TERI ERRICO GRIFFIS PROFILE

Move over, downtown Charleston, there’s a new destination for post-pandemic vacationers. The town of Mount Pleasant is a new top destination. Google has greeted the summer travel season with its Complete Google guide to ... Read More

Take 5 Oil Change has expanded its South Carolina reach with three more locations in the Charleston and Myrtle Beach markets. Will Sherrod with NAI Charleston facilitated the Metarie, La.-based company’s purchase of a ... Read More

Third time’s a charm for the S.C. Ports Authority as the state agency recorded its third consecutive month of record volumes. The SCPA reported the strongest May container volume ever with a 36% increase year-over year and an 81... Read More

If there hasn’t been enough golf throughout the state with the PGA Championship on Kiawah Island, RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island and this week’s Palmetto Championship at Congaree, the grass ahead is even greener... Read More

As Mount Pleasant’s population expands further north, so has the locally owned Sweetgrass Pharmacy & Compounding. Owner Cynthia Feldman opened the doors to her second location at 3485 Park Avenue Blvd. in Carolina Park on Ap... Read More

Six months ago, Century Aluminum sounded the alarms it might have to close its remaining Mt. Holly operations amid a literal power struggle with Santee Cooper. Yesterday, the aluminum producer’s message was an opti... Read More

Byron Miller remembers when BMW first announced plans to export vehicles from the Port of Charleston in the early 1990s. He served as an intern then for the S.C. Ports Authority, but over the years his roles have changed, earning him a f... Read More

Companies around the country are clamoring for industrial space in Charleston, but the demand far outweighs the area’s current supply.  As of early May, the vacancy rate was under 5%, which signals that Charleston needs mor... Read More

Today doesn’t mark a joyful holiday season, but June 1 is an important date as it kicks off the hurricane season. While the number of storms in a hurricane season doesn’t necessarily mean South Carolina will be directly hi... Read More

Marco Polo has made another epic voyage. The CMA CGM Marco Polo has set an East Coast and Canadian big ship record as the largest containership to traverse the coast.   The S.C. Ports Authority welcomed the vessel Friday morni... Read More

The Citadel’s newest academic facility, Bastin Hall, opened for classes in January, but the building was made possible by a $6 million donation from a class of 1965 alumnus and his wife. To celebrate Rick and Mary Lee Bastin, Th... Read More

The city of Goose Creek is working to save the small businesses that City Council members say make up the fabric of the community. “The pandemic was no one’s fault, but everyone is still suffering the consequences from it,... Read More

Mr. Rogers famously asked, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” But the question seems more fitting for South Carolina residents these days. April home sales in South Carolina were up 41% from last year and coastal areas like... Read More

The largest vessel to call on the East Coast will make a stop at the Wando Welch Terminal this Friday. The CMA CGM Marco Polo is carrying 16,022 TEUs — an industry measurement equivalent to a 20-foot container. That’s ... Read More

First National Bank is expanding its Lowcountry footprint with a new branch at Freshfields Village, the open-air shopping and dining experience at the crossroads of Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island and Johns Island... Read More

A new airline has landed at Charleston International Airport, and the company was established by JetBlue founder David Neeleman. Breeze Airways is making its debut May 27 with its first takeoff coming out of Charleston International, ... Read More

It’s almost a broken record hearing about the S.C. Ports Authority’s broken records, but the numbers are positive signs of continued recovery coming out of the pandemic. Following an all-time cargo record in March, the SPA... Read More

Cheers, Flowertown! Frothy Beard Brewing Co. is expanding to a second location this summer. The partners have acquired Homegrown Brewhouse in Summerville’s popular Hutchinson Square and will convert it to a second... Read More

While the number of storms in a hurricane season doesn’t necessarily mean South Carolina will be directly hit, the forecast is still ominous with another active Atlantic season on the horizon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheri... Read More

After a four-month nationwide search for a new executive director, Lowcountry Local First has found a new director, the organization said in a news release. As of May 17, Jacquie Berger has replaced founding Executive Director Ja... Read More

SmartLinx is establishing a research and development laboratory in Charleston to drive transformation in long-term care, the company said in a news release. The SmartLinx Accelerating Innovation Lab will help the company develop ... Read More

Christina Oh has experienced firsthand how communities thrive when hospitals hire good doctors, and she’s excited to implement that knowledge in the Lowcountry Region. “It really helps propel communities forward,” sh... Read More

A waterfront community on Johns Island has already surpassed overall sales for 2020 with a record-breaking 49 homes and home sites sold since January. Kiawah River, developed on 2,000 acres along Betsy Kerrison Parkway, was home to 57... Read More

