Author: Jason Brown

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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.

Anderson County Home Sales Jump 81% as I-85 Corridor Growth Reshapes the Upstate’s Housing Map

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in Anderson, Oconee

ANDERSON, S.C. — While Greenville’s resale market keeps loosening in buyers’ favor, a different housing dynamic is playing out one county over: Anderson County home sales jumped nearly 81% in May compared to a year earlier, even as inventory remains scarce enough to keep sellers firmly in control. Anderson recorded 409 home sales in May,…

Construction Set to Begin This Quarter on M. Heller Hotel at Greenville’s Main and McBee

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Windsor Aughtry Company expects to break ground this quarter on the M. Heller, a seven-story, 149-room boutique hotel planned for one of the last undeveloped parcels on Greenville’s Main Street, the Greenville-based developer said. The hotel will rise at the corner of South Main Street and East McBee Avenue on a 0.46-acre…

Carolina Handling Fuels New Life at Former Greenville-Pickens Speedway Site With 267,000-Square-Foot Easley Hub

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in Pickens

EASLEY, S.C. — The engines that once roared at Greenville-Pickens Speedway have gone quiet for good, but a different kind of horsepower is now humming on the site: forklifts, conveyor belts and warehouse racking inside a 267,000-square-foot distribution hub that anchors what developers say will become a 600-acre industrial park. Carolina Handling, a Charlotte-based material…

EPC Power Opens $27-Gigawatt Inverter Factory in Fountain Inn, Adding 275 Jobs

Jul 16, 2026

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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.

Detpak USA to Open First U.S. Manufacturing Plant in Spartanburg County

Jul 16, 2026

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in Spartanburg

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.

Build-to-Rent Communities Multiply Across Upstate SC as Renters Outpace Would-Be Buyers

Jul 16, 2026

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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…

Lawsuit Challenges Spartanburg County’s Review of $2.8B NorthMark Data Center Expansion

Jul 13, 2026

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in Spartanburg

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.

Zoning Moratoriums Cut Pickens County Housing Production by a Third as Growth Shifts to Outlying Upstate Counties

Jul 13, 2026

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in Pickens

EASLEY, S.C. — New-home construction in Pickens County fell by roughly a third in 2025 and has kept sliding into 2026, as a nearly year-long moratorium on new subdivisions and larger minimum lot sizes in both Easley and the county have squeezed housing supply just as the Upstate’s population keeps growing, according to building permit…

13th Floor Investments Breaks Ground on First Apartments at 250-Acre Union Bleachery Mill Overhaul in Greenville

Jul 13, 2026

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