Recent Articles from Staff Report
New restaurant opens in Mount Pleasant after building renovation
A new restaurant has opened in East Cooper, replacing an existing eatery in The Market at Oakland. Eleven81 opened earlier this month at the north Mount Pleasant shopping center with the same owners, but a new focus, look and menu, the business said in a news release. The owners are hospitality veterans and restaurateurs Andy […]
Boeing could consolidate 787 operations
In a preview of the company’s second-quarter earnings report, Boeing Co. President and CEO David Calhoun laid out concerns the company has as demand continues to fall amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. “These past few months have been unlike anything we’ve seen,” Calhoun began in a message sent to employees and shared with the media. […]
Helping Out for July 29, 2020
Helping Out highlights some of the many charitable events and activities going on in the Charleston area. Submit your news using our online form. The Henry and Sylvia Yaschik Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired South Carolina’s Own Your Life program. The program provides personal independence […]
Carolinas publishers partner to launch book imprint
Charleston-based Advantage Media Group and Charlotte-based American City Business Journals have launched a new imprint, Business Journals Books. The new imprint is intended as a platform for small-business owners, managers and executives to publish books in their areas of expertise, enhancing their status as leaders/experts in their fields, according to a joint news release from […]
On the Menu for July 28, 2020
On the Menu provides news from the Charleston area’s culinary community, including new restaurants, new menu items and upcoming events, as well as details about local chefs. Submit your news using our online form. Hamby Catering is offering three new micro-events menus, made for gatherings of 10 to 50 people. The Better Together BBQ menu […]
IFA expansion completed in Summerville
Construction is finished on the expansion of IFA Group’s 448,765-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility at the Charleston Trade Center in Summerville. The company, based in Haldensleben, Germany, manufactures driveshafts for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles; customers include BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes, among other major automakers. The facility, which is now more [...]
Hot Properties for July 27, 2020
Hot Properties highlights recently sold or leased commercial properties in the Charleston region. Send in your transactions using our online form. Bob Caldwell and Bob Evans of Caldwell Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Greenville Corporate LLC, in the lease of 5,651 square feet of office space in Suite 306 at 2456 Remount Road […]
Helping Out for July 22, 2020
Helping Out highlights some of the many charitable events and activities going on in the Charleston area. Submit your news using our online form. Shifa Clinic has partnered with Charleston Halos to bring food and groceries to kinship families in need in the local community. The partnership will help address food insecurity among low-income families. […]
On the Menu for July 21, 2020
On the Menu provides news from the Charleston area’s culinary community, including new restaurants, new menu items and upcoming events, as well as details about local chefs. Submit your news using our online form.
Walmart bringing $220 million distribution center to Lowcountry
Walmart plans to build a 3 million-square-foot direct import distribution center in Dorchester County near Ridgeville. The $220 million investment is anticipated to create more than 1,000 new jobs, according to a news release from the S.C. Department of Commerce. The new storage and cross-dock facility, which is expected to take about 14 months to […]
Hot Properties for July 20, 2020
Hot Properties highlights recently sold or leased commercial properties in the Charleston region. Send in your transactions using our online form. Joyce Beach and Joseph Purze of CBRE represented the landlord, Charleston Neurosciences LLC, in the lease of 1,717 square feet of office space in Unit 101 at 590 Lone Tree Drive in Mount Pleasant […]
2020 brings fewer pier containers, more pier tons through port
Thanks to strong import numbers from July 2019 to January of this year, the S.C. Ports Authority concluded the 2020 fiscal year with steady volumes, despite some losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic impacted businesses across the board, and our volumes reflect that. We hope to see continued recovery as we begin fiscal year […]