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Collexis Inc 1201 Main St Columbia, SC 29201 I think thats the buiding WOLO is in.

me either, but I dug this up. Looks like a great catch for the metro. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_...17/ai_n16126047 "Collexis, the world leader in knowledge retrieval technology, today announced the location of its North American corporate headquarters in Columbia, South Carolina. The company was founded in 1999 and has global headquarters in Geldermalsen, The Netherlands."

not sure that the facility in Lenoir is the one considered for Goose Creek, unless some of the info given was incorrect. They mentioned average salaries of about $90K for the site in GC, but in announcing the award in NC, they mentioned average salaries of $48K. Just my observations.

nevermind the fact that Bibleway started as a small neighborhood church...but back to the subject, I think this development will be a shot in the arm to that area.

I think that number is somewhat skewed. Several of the developments listed on that map are already complete and so they aren't "planned" anymore. There has been a slight slowdown as lsgchas noted. There is currently a 6 to 8 month inventory of housing for sale, making this a buyers market. But long term, I think these units will be needed. Sadly you are looking at the next 25 years of growth and you can see it is predominantly in berkeley, dorchester and outer areas of charleston county...farther and farther awy from the city center.

I will try to post more, but there is a lot to track. There are a ton of small to medium sized projects in addition to the major announcements.

I have personal knowledge of a condo thats about to break ground where the 1st phase of construction sold out in less than 10 days. Apparently, there is still an appetite for these things. Though, I am not sure about those prices in that location. The problem is that land costs and construction costs are so high, that this is what you are going to get. You will recall, this development was originally slated to be in the $300K/unit price range. THat proved undoable, so they went back to the drawing board and came out with this.

Received a mailer for the 400 Meeting st project with a price list. Looks like $350K gets you 750 Sf and prices go up to $715 for 1942 SF two story townhouse. The website has also been updated. www.400MeetingStreet.com

maybe, but attractive shopping options and the 40 plus restaurants planned for that little area sure dosen't hurt when convention organizers consider venues.

The people and (by extension) the legislature of South Carolina are anti-municipal as a whole. I don't think the average SC Joe thinks that a larger city benefits them. They largely view cities as yeat another layer of taxes that most (think they) can do without. There needs to be a concerteed effort to let people know the benefits of living in a thriving municapility whose character and numbers are appropriate to the size of their real constiutuency (ie the urbanized area).

as a Columbian who lives in Charleston, I'll say that Columbia is hotter. THats not to say that Charleston is cool, but the ocean breeze moderates the temperature some.

well, I wouldn't celebrate just yet. They operated in the black this past year thanks to some large contributions. But I agree, the Atlanta aquarium probably has no effect on the SC Aquarium.

true but the FOod Lion is only a portion of that property. I don't think the rest of that outdated strip mall would be missed.

the old Food Lion Shopping Center is the first thing to come to mind.

^ waaay to pratical to actually be used in government...

that is the one.

perhaps a discussion for another thread but, while making all council members accountable to the entire area, it also makes it more difficult for underrepresented areas or groups to be heard. If there is a council member accountable specifically to those people, their issues are more likely to be addressed.

^ see this quote from the article...

Robert Clement owns a large portion of the land between upper King and Meeting. I have heard rumors of all types of plans for that area that include hotel/office/retail complex that would sun from Meeting to King. The hotel would sit on Meeting (near the new Piggly Wiggly), the retail would be on King with offices between. The rendering I saw had the building straddling the rail lines that run through there. Keep in mind this is all speculation. I have seen/heard about him doing something in that area for at least 3 years now, and this is the first real move he's making. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

The old bridges, in addition to be in poor condition, also limited the size of container ship that could access the Wando (the largest) and North Charleston Port terminals. So raising the clearance height of bridge was expressly for the port. Also, the clear span was increased to allow for simultaneous passage of two container ships.

^ yeah I agree. that is squarely in the Magnolia area.

I see I said...that IS a good trend..

yeah but Dorchester County was 5654 and Berkely was 2808. This is where the growth is because of better schools and cheaper housing....similar to the NE and Irmo areas of Columbia.

I don't see the difference in codes making a significant impact on the cost of units. First of all, structurally, the IBC (International Building Code) and the IRC (International Residential Code) are ALMOST identical. There may be some different rules with fire separation, but it would be no more stringent than any multi-family apartment unit. Apartments are built under IBC and last I checked, there was no problem with them competing with SFR units on price.

the article also conviently focuses on berkeley and dorchester county relocations while ignoring that more than half the people who moved to the core county , Charleston county, came from out of the area. Also, the assertion that people are merely shuffling themselves around within the tri-county regioin does not seem to hold water. If that were indeed the case, then you would think that there would be a glut of smaller homes in older subdivisions left on the market. The truth is the opposite. Older homes on James Island and West Ashley (the first suburbs) are selling like hotcakes. So all these people must be moving out of apartnments then right??? Except aprtment vacancy rates are decreasing and more units are being added. Their numbers just don't seem to add up. Show me the areas these poeple who are shuffling are leaving vacant.