Author: Jason Brown
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Greenville County New-Home Permits Climb Past 2024 and 2025 Levels Through Midyear
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville County issued 1,368 permits for new homes in the first six months of 2026, outpacing the same stretch in both 2024 and 2025 and signaling that Upstate homebuilders are ramping up production even as the region’s rental and ownership markets pull in different directions. County code compliance records show new-home permits…
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Johnson Group’s Twin Office Towers Mark Spartanburg’s Biggest Downtown Office Push in a Decade
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two office buildings rising in downtown Spartanburg as part of the Johnson Group’s $542 million Project Core development represent the most significant office construction the city’s central business district has seen in more than 10 years, according to a second-quarter 2026 market report released this month by Colliers | South Carolina. The…
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Fortified Solar to Build New Greenville Manufacturing Facility, Adding 151 Jobs
Fortified Solar is investing $22.75 million to build a new solar roofing manufacturing facility in southern Greenville near Donaldson Field Airport, a project expected to create 151 jobs.
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DartPoints’ $125 Million Greenville Data Center Expansion Moves Forward
DartPoints is moving forward with a $125 million expansion of its Greenville County data center, boosting capacity fivefold to 12.5 megawatts to serve AI and enterprise computing demand.
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Novant Health Buys TD Bank’s 56-Acre Greenville Campus, Plans Medical Center
Novant Health has purchased TD Bank’s 56-acre office campus off I-85 near Woodruff Road for nearly $45 million, with plans to redevelop the site into a medical campus and research lab.
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745,000-Square-Foot Expansion Underway at Cherokee Commerce Center for First Solar Plant
Construction is underway on a 745,000-square-foot expansion of Building 2 at Cherokee Commerce Center 85 in Gaffney, where First Solar plans a $330 million, 600-job solar module plant set to open in the second half of 2026.
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EPC Power Opens $27-Gigawatt Inverter Factory in Fountain Inn, Adding 275 Jobs
EPC Power has opened a 167,000-square-foot factory in Fountain Inn that will build power inverters for AI data centers, adding 275 jobs and tripling the company’s production capacity.
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Detpak USA to Open First U.S. Manufacturing Plant in Spartanburg County
Detpak USA will open its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Spartanburg County, a 175,000-square-foot facility expected to create more than 50 jobs.
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Build-to-Rent Communities Multiply Across Upstate SC as Renters Outpace Would-Be Buyers
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — A wave of build-to-rent housing is spreading across the Upstate as developers bet that more South Carolina families will keep renting single-family homes rather than buying them, adding a new layer of supply to a market still working through an inventory glut on the for-sale side. Tricon Simpsonville, a 93-unit build-to-rent townhome…
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Lawsuit Challenges Spartanburg County’s Review of $2.8B NorthMark Data Center Expansion
A citizens group has sued Spartanburg County to force planning commission review of the next construction phase at NorthMark Strategies’ $2.8 billion data center, as a separate state air-permit fight over new natural gas turbines at the site continues through a July 31 comment deadline.
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