Author: Jason Brown
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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…
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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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Anderson County Home Sales Jump 81% as I-85 Corridor Growth Reshapes the Upstate’s Housing Map
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,…
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Construction Set to Begin This Quarter on M. Heller Hotel at Greenville’s Main and McBee
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…
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Carolina Handling Fuels New Life at Former Greenville-Pickens Speedway Site With 267,000-Square-Foot Easley Hub
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…
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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.
