas discount program pilot permanent as gas prices su... Read More

The S.C. Manufacturers Alliance has hired on Lexington-native Andrea “Andi” Rawl as executive director of the S.C. Automotive Council following the four year tenure of Amy Tinsley. “We are pleased to welcome Andi Raw... Read More

Greenville-based accounting firm Elliott Davis LLC will join forces with Whitley Penn LLP of Fort Worth, Texas, to expand its footprint beyond the Southeast and into the Southwest. Elliott Penn LLP will be the name of the new firm, wh... Read More

“Fill the Cruisers” drive hosted at Bon Secours arena The Greenville Police Department, Bon Secours Wellness Arena and Project Host, a local food security and job training nonprofit, will hold a food drive Tuesday from 8 a... Read More

Judges at the American Black Film Festival’s annual HBO Short Film Award named Talk Black, written and directed by Greenville native Destiny Macon, one of five finalists for the festival’s $10,000 Short Film Award.  T... Read More

Some South Carolina-based suppliers are feeling a burst of demand as domestic content percentages for materials used in public projects are set to go into effect in October.  The Buy American Act – not to be confused with t... Read More

Kansas City-based firm Hunt Midwest is building the first industrial facility in Anderson’s new Evergreen Logistics Park as part of the company’s expansion across South Carolina. The 258,801-square-foot industrial facility... Read More

The call for domestic PPE continues to be answered. At the Greenville Area Development Corp.’s annual meeting held today at the Westin Poinsett Greenville, Health Supply US shared its plans to invest more than $150 million in a ... Read More

Ecommerce giant FedEx will invest $45 million in an additional Anderson County facility expected to create 12 jobs. The 251,000-square-foot, built-to-suit new facility, located at the corner of Highway 81 and Evergreen Road, will help... Read More

The local women’s collective giving organization Greenville Women Giving has awarded $517,495 in grant funding to six nonprofits across Greenville County. May 19 marked the organization’s 16th anniversary, which was named ... Read More

Robert Thomas Iron Design LLC, a modern blacksmithing company, will invest $2.9 million in an expansion of its Charleston County facility, creating an expected 45 jobs over the next three years. Founded in 2013, Robert Thomas Iron Des... Read More

British Columbia’s BC Transit approved a $20 million contract to purchase 10 40-foot Proterra ZX5 electric transit buses and one Proterra Energy megawatt-scale EV fleet charger as it transitions its 500-bus fleet to all-electric ve... Read More

The South Carolina branch of the AARP of has hired Charmaine S. Fuller Cooper as its new state director. Fuller Cooper brings two decades of experience in campaign strategy and management, government relations, and rural, multicultura... Read More

This story first appeared in the May 23 print edition of the GSA Business Report. Bosch has a new project on the rise in Anderson, company President Mike Mansuetti told hundreds of business leaders gathered from across the 10 counties... Read More

A Travelers Rest warehouse will become a production and training hub for Upstate coffeehouse chain Methodical Manufactory well as the long-awaited new home for local climbing gym that closed its doors in 2018. Methodical Coffee, owner... Read More

This story first appeared in the May 9 print edition of the GSA Business Report. Three years into a pandemic some feared would bring death to the department store, behemoths of former Sears properties still litter the state’s sh... Read More

This story first appeared in the May 23 print edition of the GSA Business Report. Last year, the Greenville Chamber had its first annual meeting at the Greenville Drive stadium for social distancing purposes. In 2022, the not-so-ne... Read More

When it comes to igniting the interest of the next generation of talent, the key is to start young say economic developers. The Children’s Museum of the Upstate-Greenville will celebrate on of the region’s largest industri... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster has awarded the Order of the Palmetto to two prominent figures in the Upstate’s health care field.  Brenda Thames, vice president and chief academic officer for Prisma Health, provost for the Health Scie... Read More

The 60-acre park on the edge of West Greenville's Southernside community has been 83 years in the making after the city's first Black postman, E.B. Holloway, sent in a petition for the park to the city council in 1939. Today... Read More

