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Broadcast TV studio planned for Broad Street in downtown Charleston
A crisis communications lawyer and regular guest on national news programs is planning to transform a room on the first floor of a historic building on Broad Street into a state-of-the-art TV broadcast studio. Josh Nass purchased 61 Broad St., a four-story office building, for $1.72 million earlier this year. He’s pla[...]
Health care system commits to $200M Summerville project
A new mixed-use development underway in the heart of Summerville will be home to a new two-story medical office building by Roper St. Francis Healthcare. The Sawmill development in Summerville will be a live, work, shop and play concept with a walkable community designed to connect residents with entertainment and services while[...]
Dorchester County schedules ceremony to mark construction at Port 95
Dorchester County will break ground officially soon on the Port 95 Business Park at the 1,300-acre Winding Woods Industrial Park on Highway 78. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the site near St. George. Branded “Port 95 Business Park” to emphasize its location near the Interstate 95 distribution r[...]
Frampton completes work on veterinary office
Frampton Construction Co. LLC, a full-service construction firm, has finished design-build work on a veterinary hospital facility for New River Veterinary Specialists, according to a news release. Located on a 5.2-acre site in Hardeeville, the emergency and specialty hospital provides 24/7 advanced animal care to Jasper an[...]
Balfour Beatty selected for Bluffton project
Balfour Beatty has been selected to be a part of the design-build team to deliver The Bridge at Calhoun in Bluffton. The Bridge is a retail, restaurant and residence project of Cunningham South Carolina LLC and Core Development, according to a news release. Construction is projected to be complete in 2024. Bluffton is a rapidly […]
Designer behind Home Depot acquires SC architectural firm
The architecture and engineering firm behind Home Depot has acquired South Carolina’s SGA NarmourWright Design. The move for Atlanta-based GreenbergFarrow will boost its continued expansion into new sectors and markets, the company said in a news release. With the merger, SGA NW will retain its brand and organizational structure. Steve Goggans also will stay on as president, […][...]
Cummings & McCrady merging with Moseley Architects
Cummings & McCrady Inc. is merging with one of the Mid-Atlantic’s largest architecture and engineering firms with offices in Charleston and Columbia. In 2006, Cummings & McCrady first partnered with Moseley Architects, while working on the Whitesides Elementary School project for Charleston County School District. Cummings & McCrady is located at 44 Markfield Drive in Charleston and provides […][...]
Panelists: Charleston poised to rebound with changed economy
By Barry Waldman Contributing Writer If you think there has never been a year like 2020, you might be right. But Charleston Southern University President Dondi Costin points out that our nation has seen elements of this year in the past. We started the year like 1974 with an impeachment, morphed into 1918 with a […]
COPING WITH COVID: SeamonWhiteside
Coping with COVID SC Biz News is speaking with small businesses and community leaders about the impact of the new coronavirus on business and industry, and how this is changing how they operate. Contact Andy Owens, aowens@scbiznews.com, with any questions or ideas. Five years ago, SeamonWhiteside went fully virtual, allowin[...]
New King Street hotel plans get final construction approval
Charleston’s Board of Architectural Review – Large gave final approval Wednesday for construction of a new hotel at 529 King St., in the former Dixie Furniture space. The new hotel, between Morris and Cannon streets, will contain 50 rooms in four stories and a penthouse, with retail space and a rooftop lounge area, a[...]
ADC Engineering to acquire RB Todd
Civil, structural and aviation engineering and landscape architecture firm ADC Engineering Inc. is acquiring Irmo-based RB Todd Engineering Consultants. ADC Engineering is based in Hanahan and has offices in Irmo and Greenville. The company provides design solutions to companies in aviation, education, health care and hospitality. RB Todd, which opened in 2005, has provided civil engineering […][...]
We have the best city, but we can’t rest on our laurels
After so many years of being rated the No. 1 city in the entire universe, it took us a little work to digest this new-to-us ranking from U.S. News & World Report. The great state of South Carolina is not No. 1, nor No. 2 or even No. 22. The Palmetto State ranks 42nd in […]
