CHRISTINA LEE KNAUSS PROFILE

Amanda Clark became a respiratory therapist after being impacted from personal loss due to chronic lung diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, also known as COPD. Years of work in the field gave Clark pe... Read More

A Columbia brewery has developed a fruitful new relationship with two South Carolina farms. Peak Drift Brewing Co., an award-winning brewery with facilities located on N. Main Street in Columbia, recently launched its first Certified ... Read More

Most people who live in South Carolina probably don’t realize that a plant located in the small Midlands town of Saluda (population 3,122) produces millions of servings a year of one of the world’s most popular easy-to-fi... Read More

Commercial real estate markets in the greater Columbia area have not been experiencing the uncertainty and downturns seen in some commercial sectors nationwide so far in 2023. In fact, recent reports show record strength in the Mi... Read More

A new upscale skin care spa with a do-it-yourself twist has opened in Columbia’s Five Points district. The Skinhouse, located at 2000 Blossom St., held a grand opening on Friday, Aug. 25. The spa is the newest venture for owners... Read More

A 9,600-square-foot multi-tenant office building located at 5115 Forest Drive was recently sold to Lexington Medical Center. Crawford Prezioso of Colliers South Carolina represented Forest Office Plaza LLC in the sale. In addition ... Read More

Scout Motors Inc. has named Jan Spies as its chief production officer effective early 2024. In this role, Spies will lead manufacturing of Scout Motors’ all-purpose, all-electric truck and SUC slated for production by the en... Read More

    A national taco chain will soon have a second location in the Columbia area. Barrio Tacos + Tequila + Whiskey will be coming to 4420 Devine St. in Columbia. Colliers South Carolina’s Rox Pollard Jr., John... Read More

South Carolina farmers and food processors who want to pursue organic certification may qualify for reimbursement through a grant administered by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and funded by the U.S. Department of Agricultu... Read More

A Chicago-based maker of specialty packaging films is expanding its operations in Richland County. Charter Next Generation is leasing a 210,600-square-foot speculative industrial building at 10741 Farrow Road, located in the Carol... Read More

Registration is underway for SCbio’s Midyear Life Sciences Forum scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Columbia Convention Center. The half-day program is focused on critical issues and opportunities facing life sciences, the ... Read More

The future of one of Columbia's last landmark live music venues could be up in the air.   The building that houses the New Brookland Tavern, located at 122 State St. in West Columbia, is up for sale and that means ... Read More

The work of a Columbia-born artist is now part of the collection at his hometown’s art museum thanks to the work of a dedicated group of Midlands art lovers.   Two pieces by Rodney McMillian, a Columbia nativ... Read More

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. has named Morgan Nichols Scarnecchia its chief of staff. In her new role, Scarnecchia will implement strategic business initiatives, manage daily operations and work alongside owner and CEO Lou Kennedy in in... Read More

A new residential development is coming to an area off Carlen Avenue in Lexington.   Colliers South Carolina’s Craig Waites recently brokered the sale of a 25.44-acre tract of land on Carlen Avenue. Waites represented ... Read More

The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education is partnering with the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation to make $10 million in financial assistance available to students in graduate level nurse educator programs who are willing ... Read More

The largest construction project in the history of the University of South Carolina has officially become a reality. The Campus Village, a massive four-building student housing complex that will house 1,808 students, opened its doors ... Read More

Agribusinesses around South Carolina can now benefit from a new $40 million fund designed to help them expand and improve operations. The South Carolina General Assembly has appropriated $40 million to launch the new incentive program... Read More

Julie Rameas has been named chief procurement officer for Nephron Pharmaceuticals in West Columbia. In her new role, Rameas will oversee all strategic sourcing and procurement activities.   “We could not be more excited to ... Read More

Truist Financial Corp. has named Alex Brame regional president for South Carolina effective Oct. 1. Brame currently serves as Truist’s regional president for Central Pennsylvania and will replace Michael Brenan who previously an... Read More

Debbie Lane will retire from her role as senior vice president of real estate management at Colliers South Carolina effective Oct. 1. Lane has led the division since 2015, according to a news release. Under her direction, the company&... Read More

