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Hurricane Dorian was a shared experience for residents and businesses of the Lowcountry, with or without electricity, as it spun off the coast as a Category 3 hurricane and raked the area with wave after wave of wind this morning. ... Read More

Kion North America in Summerville has received its largest industrial truck order in the company’s history from a chain of home improvement stores headquartered in Wisconsin. Kion North America will manufacture and supply Me... Read More

Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union's board of directors has named Jason S. Lee as the financial institution's new president and chief operating officer. Lee replaces CEO Jim McDaniel, who worked for Heritage Trust for 22 year... Read More

Four transactions totaling more than $14 million in downtown Charleston have moved 31,635 square feet of retail and office space to a Charlotte investment firm. Asana Partners paid $14.4 million for three buildings and a portion of a ... Read More

The Columbia Regional Business Report and GSA Business Report won top honors for journalism excellence during an annual conference of business-to-business publishers over the weekend in Atlanta. Hundreds of publishers attended the thr... Read More

Businesses and residents have collected more than $30 million in incentives from South Carolina’s utilities for launching solar projects since 2014. That’s when a law went into effect allowing privately owned solar operati... Read More

As Columbia’s historic communities and neighborhoods continue to attract redevelopment, industry leaders think that growth could serve as connective tissue linking the region’s economy. A four-person panel of developers, a... Read More

Businesses and residents have collected more than $30 million in incentives from South Carolina’s utilities for launching solar projects since 2014. That’s when the law went into effect allowing privately owned solar o... Read More

As larger companies build stronger, more fortified layers of cybersecurity, bad actors are increasingly going after small and midsize businesses they consider more vulnerable, according to an executive from an Atlanta cybersecurity compa... Read More

The renewables vice president for S.C. Electric & Gas said that businesses should look at electric vehicle charging as a possible workplace benefit, saying such a move could trigger a shift in how people think about electric vehi... Read More

Cayce’s mayor told a group of business executives and community members that women excel in business and government once they see opportunity open to them. Mayor Elise Partin gave the keynote address Thursday at the 2018 Women o... Read More

When Isaac Morton started Smithey Ironware Co. in 2014, his goal was to make the kind of cast iron cookware he would use in his own kitchen. Four years later, the company has grown from a small, boxy industrial spot on James Islan... Read More

The S.C. Department of Transportation has answered some of the lingering questions surrounding the sudden closure and later reopening of the James B. Edwards bridge that snarled traffic across the Charleston region after a cable snap... Read More

Want to know what inspires the chief of police in North Charleston? What about the preferred reading for the SBA’s entrepreneur of the year? Or maybe where a local nonprofit organizer looks for inspiration? We had all these ques... Read More

This is the time of year when we usually like to do a short post on shark attacks. There are a lot of tourists here (and newcomers), and we usually feel good about reminding folks they can go into the ocean without a care because your... Read More

What is it about Charleston-area mayors and their life-size Tonka toys? For years, we’ve seen them step up into the cab to do demolition on some structure whose time has come — the most recent example being Charleston Mayo... Read More

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More than a few South Carolinians inadvertently did some drifting in their vehicles as the recent ice storm descended on the Palmetto State more than a week ago. But not long ago, the high-performance drivers at the BMW Performance C... Read More

Each year, the S.C. Stingrays invite fans to open their hearts and launch thousands of teddy bears onto the ice in what has become a tradition at hockey rinks across America. This year’s teddy bear toss in North Charleston w... Read More

Mount Pleasant officially opened the doors on its new, $29 million town hall this morning, next door to the old town hall, which will be torn down and made into a community park. Residents already were doing business Tuesday morni... Read More

Yes, guess. Now go back to the beach, because the odds of you encountering a shark with bloodlust in the coastal waters of the Palmetto State are pretty low. But... It’s Shark Week ... no wait, wrong link... It’s Shark... Read More

We’ve been saving up historic photos of the Charleston City Market, waiting for the summer tourism season to hit its peak. After taking a sweltering stroll down Market, Meeting and East Bay streets recently, we’re fairly s... Read More

