Quackenbush Architects + Planners’ Janie Kronk Gossett Receives Architecture License, GGP Certification
July 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Quackenbush Architects + Planners announced that Janie Kronk Gossett, AIA LEED AP BD+C GGP, recently earned her architectural license from the National Council of Architectural Registration Board…
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Rosenblum Coe Architects, Inc. Hires Josh Caplea, AIA, LEED AP
July 18, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Rosenblum Coe Architects, Inc. proudly welcomes Josh Caplea, AIA, LEED AP to the firm as project architect. Caplea is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, and brings…
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SC Bar Foundation awards $1.9 million in grants
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Bar Foundation has awarded $1.9 million in grant funds to support civil legal aid, law related education and other legal related projects. Since 1987, the…
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SC Bar Foundation awards $1.9 million in grants
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Bar Foundation has awarded $1.9 million in grant funds to support civil legal aid, law related education and other legal related projects. Since 1987, the…
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Congaree Land Trust
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Congaree Land Trust (CLT) is announces that Mary Crockett, CLT Land Protection Director, was recently awarded the 2014 “River Manager of the Year” by the River Management Society…
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Colliers International Completes a 42,000 Square Foot Sale to Richland-Lexington Riverbanks Parks District
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International’s Chuck Salley, SIOR and Dave Mathews, SIOR completed the $1.55 million sale of the 42,000 square foot industrial building located at 414 Rivermont Drive in…
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Keenan High School Student Wins Top State Awards from SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – W.J. Keenan High School student Amber Stone was named the top student in the state among the seven school districts participating in Accelerate, the new virtual engineering…
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Mohawk Industries Upgrading Spartanburg County Manufacturing Plant
July 17, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – Mohawk Industries, the world’s largest flooring company, is investing $10 million in its Spartanburg County commercial carpeting facility over the next 10 years to substantially upgrade its looms and…
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Mohawk Industries Upgrading Spartanburg County Manufacturing Plant
July 17, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – Mohawk Industries, the world’s largest flooring company, is investing $10 million in its Spartanburg County commercial carpeting facility over the next 10 years to substantially upgrade its looms and…
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Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands Welcomes New Board Members Katie Fox, Michael Traynham, and Jane Senn
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands is honored to welcome Katie Fox, Michael Traynham, and Jane Senn to the Board of Directors. Katie Fox is the…
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NAI Avant Top Producers Announced for Second Quarter 2014, Columbia
July 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – NAI Avant announces the top producers for the second quarter of 2014 for their Columbia office. “Our Brokerage Division continued its strong performance during the second quarter of…
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Q2-2014 Charleston Office Market Report: High Demand for Office Space Spurs Speculative Development
July 17, 2014
High Demand for Office Space Spurs Speculative Development KEY TAKEAWAYS Vacancy rates declined to 10.45% at the end of the second quarter of 2014 from the first quarter vacancy…
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The College of Charleston Introduces Master of Science in Child Life
July 17, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – The Graduate School at the College of Charleston will offer a Master of Science in Child Life (MSCL) degree beginning in August 2014. Seven students from throughout…
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Palmetto Technology Group Named Greenville Chamber’s July 2014 Small Business of the Month
July 17, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Chamber is pleased to recognize Palmetto Technology Group (PTG) as its July 2014 Small Business of the Month Award winner. The PTG Team was presented with…
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readySC™ in cooperation with SC Works will assist with Job Fair for Orian Rugs in Anderson, SC
July 17, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – readySC™ in cooperation with SC Works is assisting with a Job Fair for Orian Rugs in Anderson, SCOrian Rugs is a premier company that designs, markets, manufactures and…
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Avison Young Retail Lease – 136 Saint James Avenue
July 17, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate announces that Vitré Ravenel Stephens represented Three Rivers Investments, Inc. in the leasing of a retail space located at 136 Saint James Avenue in Goose Creek,…
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Avison Young Lease Extension – Inlet Square Mall