Ronald L. Rhames, the president of Midlands Technical College in Columbia, has announced plans for retirement. Rhames, who started his career with the college in 1990, is expected to retire by June 30, 2024, according to a news releas... Read More

  The Tru by Hilton Harbison Columbia, located at 271 Columbiana Drive, has been sold. Sycamore Investment Group sold the property for an undisclosed amount to APS Wheeler, according to a  news release. Mayank Pate... Read More

A Columbia physical therapy practice will be opening a second location in Elgin. Ascent Total Performance recently leased a 1,450-square-foot space at 550 Spears Creek Church Road in Elgin. The new space will allow the practice to inc... Read More

The Benedict College Women’s Center will receive a $2 million grant from the Minority Business Development Agency Capital Readiness Program. The Women’s Center is one of 43 organizations nationwide to receive one of the gr... Read More

The last two tenants at Richland Mall in Forest Acres are moving out. Regional department store Belk and bookstore Barnes and Noble announced recently that they will be leaving the beleaguered mall at the intersection of Forest Drive ... Read More

Tennis and pickleball players in Columbia now have a new place to buy equipment for their favorite sports.  Break Point Cola officially opened its doors on Friday, Aug. 11 at 719 Saluda Ave. in Five Points.  The store is owne... Read More

The sixth annual ColaJazz Fest weekend will return to Columbia this fall Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1. This year’s lineup includes local and national jazz musicians including Fred Wesley, Houston Person, Wycliffe Gordon, M... Read More

A historic fixture of Columbia’s skyline is one step closer to returning. Work on the iconic cupola that sits atop the Babcock Building at the BullStreet District in Columbia continues. On July 26, the cupola’s base was ra... Read More

A South Carolina woman and a Florida woman have been sentenced after pleading guilty to commit wire fraud related to unemployment insurance benefits. Nariman Mahmoud Masoud, 35, of Florence, and Susan Masoud, 34 of Tampa, Fla., were s... Read More

Eight nonprofit organizations in South Carolina have received grants from the CCME Foundation, a nonprofit organization that support health care quality improvement in the Carolinas. Seven nonprofits in North Carolina also shared in t... Read More

A popular upscale tapas and dessert spot in downtown Columbia recently added brunch to its offerings and is preparing for a grand opening celebration later this week. The Robinson Room at 1614 Main Street unveiled its new brunch menu ... Read More

Two Columbia public accounting firms have announced a merger. Fleischman & Associates PA will merge its professional practice into The Hobbs Group effective Aug. 21. Combining forces, the firm will have a team of more than 50 p... Read More

A music and bicycle festival with a focus on sustainability is returning to Columbia later this month. The third annual SolFest RollFest will take place from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at NoMa Warehouse at 2222 Sumter St. in Colum... Read More

Shoppers around South Carolina can get a break at the cash register this weekend with the annual Tax Free Weekend that launched at 12 a.m. Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6. The annual weekend allows parents, students and o... Read More

A global manufacturer of expansion tanks, heat exchangers and other products for the heating and plumbing industries is establishing its first U.S. manufacturing operations in Georgetown County. Zilmet USA, established in 2012, is hea... Read More

The South Carolina Research Authority recently accepted four new companies as members, while two others received new grant funding. All SCRA Member Companies receive coaching, access to experts in SCRA’s Resource Partner Network... Read More

  Former inmates returning to the community will be able to get help and workforce training through a new program coming to South Carolina. Concordance, a non-profit based in Missouri, is partnering with Wells Fargo and th... Read More

Smoked, the popular upscale contemporary dining restaurant in the heart of Columbia’s historic Main Street District, is opening an underground speakeasy on Wednesday, Aug. 2. The speakeasy, located under Smoked at 1643 Main ... Read More

Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union has named Don Horton as its new board treasurer and Robert Terrell as new chief lending officer. Horton was elected by the board of directors during their July meeting. He has been a memb... Read More

