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The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Rakan Draz, J... Read More

Maybe it was a visionary moment; maybe it was salesmanship. Maybe it was the bravado of a young man who perhaps did not yet realize he was an entrepreneur. By saying “I’m his neighbor,” Stewart Spinks had talked his ... Read More

Fortuitous geography is bringing another distribution center to the Upstate.  Clickstop Inc. of Urbana, Iowa, said opening the company’s first location outside of headquarters will enable the company to bump the number of U... Read More

Free college isn’t just a campaign promise at Spartanburg Community College. For the last year it’s been reality, and one that has more than attained its objectives. Since May 2021 when the college announced free... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. A New York re... Read More

A company that coaxes a faux leather from mushrooms plans to build a production plant in Union County. MycoWorks will invest $107 million in the site and create 400 new jobs, according to the S.C. Commerce Department. MycoWorks is a S... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Chris Schweig... Read More

The Adidas distribution center in Spartanburg is adding an overnight shift to answer rising demand, creating more than 200 new jobs in the process. The company, which already employs 1,900 workers at the facility, is adding people in ... Read More

Colliers South Carolina senior brokerage associate Richard Barrett represented Berry Shoals Industrial LLC in the lease of about 80,000 square feet of industrial space at 961 Berry Shoals Road in Spartanburg to Clear Touch Technologies. ... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Kristin Camer... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Lee & Ass... Read More

Drive and control technologies company Bosch Rexroth Corp. plans to expand its existing hydraulics manufacturing campus in Greenville County with a $12.8 million investment. The expansion is expected to create 60 new jobs over the nex... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Rhett Craig a... Read More

Clemson University’s John E. Walker Department of Economics recently received a gift of $2.5 million from an anonymous donor. This Academic Cornerstone gift will support the Ph.D. program in economics and honor the faculty members ... Read More

The InterTech Group Inc. and Middle Street Partners are taking the win on 15 multifamily properties around the Southeast and selling them for $648 million. The companies recently announced the sale of the 4,102-unit por... Read More

The next new thing to come out of BMW Manufacturing is on display at the factory’s museum. The concept car for the BMW XM, slated to go into production late in 2022, is at the Zentrum until Monday. The BMW Concept XM was recentl... Read More

A manufacturer of wire harnesses for various industries today announced plans to expand operations in Spartanburg County with a $966,000 investment it says will create 74 new jobs. Established in 2011, GML Industries LLC produces wire... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Ned Reynolds ... Read More

A week of giving is underway for The Mungo Homes Foundation. The foundation this year will coordinate check presentations with team members performing company-allotted volunteer hours with a mission of “empowering community,&rdq... Read More

Leadec, a company that services factories, has taken over Industrial Maintenance & Services of Belton Inc., an electrical and mechanical contractor serving the Upstate and branded as IMS of Belton. Terms of the transaction, which was... Read More

The auto body repair program at Greenville Tech has up-to-date paint booths after several Greenville organizations pitched in to purchase the equipment. Gifts by John I. Smith Charities, Fairway Automotive Group, The Smith Insurance A... Read More

Work is underway on three new industrial buildings at a 100-acre parcel of land at Omni Industrial Campus in Summerville. Developer Stonemont Financial Group says it was drawn to the market because of its access to ports. Stonemont Fi... Read More

Greenville-based Tetrad Brewing Co. and upstate newcomer Viva Chicken have teamed up to bring Chicha Morada to market. Chicha Morada, a Peruvian-style ale, is created using the same recipe used to make Viva Chicken’s signature C... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Rhett Craig a... Read More

The Colliers team of John Montgomery, Garrett Scott and Brockton Hall represented Pacolet Milliken in the lease of Fort Prince Commerce Center, a 439,360-square-foot Class A industrial space at 200 Fort Prince Road in Spartanburg. The bu... Read More

