Greater Greenville Economic Developments

[gman430]

- The campus being sold is "on hold"...

- Lynn Harton states Greenville will be a TD Bank hub and additional jobs are probably on the way....

- For the last week, the 2nd largest building at the campus, which had been dark, had been lit at night and has some sort of internal activity going on.....

Hmmmm......

There is a rumor going around that Project Wave might be TD Bank and that they'll put a call/operations center at the I-85 campus. This is strictly a rumor though so take it with a dump truck full of salt. Also, Sage Automotive is currently located in the other building on campus and will be moving to ICAR once the CET building is complete.

[goodbye]

BMW may build a fourth model at the Greer plant!

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-13/bmw-may-add-fourth-model-at-u-s-factory-to-take-on-lexus-mercedes-benz.html

[gman430]

The City of Greenville, the Greenville Chamber and the Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) announced today that Master Power Transmission will locate its North American headquarters in the former Piedmont Natural Gas building at 201 West McBee Avenue in downtown Greenville: http://www.greenvill...tem.aspx?id=402

Some other info about the company at the top of this page: http://www.watermark...ges/clients.htm

Edited October 19, 2010 by citylife

[GvilleSC]

That's great to see for downtown! I wish them the best as they continue to grow!

[vicupstate]

Collin Mackie to expand

Great news. Nice to see some office space being soaked up DT. Between Collin Mackie, Master Power Transmission and some space in the Sun Trust building leased by GHS, there might be a nice little reduction in our DT vacancy rate, in the next quarterly report.

A falling vacancy rate could help secure financing for Washington Square too, the economy being what it is.

I'd like to see Clemson take the ENTIRE Bowater building eventually. Maybe they could even sell their Ice Cream and other farm products from the ground level. Something to give people a reason to stay on that side of the Liberty Bridge.

[GvilleSC]

That's great to see, as well! They had a proposed outdoor space for students on a recent DPC agenda. I like the idea of making the exterior of their tower more pedestrian friendly, and a hangout spot that will be very visible to all who enter downtown from the eastside...

[vicupstate]

$235,000 grant awarded to City for Transit planning for Westside

See page 28.

[gman430]

Project Waves:

135 new jobs. $2 million investment. Good pay. Announcement soon. Possibly a distribution or call center. Stay tuned for more info.

The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Greenville Area Development Corp. announced this morning that Coast Sign Inc. will establish its new facility in Greenville County. The $2.4 million investment is expected to generate 135 new jobs. News article: http://www.wyff4.com/news/25535485/detail.html

Edited October 27, 2010 by citylife

[Greenville]

The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Greenville Area Development Corp. announced this morning that Coast Sign Inc. will establish its new facility in Greenville County. The $2.4 million investment is expected to generate 135 new jobs. News article: http://www.wyff4.com/news/25535485/detail.html

Great news!

Glad to see that they will be locating at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center.

[goodbye]

Project Forest:

$2.5 Million manufacturing investment and 30 new jobs in northern Anderson County along I-85. Future expansion and a potential new joint industrial park are among the possibilities being discussed by Anderson and Greenville County officials.

http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/oct/02/anderson-county-consider-industrial-park-incentive/

Unitex USA is bringing a new manufacturing plant to Anderson County "near I-85". The company plans spend $4 million and add 40 new jobs over the next five years. Not sure if this is 'Project Forest' or not.

More information: Company Bringing Dozens Of Jobs To Upstate - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville

Unitex USA {sodEmoji.|} Lifting and Tie-Down Products

Edit: Just found out that I was correct in assuming this is Project Forest.

Edited October 30, 2010 by Skyliner

[vicupstate]

Word is that Hal Johnson of Upstate Alliance is going to head the Commerce Department for Gov. Haley. He has worked for Commerce previously as well as Orangeburg County in the '90's.

His deep knowledge of the upstate should be helpful to our area in his position.

[gman430]

Adex Machine Technologies Inc. which was ranked as one of the fastest 25 growing companies in South Carolina within the past year has been awarded a three-year contract valued at a little less than $1 million to develop airplane engine components for GE Aviation. The company is also looking at possibly building a new manufacturing plant in the Greenville area: http://www.gsabusine...ith-ge-aviation

Edited December 3, 2010 by citylife

[gman430]

Project Blade III: http://www.greenvillecounty.org/County_Council/_Agenda/Special_CM/BLADE_III_INDUCEMENT_RESOLUTION.pdf

whereas, the Corporation is considering acquiring, in its name or through an affiliate, certain land and improvements in the County for a manufacturing facility (the "Facility") and acquiring certain furnishings, fixtures, apparati, machinery, equipment and other personal property for manufacturing operations at the Facility (the "Project"), which Project will result in the investment of at least Seven Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,600,000) in the County and the creation of at least 100 new, full-time equivalent jobs, at the Facility site (such new jobs may include jobs for employees transferred from the Corporation’s facilities outside the County), all within five (5) years of the end of the first property tax year during which any portion of the Project is placed in service (the "Investment Period").