A massive new student housing tower in downtown Columbia opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, July 31. The Standard is a new 17-story, 678-bed student housing tower at 1401 Assembly St. in Columbia’s Arsenal Hill... Read More

      Savannah River Nuclear Solutions is rapidly moving from burning fossil fuels to using electricity to power its fleet of nearly 1,000 vehicles at the Savannah River Site. The fleet of gasoline cars, va... Read More

An iconic part of Columbia’s skyline is one step closer to making a comeback. Workers on Wednesday, July 26, raised part of the cupola back to the roof of the Babcock Building, the historic centerpiece of Columbia’s BullSt... Read More

A distribution and logistics company has leased a 244,945-squre-foot industrial building located on 40 acres in northeast Columbia. Weston Inc. has leased 1030 Metso Way to DSV, a Danish company that offers more than 16 million square... Read More

A 20-acre parcel of land in Prosperity with community access to Lake Murray recently was sold by Edgewater Shores Development Partnership.  Ryan McCue, a senior brokerage associate on the land brokerage team at Colliers South Car... Read More

A Columbia developer is continuing to focus on the city’s restaurant industry as a sector for growth. When Masa Mexican Street Food opens this fall as part of the 5th & Sloan Development on Rosewood Drive, it will be the fif... Read More

Jimmie Gianoukos has been elected chairman of the board of the South Carolina Trucking Association for 2023-24.  Gianoukos is the former president and CEO of ATS Logistics, a North Charleston-based warehouse and transportati... Read More

South Carolina’s unemployment rate remained steady in June at 3.1%, according to data released July 21 by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce. During June, the estimate of unemployed people in the stat... Read More

        Jill Smith + Associates Counseling recently celebrated the official grand opening of its new and expanded office located at 1777 Bull Street in downtown Columbia with a ribbon cutting ceremony ... Read More

Nine current or former inmates of the South Carolina Department of Corrections and six other people have been indicted for allegedly receiving more than $4 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits. A federal grand jury has... Read More

Plans for Smallwood Cove, a 93.5-acre resort community along the shores of Lake Murray in Lexington County, have been scrapped. Late on July 19, the owner of the property where the resort was to be located announced that the project w... Read More

A Missouri-based delivery company has leased a 29,930-square-foot cross-dock building at 6011 Shakespeare Road in northeast Columbia. Lanter Delivery Systems arranges transportation and courier services to the agricultural, automotive... Read More

Columbia is known for its heat, once even having the slogan “Famously Hot,” but a new program might help future heat waves have less of an impact on residents.   The city is now one of five in the U.S. taking part ... Read More

Mungo Homes, a homebuilder with communities throughout the Southeast, is expanding its corporate headquarters in Richland County. The $10 million investment will create 40 new jobs. Mungo Homes will build a new, 20,250-square-foot fac... Read More

Anyone who wasn’t familiar with the supply chain and how it works got a crash course during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain problems caused shortages of everything from personal protective equipment and medicine to chicken ... Read More

A popular locally owned fitness center recently relocated from downtown Columbia to West Columbia. TEMPLE has leased a 3,300-square-foot building at 536 Meeting Street in West Columbia. Colliers South Carolina’s Mary Winter Teas... Read More

A Charleston man has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for running a fake lawn care business in order to get funds related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Antonio Brown Sanders, 26, of Charleston, was sentenced to a year and a da... Read More

The military has a huge presence in South Carolina, which is home to eight different military installations. Consequently, the state also is home to a large number of veterans — more than 397,649 across 46 counties, according t... Read More

A Columbia woman has been arrested on charges of defrauding the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce by obtaining fraudulent pandemic unemployment assistance benefits. Jennifer Roberts, 38, of Columbia, turned herself... Read More

Orangeburg-based Mixon Seed Service Inc. is expanding its operations into Calhoun County with the purchase of the L.B. Wannamaker Seed Co. facility in St. Matthews. The facility will be repurposed as a cover crop production facility and ... Read More

A Columbia-based business equipment supplier that has been a fixture in the South Carolina business market for nearly 50 years has been acquired by a Tennessee-based company. Novatech, based in Nashville, recently acquired Carolina Bu... Read More