July 17, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate announces that Vitré Ravenel Stephens represented the landlord, Murrells Retail Associates, LLC, in the lease extension of a retail space located at Inlet Square…
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Seph Wunder Returns to Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Greenville Office
July 17, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is pleased to welcome Stephen J. (Seph) Wunder back to the Firm’s Greenville, SC office. Mr. Wunder first joined the law firm in 2007, and left…
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New Lab is Leap Forward for Personalized Medicine
July 17, 2014Long before he was an accomplished neuroscientist, Dr. Francis G. Spinale was just another medical student doing his internship. What he saw in those early days, though, would lead to…
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Lexington Medical Center Welcomes Naveed Iqbal, MD to Lexington Endocrindology
July 17, 2014WEST COLUMBIA, SC – Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome Naveed Iqbal, MD to the hospital’s network of care. Dr. Iqbal has joined Lexington Endocrinology to provide comprehensive medical care…
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“e-Merge @ the Garage” to grow businesses through entrepreneurship, incubation/accelerator and industry partnerships
July 16, 2014
ANDERSON, SC – Innovate Anderson and the City of Anderson are creating an entrepreneurial space and program(s) that will focus on a public/private collaborative with local industry partners. The space will be located at…
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Olli and The Riley Institute Present Summer Series, Crisis of The Working Poor
July 16, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – July 22, July 29, August 5 & August 12, 2014 ~ Costco cofounder Sinegal gives closing address in the four-part series GREENVILLE, SC – The Riley Institute and Osher…
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Community Leaders Rally Support to Defeat Strong Mayor Movement in West Columbia
July 16, 2014WEST COLUMBIA, SC – Community and business leaders have formed West Columbia United to preserve representative democracy in West Columbia by opposing the current Mayor’s push for a Strong Mayor form of…
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The Marchant Company Recognizes Agents for Excellent Performance in June 2014
July 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – The Marchant Company, the Upstate’s local “Signature Agency” in Real Estate, representing buyers and sellers of residential, land, and commercial properties, is proud to recognize select REALTORS® for…
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The Marchant Company Announces Hall-of-Famer Barb Riggs
July 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – The Marchant Company commends Realtor Barb Riggs on her recent induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. During the 1985-86 season, her team- the Philadelphia University…
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Kanika Miller receives 2014 F.M. Rogers Student Leadership Award at Greenville Technical College
July 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Kanika Miller, a student in the Marketing program at Greenville Technical College, has been named the winner of the 2014 F.M. Rogers Student Leadership Award. The award,…
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Judy Beck Elected to Association of Teacher Education Board of Directors
July 16, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – The University of South Carolina Upstate is pleased to announce the election of Dr. Judy Beck to the Association of Teacher Education’s Board of Directors. Beck is…
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First Community Corporation Announces Second Quarter Results and Cash Dividend
July 16, 2014
LEXINGTON, S.C., July 16, 2014 – Highlights Core net income (excluding securities gains/losses, merger expenses, and loss on early extinguishment of debt) estimated to be $1,206,000 as compared to $1,166,000in the prior quarter Post-merger regulatory…
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Pete Harper, CCIM, represented the Landlord in the sale of a 0.50 Acre Lot at 1007 Physicians Drive
July 16, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Pete Harper, CCIM, represented the Landlord, A and M Carolina Holding Corp., in the sale of a 0.50 Acre Lot at 1007 Physicians…
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City Center Partnership Appoints Martha Studstill of Uptown on Main as Chair of its Marketing & Communications Committee
July 16, 2014Columbia, SC – City Center Partnership (CCP) announced that Martha Studstill, owner of Uptown on Main, has been appointed chair of CCP’s Marketing & Communications Committee. She will help manage the committee’s strategic…
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Clemson University bioengineering center lands $11 million for tissue research
July 16, 2014Research money could help nurture state’s medical-technology industry CLEMSON, SC — Clemson University has been awarded $11 million to expand a bioengineering center that helps mentor junior faculty members as they…
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MTC board member Jim Reynolds awarded Order of the Palmetto
July 16, 2014Award presented by Senator John E. Courson COLUMBIA, SC – Jim Reynolds, CEO of Total Comfort Solutions and longtime Midlands Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees member, has been awarded the…
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LS3P Makes the 2014 Hot Firm List
July 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – LS3P has been named as one of the top 100 fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada. Rankings for the…