Agape Care Group, a hospice, palliative and pediatric comfort care provider, announced on Wednesday their plans to expand the company’s presence and locate corporate headquarters in Spartanburg County. The $3 million investment wil... Read More

MP Cloud Technologies/EMTech, a cloud-based, emergency medical services software and billing company, today announced plans to establish operations in Spartanburg County. The company’s $500,000 investment will create 24 new jo... Read More

United Community Bank is giving $160,000 to the S.C. Research Authority Industry Partnership Fund. It is the largest contribution SCRA has received from a bank in the fund’s 15-year history, according to a news release. SCRA ... Read More

Fogelman Properties has purchased Walden Oaks, a 240-unit apartment community in Anderson, in a joint venture with Thackeray Partners. Fogelman is a privately owned multifamily investment and property management company. Walden Oak... Read More

The University of South Carolina Upstate will launch a conference series sponsored by BMW Group aimed at helping area businesses make better decisions through the analysis of data. USC Upstate’s Johnson College of Business and Econ... Read More

Each week in November, Duke Energy is highlighting critical community partners that address food insecurities and inequities across South Carolina. This effort will provide nearly $250,000 to about 50 feeding programs leading up to Th... Read More

Bobby Hitt was presented Human Technologies Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award today at the annual SCMEP Salute to Manufacturing Awards luncheon that caps off the S.C. Manufacturing Conference and Expo. The award winners were announced d... Read More

Pall Corp., a company in the filtration, separation and purification space of the biotechnology sector, plans to hire 300 people to staff a new 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County. The newly opened site in... Read More

The Colliers team of John Montgomery, Garrett Scott and Brockton Hall represented Pacolet Milliken in the lease of Fort Prince Commerce Center, a 439,360-square-foot Class A industrial space at 200 Fort Prince Road in Spartanburg. The... Read More

The Blood Connection will salute veterans Nov. 9-11 by contributing $10 to the Special Forces Wounded Warrior Fund for every blood donation at one of its 13 centers across the Carolinas and Georgia. The fund helps famil... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were completed recently in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Brad Doyle,&n... Read More

A grant from Truist Financial Corp. will fund scholarships and training at the University of South Carolina Columbia Technology Incubator. The $200,000 grant goes through the Truist Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund at The Winston... Read More

Hartness Development plans to build a large mixed-use “innovation district” at 701 Poinsett Highway in Greenville. The project is intended to result in a space that will foster innovation as a gathering spot for innovators an... Read More

Skincare company Palmer's announced a donation of more than $850,000 to the Tyrone Adam Burroughs School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Benedict College in support of scholarships and professional development programs for studen... Read More

Spartanburg Community College has been awarded a TRiO Talent Search Grant worth $1,386,720 over the next five years.  The grant will be used to operate the federally funded Talent Search Program project at the SCC ... Read More

Walmart’s recent Project Replay announcement — more than 200 acres of land in Spartanburg for the company’s largest grocery distribution center to date — represented the last available property inside the 750-acre... Read More

Maybe the politicians can’t agree on what to do about increasing the federal minimum wage, but the market is making its own decisions. And the decision seems to be that wages must go up. The federal minimum has remained $7.25 si... Read More

Twelve people across seven construction-related companies have pleaded guilty to charges related to employment tax fraud and hiring unauthorized aliens in what acting U.S. Attorney M. Rhett DeHart called the largest criminal Internal Rev... Read More

Greenville-based commercial real estate firm Pintail is expanding its services to include property management.  Pintail Property Services will offer Upstate property owners a range of commercial property management... Read More

Prisma Health broke ground this week on a new primary care practice in Fountain Inn near Interstate 385.  The approximately $9 million project is the first Prisma Health medical practice in the Fountain Inn area and will off... Read More

Lima One Capital and Sétanta Development Capital, two residential real estate finance companies, formed a strategic alliance through a joint marketing arrangement under which they will provide alternative financing options for res... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Sammy DuBose ... Read More