A former legal office on St. Michaels Alley offers piece of architecture from the mid-19th century, along with one of Charleston’s and South Carolina’s quintessential stories. We dug up a photo from the Library of Cong... Read More

Sharon Sellers, president of SLS Consulting LLC, wanted to honor an employee’s request to work more than 40 hours one week to give her time to be out with a sick child. But she couldn’t do it. Federal laws require private ... Read More

They didn’t make the final cut, but the students at Cane Bay High School did something that 2,950 other schools weren’t able to do: Get the attention of a worldwide brand of shoes and nearly end up having their designs sold. ... Read More

The Charleston Regional Business Journal’s Power Breakfast was hugely popular on Wednesday. Nine individuals from a mosaic of sectors in business, industry, national defense, finance, marking and community outreach told us what the... Read More

Before Joe Riley left the mayor’s office, he told the Charleston RiverDogs that plans to enhance the baseball stadium bearing his name should fit into the existing look and feel of the stadium. “We’ve had quite a... Read More

A Southeastern developer and homebuilder has purchased land and other assets at Mixson, a mixed-use community that was part of the resurgence of North Charleston’s Park Circle area. FrontDoor Communities, the buyer, said the dea... Read More

For 20 years, the Charleston Regional Business Journal has honored 40 individuals under 40 years old for their professional engagement and community service in the Charleston area. An awards ceremony and networking event will be held ... Read More

A proposal to raise Mount Pleasant’s impact fees to the maximum allowed by state law was tabled just before a Town Council vote Tuesday night. Councilman Joe Bustos, who led the effort, agreed to put his motion on hold after sev... Read More

Mount Pleasant Town Council passed a six-month moratorium on multifamily developments Tuesday night, but some council members suggested the move didn’t go far enough and is mostly symbolic. The halt, which passed by a 7-2 vote, ... Read More

Alfred R. Waud was a 19th-century artist who traveled across the United States and drew the things he saw, including the war-torn America of the late 1800s. Back then, he worked as a correspondent, using pencils and paper instead of ... Read More

A large part of Charleston’s economy today depends on tourism, hospitality and room nights in the region’s hotels, restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts. That’s not surprising, or even new. More than a century ago, Char... Read More

We're starting off 2017 with a 152-year-old look at one corner of the Four Corners of Law. The Library of Congress has collected many old photos, and Charleston, being a very old city, is well-represented.... Read More

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State lawmakers representing Dorchester County said Gov. Nikki Haley’s appointment as U.N. ambassador could mean South Carolina’s infrastructure problems might finally be addressed in the next legislative session. Rep.... Read More

A federal judge in Texas halted a Labor Department rule change that would have made 70,000 salaried S.C. workers eligible for overtime on Dec. 1. In May, the Labor Department, at the direction of President Barack Obama, doubled the th... Read More

Don’t call it an uber tuber — sweet potatoes are roots, after all — but there’s a patented potato growing beneath the soil in North Charleston that’s good for making chips and could be used as an alternative... Read More

The Charleston area shouldn’t be too concerned if the national economy takes a dip, said an economist and banking executive during a World Trade Center Charleston luncheon on Wednesday. The local economy already outshines the re... Read More

Economic development begins with businesses serving as envoys for their communities, Summerville Mayor Wiley Johnson told a group of business leaders this morning. “You guys probably know about economic development before we fin... Read More

The Charleston Regional Business Journal is a member of a national trade association of business publications. Our counterparts in Baton Rogue, La., asked us to ask you to consider helping Louisiana businesses recover from the devastatin... Read More

The Columbia Regional Business Report is a member of a national trade association of business publications. Our counterparts in Baton Rogue, La., asked us to ask you to consider helping Louisiana businesses recover from the devastating f... Read More

GSA Business Report is a member of a national trade association of business publications. Fellow members, the Baton Rouge Business Report, asked us to ask you to consider helping Louisiana businesses recover from devastating flooding tha... Read More

Project managers expect Mount Pleasant's new town hall to open late next summer. With the multimillion dollar project 50% completed, we took a tour of the construction site and talked to town officials about the changes coming wi... Read More