E.A. Sween Co., a supplier in the ready-to-eat sandwich industry will invest $38 million in Greenwood operations and create an expected 300 new jobs. Founded in 1955, E.A. Sween Co. is a third generation, private company that produces... Read More

Few physicians choose to work in South Carolina’s rural communities, and relatively few have the opportunity to do so.   Out of the 90 health care facilities across the state, only 14 hospitals operate&n... Read More

One of the Upstate’s swiftest-growing towns isn’t even a town at all. Just behind Central, Mauldin and Greer, Powdersville has grown by 32% over the past decade, according to U.S. Census data. Only a few ... Read More

TR development welcomes two tenants in April Two tenants of a new Travelers Rest mixed-use redevelopment project located at the city’s first stop on the Swamp Rabbit Trail opened on April 27. Coldwell Banker Caine’s Tra... Read More

Weeks after DC Blox opened the doors of its Greenville data center on April 12, the company announced plans to break ground on another South Carolina location with a $31.5 million investment. Located along more than 21 acres at the My... Read More

Hartness expands Village Kitchen Farm Hartness, a 449-acre urban village located on Greenville’s Eastside, will launch the second phase of The Hartness Farm, which supplies sustainable produce for the Mill Village Farms&rsq... Read More

German-based Lufthansa Group says it is modernizing its long-haul passenger with new purchases that include seven 787-9 Dreamliner jets from Boeing’s North Charleston plant. Built with lightweight composite materials, the 7... Read More

Erin Nobles closed the door on Silver Spoon Bake Shop’s day-to-day retail sales as ingredient costs rose and employees became scarce. She still crafts cookies, cupcakes, croissants and other baked delicacies for online order... Read More

For those raising the next generation of workforce talent at home, it may be a no-brainer that 12-year-olds are more likely to learn about future career opportunities from TikTok, YouTube or Duolingo than LinkedIn. Yet much of the onl... Read More

Powdersville’s Dolly Cooper Park transformed from an empty field fronted by a recycling center to a kayaking loop with walking trails, sports fields and a disc golf course within five years.  Plans are now underway to build... Read More

Mumford Industries Inc., a post-industrial plastics recycling company and producer of Retrieve sustainable film products, will invest $2 million in a Greenwood area facility expansion and create 33 jobs. “Our expansion is thrill... Read More

Ladson’s Mercedes-Benz plant and a vegetable cannery in Effingham have struck up an unlikely partnership — the first of its kind in South Carolina. During a recent ribbon cutting Gov. Henry McMaster announced that the Char... Read More

Mother’s Day Brunch at Village Kitchen, The Tulip Tree Village Kitchen at Hartness will serve up a special menu (.pdf) curated by Hartness’ Executive Chef Tanner Marino along with a bloody mary, mimosa and bellini bar... Read More

An $10 million funding round will help a Simpsonville biotech company advance the development of a therapy that it says can make damaged tissue supple again. Elastrin Therapeutics, a spin-off company based on 20 years of research at C... Read More

This story first appeared in the April 18 print edition of GSA Business Report. Over a year ago, Magna Mirror’s team told a customer that the company had a “chaotic” warehouse. The customer then deployed an audit ... Read More

This story first appeared in the April 18 print edition of GSA Business Report. Two Upstate companies are in the running as finalists for HGTV’s Ultimate Outdoor Awards for their design of a “poolside paradise” ... Read More

BMW Manufacturing will help preserve and restore eight acres of urban wetlands in Greenville’s Unity Park with a $1.25 million donation. The donation will also support the construction of a series of low-impact boardwalks and ov... Read More

This story first appeared in the April 18 print edition of GSA Business Report. Speculative industrial development across the Upstate has been more than worth the risk for Ohio-based VanTrust Real Estate. “The leasing activit... Read More

To commemorate Earth Day, the Duke Energy Foundation granted $100,000 to various organizations that support access to parks and trails across the states, as well as microgrants to community parks across South Carolina.  The gifts... Read More

Tony Tate thinks that 2022 is a turning point — not just any turning point, but the largest transfer of wealth in human history. That’s one reason why the Easley native has come back to his old stomping grounds after more ... Read More

