Author: Jason Brown
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Pinnacle Partnership Breaks Ground on Courtyard by Marriott, Advancing Spartanburg’s West Side Entertainment Hub
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pinnacle Partnership has broken ground on a new Courtyard by Marriott hotel near Westgate Mall, the latest step in the Spartanburg-based developer’s push to turn the city’s west side into a regional entertainment and travel destination. The five-story, 126-room hotel will rise on Pinnacle’s growing hospitality campus along the Westgate corridor, joining…
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Ace Hardware, Whataburger, 7 Brew Fill Long-Vacant Storefronts Along Greer’s Wade Hampton Corridor
GREER, S.C. — A wave of new retailers and restaurants is filling long-vacant and underused parcels along Wade Hampton Boulevard, the four-lane commercial spine that carries an estimated 33,000 vehicles a day between Greenville and Spartanburg through the heart of Greer. Ace Hardware has begun moving inventory into 1100 W. Wade Hampton, a space that…
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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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Mauldin Clears 500-Home ‘Missing Middle’ Project as Upstate Buyers Chase Affordability
MAULDIN, S.C. — Mauldin City Council has cleared the way for one of the largest single housing approvals along the Fork Shoals corridor in years, voting 4-3 to rezone roughly 33 acres for Cottage Green, a nearly 500-home community mixing cottages, duplexes and garden-style apartments. Developer HMF Americana says it intends to break ground before…
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Verdae Development Nears Groundbreaking on $1 Billion Bolden Street District Along Laurens Road
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Verdae Development Inc. is preparing to break ground this summer on Bolden Street District, a 90-acre, more than $1 billion mixed-use redevelopment along Laurens Road that company leaders describe as a decade-long transformation of one of Greenville’s busiest commercial corridors. The project will remake existing strip malls and vacant lots on the…
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Signature Foods USA’s First U.S. Plant Opens in Easley, Bringing 202 Jobs and a Dutch Food Giant to Pickens County
EASLEY, S.C. — A Netherlands-based specialty food maker has quietly begun production at its first U.S. facility on Pine Road, a $11.5 million investment that state and county officials say cements Pickens County’s growing reputation as a landing spot for food and beverage manufacturing. Signature Foods USA, a division of Netherlands-based Signature Foods, is now…