Edited December 3, 2010 by citylife

[gs3]

Project Blade III: http://www.greenvillecounty.org/County_Council/_Agenda/Special_CM/BLADE_III_INDUCEMENT_RESOLUTION.pdf

whereas, the Corporation is considering acquiring, in its name or through an affiliate, certain land and improvements in the County for a manufacturing facility (the "Facility") and acquiring certain furnishings, fixtures, apparati, machinery, equipment and other personal property for manufacturing operations at the Facility (the "Project"), which Project will result in the investment of at least Seven Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,600,000) in the County and the creation of at least 100 new, full-time equivalent jobs, at the Facility site (such new jobs may include jobs for employees transferred from the Corporation’s facilities outside the County), all within five (5) years of the end of the first property tax year during which any portion of the Project is placed in service (the "Investment Period").

Which company is this?

[gman430]

Which company is this?

Not sure unfortunately.

[gman430]

Gov.-elect Nikki Haley plans to nominate BMW Manufacturing's Bobby Hitt as the next secretary of the South Carolina Department of Commerce according to the Greenville News. This is very good news for the upstate area.

[goodbye]

Simpsonville-based Century Plastics is planning to spend $3.5 Million on a 93,000 square foot expansion and add 25 new jobs.

Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20101207/ARTICLES/12071010/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Simpsonville-based-Century-Plastics-adding-25-jobs

[gman430]

Human Technologies has begun hiring for the new ZF transmission plant to be built in Laurens County. 900 workers will be employed to work at the facility: http://www2.wspa.com...ing-ar-1187366/ Construction has started on the facility and they chose Laurens County out of 70 potential sites worldwide for their new manufacturing plant.

Edited December 10, 2010 by citylife

[gs3]

GVD is opening its first southeast operation at SCTAC. High tech polymers.

http://www.gsabusiness.com/news/37156-boston-based-gvd-establishes-operation-at-sctac?rss=0

[gman430]

Perceptis to create 200 new jobs and open call center in downtown Greenville: http://www.perceptis.com/news/NewHelpDeskSC_000.aspx

Edited January 11, 2011 by citylife

[vicupstate]

Perceptis to create 200 new jobs and open call center in downtown Greenville: http://www.perceptis.com/news/NewHelpDeskSC_000.aspx

325 W. McBee ST. is the First Citizens Bank building at the McBee & Academy St. intersection, BTW.

[GvilleSC]

It's great that this is creating jobs downtown! 200 jobs is pretty significant!

[gs3]

Perceptis to create 200 new jobs and open call center in downtown Greenville: http://www.perceptis.com/news/NewHelpDeskSC_000.aspx

Excellent news for downtown.

[vicupstate]

The Greenville News says employment could reach 300 within 3 years.

[vicupstate]

From the Greenville News:

Greenville-based Human Technologies Inc. has purchased the old AG Edwards building on Spring Street and plans to move its Greenville operations there by the middle of the year.

The company is investing nearly $1 million in the purchase and a renovation of the second floor of the building at 105 N. Spring St., said Herb Dew, president of HTI, a staffing agency.

He said the company needed additional space currently and for future growth.

“We are so split up,” he said, with two offices in Greenville.

The building, which has tenants on the first floor, has 30,000 square feet of space and “we will take the whole second floor,” he said. Currently, HTI corporate offices are in a 14,000-square-foot building on Coffee Street and it has about 4,600 square feet of other office space.

Plans are to gut the building’s second floor, creating a training center along with HTI’s corporate headquarters, he said. Dew expects the renovation to begin in April after the U.S. Attorney’s offices move. The construction will take between 60 to 90 days.

The building was constructed in 1968, he said, as a bank. At that time, the first floor was a garage. The current first floor was built in the 1980s.

HTI will continue to lease out the first floor of the Spring Street building and will lease out its current office building at 300 E. Coffee St.

In addition, HTI is planning to expand from its current Upstate base. The company will decide by June 30 on whether it will expand to Charleston, Chattanooga, Tenn., or Birmingham, Ala., he said.

The past year has been a busy one for HTI, he said. During the past year, HTI doubled its sales volume, making it the company’s biggest year ever with nearly $50 million in gross sales.

Currently, the staffing agency has 2,100 workers on its payroll who work in manufacturing facilities on a contract basis. A year ago, he had only 700 temporary workers as manufacturers either laid off workers or didn’t increase their hiring.

Dew said he expects many of those contract workers to become full-time permanent employees of the manufacturing facility where they are located.

The Edwards building sold pretty damn cheap. Less than $1mm for 30,000 sq. ft.

I wonder where the US Attorneys are moving, within DT I would assume.

I would hope the first floor would convert to restaurant-retail with the work on Brown Street now underway.