As Artisphere ramps up for its 18th year on Greenville’s Main Street on May 6-8, the festival is adding a few new acts to the typical lineup. The festival will stretch from the intersection of Main and Court streets to the ... Read More

Symrise Pet Food will expand its North American headquarters with a new facility in Greenwood County. The company says the project will create a 65 jobs through a $65.5 million investment. “This expansion is a key step for ... Read More

Homegrown Hospitality Group closed the doors on its Greenville Liberty Taproom & Grill location last fall, and Upstate winery Urban Wren seized on the opportunity.  In partnership with the Greenville Drive, Urban Wren Executi... Read More

Billboards along Anderson’s stretch of Interstate 85 alert drivers to a gas station more than 100 miles away in Adairsville, Ga. Some billboards are stacked on top of each other, both featuring the same iconic ballcapped beaver ... Read More

IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima sold her business to L’Oréal for $1.2 billion before offering her support to Greenville’s Dionne Sandiford, the woman behind BMW and Michelin vendor Corporate Stich, as she launched... Read More

AFL, a Spartanburg-based manufacturer of fiber optic cable, connectivity and accessories, provided a $7,500 grant to Public Education Partners for its Elevate Teachers programming.  The funding will support the advocacy group&rsq... Read More

The first phase in the expansion of Greer’s Inland Port is days away from completion after a four-month delay due to supply chain disruptions. Bullock Construction out of Maryland has added close to 9,700 feet of track to the po... Read More

Kelley Engineering, a designer and manufacturer of custom automation equipment, will invest $6 million in a new build-to-print facility set to create 80 jobs. Founded in 2015, Kelley Engineering provides automation equipment, computer... Read More

Illumifin, a third-party administration and technology services company, opened its headquarters at the Field House at West End, following a $2.5 million renovation. The Field House at West End is a multi-use development adjacent to F... Read More

Spartanburg’s baseball team isn’t called the Spartanburgers for nothing. Locals and visitors can now embark on a meat lovers journey through the Spartanburger Trail, a new campaign created by OneSpartanburg Inc. Passholder... Read More

Argo AI, a German autonomy products and services company, will invest $2.6 million in a test facility in Greenville County. The investment will create 40 jobs once operations launch, slated for later this year, according to an announc... Read More

Fuyao Glass America Inc., a venture of China-based Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., plans to invest $34.5 million in its Greenville County operations and create 121 more jobs. Since 1987, Fuyao Group has produced automotive glass ... Read More

First Solar’s new Greer distribution hub may get a little busier with an order of 750 megawatts of photovoltaic solar modules from Orgis Energy.  The order, booked until 2024, dovetails with First Solar’s $680 million... Read More

Clemson organization donates proceeds from doghouse auction The Tile Council of North America Inc., based in Clemson, auctioned off custom manufactured doghouses made from member companies with all proceeds benefiting The Animal Found... Read More

Bon Secours patients in Simpsonville now have a 52,963-square-foot emergency department and health care facility in town along Interstate 385.  The Bon Secours St. Francis Health System held a grand opening celebration for the 15... Read More

Canadian intelligent mirror manufacturer Magna International opened the doors to its sixth Palmetto State site today: a new 170,000-square-foot facility in Duncan.  The facility, roughly the same size as the company’s ... Read More

This story first appeared in the April 4 print edition of GSA Business Report. When Ukraine’s largest neon suppliers halted production in early March, it was a distress flare to an already beleaguered semiconductor industry. ... Read More

This story first appeared in the April 4 print edition of GSA Business Report. Oshkosh Defense’s contract to build the U.S. Postal Service’s replacement truck fleet continues to meet opposition, but the company affirms its... Read More

The Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber and nonprofit Pride Link will host an inaugural LGBTQ Career Extravaganza today from 2-6 p.m. at 30 Pointe Circle in Greenville.  The free event is sponsored by Think Up Consulting and will host repre... Read More

South Carolina venture capital and small business loan programs will soon be able to take advantage of more than $101 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding earmarked for the state, according to Sen. Tim Scott’s Deputy Legisla... Read More