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Duke Energy completes cleanup work along the Dan River
July 16, 2014DANVILLE, Va. – Duke Energy has completed cleanup work along the Dan River just upstream of the Schoolfield Dam in Danville, Va. Completion of the work was reviewed and approved…
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Avison Young Industrial Lease – 4663 Franchise Street, Unit 104
July 16, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Todd P. Garrett, CCIM, SIOR represented Palms Preferred Properties, LLC in the leasing of a 2,400 SF…
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Sonoco Board Declares Regular Quarterly Common Stock Dividend
July 16, 2014HARTSVILLE, SC – The Board of Directors of Sonoco (NYSE:SON) today declared a $.32 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on Sept. 10, 2014, to shareholders of record…
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Colliers International Brokers Three Industrial Transactions for $7.75 Million
July 16, 2014
COLUMIBA, SC – Colliers International’s Chuck Salley, SIOR and Dave Mathews, SIOR completed the sale of three industrial properties totaling nearly 500,000 square feet for $7.75 million. The properties include: 2…
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Colliers International Brokers Three Industrial Transactions for $7.75 Million
July 16, 2014COLUMIBA, SC – Colliers International’s Chuck Salley, SIOR and Dave Mathews, SIOR completed the sale of three industrial properties totaling nearly 500,000 square feet for $7.75 million. The properties include: 2…
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Community Support Needed For Local Food Banks
July 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC — Local food banks, including Harvest Hope Food Bank, are preparing for the upcoming school year and the fight against childhood hunger. BI-LO has launched the Summer Backpack Hunger…
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Second Generation Entrepreneur and CEO, Dionne Fleshman Becomes Second Generation Tuck Graduate
July 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Six weeks ago, Dionne Fleshman, President and CEO of The DESA Group (TDG), completed an executive business course at Dartmouth’s prestigious Tuck Business School. Tuck is a premier…
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Most Popular Travel Destinations for North Carolinians
July 16, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Yeah, that Greenville ranks in the Top 10 Most Popular Destinations for NC Travelers – #8 in fact (right after Orlando – think Disney World, folks – and before Gatlinburg, TN and Washington,…
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District Five Student Starts His Own Art and Apparel Business
July 16, 2014CHAPIN, SC – Joshua Smith always had a passion for creating artwork. But the recent graduate says he never imagined how drastic a role art would take in his life…
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Avison Young Lease Extension – 7629 Southrail Road
July 16, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Todd P. Garrett, CCIM, SIOR represented Pamela Connelly & Deborah Muir in the lease extension of a 10,500…
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Municipal Association of South Carolina Honors Eight Cities and Towns with Achievement Awards
July 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Eight South Carolina cities and towns won an Achievement Award from the Municipal Association of SC. These awards for innovative projects were presented at the Association’s 74th Annual Meeting on…
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Municipal Association of South Carolina Honors Eight Cities and Towns with Achievement Awards
July 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Eight South Carolina cities and towns won an Achievement Award from the Municipal Association of SC. These awards for innovative projects were presented at the Association’s 74th Annual Meeting on…
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Dreher Graduate Receives National Merit Scholarship
July 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Jeremy A. Day, a Class of 2014 graduate of Dreher High School, is among the 29 South Carolina students who have been named as winners of the…
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Margaret Stegall to Serve as Intern for Senator Tim Scott
July 16, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Margaret Stegall, a sophomore Journalism and Mass Communication major at Bob Jones University, has been selected as an intern for U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s office in Greenville. Stegall,…
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Avison Young Industrial Sale – 5 West Main Street
July 16, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Kyle Putnam, CCIM and John Odom represented First Citizens Bank & Trust in the sale of a…
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Colliers International announces Q2 2014 Top Producers
July 15, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International continued to experience outstanding velocity in the sales and leasing of commercial properties in South Carolina. For the second quarter of 2014, Givens Stewart, SIOR, of…
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Colliers International announces Q2 2014 Top Producers
July 15, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International continued to experience outstanding velocity in the sales and leasing of commercial properties in South Carolina. For the second quarter of 2014, Givens Stewart, SIOR, of…
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