Category: Pickens
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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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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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Zoning Moratoriums Cut Pickens County Housing Production by a Third as Growth Shifts to Outlying Upstate Counties
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…
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Upstate Office, Industrial Vacancy Keep Tightening in Second-Quarter Market Report
CBRE’s second-quarter report shows Greenville-Spartanburg office vacancy falling to 9.9% and industrial vacancy to 5.3%, with a 100,000-square-foot office tower breaking ground downtown — the first since 2020.
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Clemson Council Weighs 752-Bed Student Housing Complex to Replace Tiger Boulevard Best Western
A proposal before Clemson City Council would raze the Best Western on Tiger Boulevard for a seven-story, 752-bed student housing and retail complex, part of a broader wave of high-density redevelopment reshaping the university town’s commercial corridors.
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Greenville County Still Leads Upstate Homebuilding, But Rising Costs Push Growth Toward Outlying Counties
New building permit data shows Greenville County’s share of Upstate homebuilding has fallen from nearly 60% to about 40% over two decades, as rising costs push growth toward Spartanburg, Anderson and Laurens counties.
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Upstate Luxury Market Notches $5M Lake Keowee Sale as $3.95M Spartanburg Equestrian Estate Hits Market
A $5.05 million Cliffs at Keowee Springs sale, a $3.95 million Spartanburg equestrian listing, and a record $200M year for one Upstate brokerage highlight the region’s high-end market momentum.
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Upstate SC Commercial Real Estate Market Report: Mid-2026
The Upstate South Carolina commercial real estate market is holding firm in mid-2026, with strong development activity, rising industrial demand, and a balanced environment giving investors and brokers room to move strategically. Here is what you need to know about the Greenville-Spartanburg market right now. The big picture: a market finding its footing After years…