Chuck Spangler, CEO and president of the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, succumbed to complications of COVID-19 on Friday at a North Carolina hospital. Carl Maynard Spangler III, a North Carolina native and residen... Read More

New Realm Brewing Co. is making downtown Greenville home to its fifth location. The company announced plans to move into the Old Cigar Warehouse at 912 S. Main St., former home of High Spirits Hospitality, which will open two new even... Read More

A threat to plans to bring a new auto assembly factory to Spartanburg County has eliminated itself. A Cincinnati company called Workhorse has dropped its claim against the winning contract. The company filed an objectio... Read More

GE has selected Greenville as one of four locations to establish a program designed to increase the diversity of young people in engineering. GE is putting $5 million into the launch of Next Engineers in Greenville, which the company ... Read More

Former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki R. Haley has been named to the Clemson University Board of Trustees, effective immediately. Haley, who served as South Carolina’s governor before being no... Read More

Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale of Oak Ridge at Pelham, a 252-unit apartment community located in Greenville. Tai Cohen, Marc Robinson and John Phoenix of Cushman & Wakefield represen... Read More

Dollar General is expanding their distribution capability with a new industrial space at 1375 Howell Road in Duncan. The site is near Inland Port Greer. Mapletree Investments leased about 308,000 square feet of industrial space to the... Read More

Multi-Pack Solutions, which moved into a new building just before the COVID-19 pandemic took off in the United States, is making plans to spend another $10 million to add 75,000 more square feet to its facility at the S.C.  Technolo... Read More

Glen Raven Inc., a high-performance textile manufacturer, today announced plans to expand operations for its custom fabrics division in Anderson County. The $70 million investment will create 135 new jobs, according to a news release fro... Read More

Furman University will take part in a multi-institutional effort led by North Carolina State University to develop climate resilience solutions in frontline, at-risk communities across the Carolinas. Geoffrey Habron, a sustainability ... Read More

Reyes Beer Division has officially closed on its purchase of Greenville’s Greenco Beverage Co., which now will do business as Greenco Distributing. “We are excited to expand our East Coast footprint through this special ac... Read More

Auria is putting $12.4 million into expansion plans at its Spartanburg plant, a project the company says will create 103 new jobs. The 85,000-square-foot plant currently employs about 100 people, according to the business information ... Read More

Parsley & Mint, a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, has opened its second location at 5052 Old Buncombe Road in the University Square shopping center near Furman. The restaurant’s first location is at 600 N. Main St. in Gre... Read More

Monti Inc. will deliver 16 new jobs to Greenwood County with a $4.7 million investment, according to an announcement from the S.C. Commerce Department. Monti is an industrial manufacturer, fabricator, powder coater, epoxy coater and s... Read More

Laura Allen of Spartanburg was awarded the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest civilian honor, on Monday. Gov. Henry McMaster surprised Allen with the honor during a press conference after proclaiming September to be Chil... Read More

Jordan Skellie of Lee & Associates Greenville-Spartanburg represented Germany-based MEVA in the selection and purchase of a six-acre property located near the intersection of Interstates 85 and 26. The company’s 55,915-square-f... Read More

After hosting more than 1,500 events over the last eight years at the Old Cigar Warehouse, High Spirits Hospitality no longer will operate the iconic event venue at 912 S. Main St. in Greenville after April 3, 2022. The company is turnin... Read More

The nation’s top trade chief visited the heart of the U.S. textile industry on Thursday with stops at Milliken & Co. and American & Efird. American & Efird, branded as A&E, is based in Mount Holly, N.C., with ope... Read More

Impresa Building Systems of Greenwood SC LLC today announced $9 million plans to establish modular construction operations in Greenwood County. The investment promises 180 jobs for the community. The company is an affiliate ... Read More

The following commercial real estate transactions were recently completed in the Upstate. For weekly updates on commercial deals, see the Hot Properties feature every Tuesday in the GSA Business Report Daily email. Colliers’ fle... Read More