If you've visited the Gaillard Center since it opened or traveled down Calhoun Street on your way to the S.C. Aquarium or to Fort Sumter, you likely passed a much older building that might have escaped your attention. Th... Read More

Mount Pleasant Town Council considered and then rejected a 120-day moratorium on any building permits, which could have then led to a permit allocation program, during a meeting last night. The vote was 5-4. In April, Town Council ins... Read More

The Charleston Regional Business Journal is launching a semi-regular feature looking at historic features of commerical buildings across the region, starting with a commercial property at 237 King St. in downtown Charleston. The ... Read More

The Charleston Regional Business Journal has announced the 2016 class of Forty Under 40 honorees. Each year, the Business Journal and its partners recognize 40 individuals under 40 years of age who represent some of the highly engaged... Read More

The Palmetto State has long been known for fairly high car insurance compared with the rest of the nation. Theories run across a lot of lanes, including financial, risk, education, socioeconomic levels and legal. However, the latest data... Read More

Mount Pleasant Town Council took steps Tuesday night to determine the true cost of growth for the fast-growing municipality by launching a nine-month process to re-evaluate impact fees for businesses. Council voted unanimously t... Read More

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Visitors touring a 180,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse and distribution center in North Charleston asked whether they really needed to wear the large, orange parkas provided, when most had been pouring sweat in the June heat m... Read More

State Sen. John Matthews Jr. said employers in Orangeburg County can’t find enough workers to fill more than 2,300 open positions even though many in his district don’t have jobs. Orangeburg County had the fifth-highest un... Read More

Lawmakers are pitching a $4 billion plan laid out over 10 years as a good starting place to start filling in the $35 billion pothole of South Carolina’s roads. With about three weeks left in the legislative session, state lawmak... Read More

Multifamily developments in Mount Pleasant Under Construction   Project Units Brightside II 324 (Phase I) Tides IV 55 Oyster Park 254 Si... Read More

Mount Pleasant Mayor Linda Page has asked Town Council members to make recommendations and nominations for a possible Shem Creek task force. No details have been decided about the tasks the group would undertake. Page is seeking ideas... Read More

Mount Pleasant Town Council approved a 180-day moratorium on multifamily developments in the town during its meeting Tuesday night. For the next six months, the town will neither accept nor consider applications for new multifamily de... Read More

  Dick Elliott, the founder of Maverick Southern Kitchens, says it’s a popular misconception that Charleston’s locally sourced culinary goodness began in the past few years. Elliot... Read More

Published Dec. 18, 2015 in the Dec. 14 print issue Sarah and Bill Settlemyer talk about the early days of the Charleston Regional Business Journal, which turned 20 years old in 2015. (Photos/Ryan Wilcox) Pirates, entrepreneurs ... Read More

Developers and Mount Pleasant officials broke ground this morning on one of the central projects that helped spark a grass-roots movement to limit growth in the town. The 42,500-square-foot office building at the corner of Mill St... Read More

Porter Airlines began nonstop weekly flights between Charleston and Toronto during the weekend, mirroring a business strategy the airline also deployed in Myrtle Beach in 2010. Porter, which has a fleet of 26 Bombardier Aerospace ... Read More

Executives, government officials and Kion Group employees simultaneously cut ribbons wrapping a line of seven palmetto trees outside the company’s North American headquarters in Summerville last week. The moment was intended... Read More

When Crocs and Silly Bandz were in high demand, you might have found yourself at Palmetto Moon. Before word spread that those products were going to be in short supply across the country, the lifestyle retailer had signed contracts with ... Read More

The lawyer for a Charleston attorney accused of aiding and abetting a financier charged with fraud over the sale of fake pre-IPO shares of Facebook has denied his client’s guilt in the case. Charleston attorney John “Jay&r... Read More

Monday afternoon, Nate DaPore, the CEO of Charleston-based PeopleMatter, walked down four flights of stairs to sit down to talk about a new $19 million investment in his company. He couldn’t use the elevator at the PeopleMat... Read More

Standing in the shadow of DuPont’s new massive $500 million Kevlar manufacturing plant, Berkeley County Superintendent Dan Davis said the opening represented a successful economic development partnership. “We are always pl... Read More