A corporate office building in Chapin in Lexington County recently sold for $6.6 million. Rob Lapin, partner and director of brokerage services for Trinity Partners, and brokerage associate Robbie Cook represented the buyer, Universit... Read More

Carl Ulm, 67, of Charleston, pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding the Small Business Association to receive a Paycheck Protection Program loan under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Evidence pre... Read More

World-renowned chef and businessman Gordon Ramsay has signed on as an adviser and strategic partner with food tech innovation company Borealis Foods, whose Saluda-based subsidiary Palmetto Gourmet Foods produces the popular Chef Woo ... Read More

The number of visitors to the Columbia region increased from 15.1 million to 15.8 million in 2022, surpassing pre-pandemic levels by four percent, according to statistics compiled recently by Longwoods International and Tourism Economics... Read More

The city of West Columbia will hold its first Meeting Street Music Fest on the 500-700 blocks of Meeting Street from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event will showcase a wide array of musical genres, including nationally and regi... Read More

      Two clients recently signed long-term leases valued at more than $5 million for office space in a downtown Columbia building. Paul Hartley, director of office properties for Trinity Partners, recently... Read More

        Georgia-based restaurant chain Takosushi will soon be opening a second location in the Columbia area. The restaurant will be opening a location in the Forest Park shopping center in Forest Acre... Read More

American Airlines recently started  new daily service from Columbia Metropolitan Airport  (CAE) to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. (ORD). “With the addition of this nonstop service at CAE, we now have seven... Read More

South Carolina Ports’ Leatherman Terminal was recently recognized as one of the top engineering projects in the country. The American Council of Engineering Companies recognized Leatherman Terminal as a 2023 Grand Award Win... Read More

A West Columbia manufacturer celebrated its first shipment of products for a leading solar energy supplier with a visit from President Joe Biden on July 6. President Biden visited the West Columbia facility of Flex, a global diversifi... Read More

Three companies were recently accepted as members of the South Carolina Research Authority and two companies received new grant funding. All SCRA member companies receive coaching, access to experts in SCRA’s Resource Partner Ne... Read More

A Virginia-based Fortune 500 science and technology company will invest $31.7 million to establish new operations in Charleston County. Leidos, headquarted in Reston, Va., will open a manufacturing center for its Security Enterprise S... Read More

The South Carolina State Fair is now accepting entries for its annual competitive exhibits to be on display Oct. 11-22, 2023. Exhibitors from across South Carolina are invited to submit their entries now through Sept. 1 in a variety o... Read More

Several South Carolina organizations are partnering with American Farmland Trust to launch a program that will study the state’s rural areas and analyze future threats to South Carolina’s farmland, jobs and quality of life. ... Read More

      A popular bed and breakfast in downtown Columbia has reopened under new ownership. The Chesnut Cottage Bed and Breakfast held an official grand opening on Thursday, June 29. New owner Christal Doyl... Read More

The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees recently approved a new annual budget that makes significant investments in health sciences initiatives and workforce development programs while also keeping in-state tuition flat for th... Read More

Andrea H. Marshall has been elected chairperson of SC Launch Inc., the investment affiliate of the South Carolina Research Authority and she will also serve on the board of trustees of the South Carolina Research Authority.  She rep... Read More

 RXO, a leading provider of asset-light transportation solutions, recently celebrated the opening of expanded offices in Columbia’s Vista district. “It’s exciting to expand our brokerage footprint in Columbia,&r... Read More

SeamonWhiteside, a full-service site firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, recently completed a seven-year site design and landscape architecture project in partnership with Hood Design Studio for the International African Amer... Read More

Columbia-based Eagle Aviation is now under new ownership. The aviation company was recently acquired by Lee Thomas, a longtime employee and a veteran of the aviation industry, according to a news release. Thomas is only the second own... Read More

AllSouth Federal Credit Union recently started construction on a new full-service location on Parklane Road in northeast Columbia. The new location will be at 8352 Parklane Road near Farrow Road and will replace the current Parklane l... Read More