A captain’s chair and sink from aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown will be used on an upcoming big-budget Korean war movie. Devotion tells the story of two naval pilots, the first African-American Naval Aviator Jesse Brown and... Read More

Newland, the developers behind the master-planned Summerville community, are being acquired by Brookfield Residential, a company headquarterd in Calgary, Canada. The acquisition won’t affect any current plans, including the groundb... Read More

Every year around this time, South Carolina residents take a deep breath and step into hurricane season, which officially begins June 1 and lasts through Nov. 30. While each storm typically allows a few days to prepare, the decision t... Read More

Two South Carolina Indie Grants short films have been selected for the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The 20th annual festival held June 9-20 in New York City is the first major film festival to be held in person since the pand... Read More

South Carolina has an estimated 80,000 open jobs, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce. The majority of the jobs are in the food and accommodations industry, which was hit most severely this past year... Read More

A structure fire at Boeing S.C. on Saturday resulted in no injures or damage to aircraft at the manufacturing site, the company said in a statement. Emergency crews responded to a fire on the roof of Boeing’s plant on ... Read More

The Ford Foundation has donated $500,000 to the Emanuel Nine Memorial, the Mother Emanuel Memorial Foundation board said in a news release. The Mother Emanuel Foundation is a 501(c)3 designated organization in Charleston tha... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster has called for the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce to terminate all federal pandemic unemployment programs in South Carolina, citing the benefits as cause for the state’s workforce shortage. ... Read More

The S.C. Ports Authority has shifted two containerships intended to call on the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal back to Wando Welch Terminal as shipping companies look to stay out of the fray cause by a union lawsuit, the Port of Charle... Read More

The master-planned Nexton community will soon become a medical destination for Berkeley County. Medical University of South Carolina has proposed a $130 million hospital within the Summerville community. The 128-patient bed facil... Read More

Boeing delivered two 787-9 Dreamliners in the first quarter, but May is looking more optimistic as Lufthansa Group just ordered five more jets to add to the company’s long-haul fleet. Europe’s... Read More

Within a span of four days, Panera Bread was able to meet, background check and hire 140 candidates in eight states after only one day of interviews. Like so many food and beverage businesses, Panera is experiencing a severe staf... Read More

Charleston is racking up the accolades this month. Hotel Emeline earned a pretty big nod from Travel + Leisure’s “It List 2021: Our Editors’ Picks of the Best New Hotels in the World.” The 16th annual list s... Read More

Mount Pleasant is preparing for even more production studios to film in the area. Following the successful shooting of Netflix’s Outer Banks and HBO’s Righteous Gemstones in the Lowcountry, Mount Pleasant Town Council ... Read More

The International Longshoremen’s Association filed a civil case yesterday as a result of activity at the newly operational Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal. The lawsuit against Hapag-Lloyd AG and the United States Maritime ... Read More

Investors plan film production facilty in West Ashley By Teri Errico Griffis tgriffis@scbiznews.com South Carolina has award-winning hotels and airports that appeal to production companies, but the state lacks the studio ... Read More

South Carolina has award-winning hotels and airports that appeal to production companies, but the state lacks the studio space to knock its attraction out of the park, S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Duane Parri... Read More

The S.C. Chamber of Commerce has a new CEO and he is determined from day one to spread the word about the state’s under-recognized value. Bob Morgan stepped into his new role on April 1, picking up where Ted Pitts left off when ... Read More

When Citadel cadets went home for spring break last year, they were told to pack up their computers and books because the week vacation might last a little longer. Little did they know they wouldn’t return until the fall semester n... Read More

DHL Supply Chain, which has a warehouse and distribution center in Dorchester County, is investing $92.7 million to expand its South Carolina footprint, the S.C. Department of Commerce said in a news release. The logistics compan... Read More

Nearly twenty years in the making, the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal is open for business. On Friday, April 9, the North Charleston terminal welcomed its first container ship, the Yorktown Express, which unloaded around 1,000 conta... Read More

The tourism industry is looking up as hotel occupancy for the week of March 21-27 was up 153% from this week last year and down 12.5% compared to the same timeframe in 2019, according to a weekly report by the S.C. Department of Parks, R... Read More

Boeing S.C.’s North Charleston plant has delivered its first 787 Dreamliner since October, the airplane manufacturer said.  “We have resumed 787 deliveries, following several months of engineering analys... Read More

South Carolina needs a bigger boat. The turning point in Jaws, the 1975 blockbuster about a megashark terrorizing a small island, came with an ad-libbed line of dialogue from one of the actors. Leading up to the moment the main cha... Read More

The first container arrived at the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal yesterday, the S.C. Ports Authority said. The container is one of many firsts the HLT will see in the coming weeks. The cargo was for BMW Manufacturing and ... Read More

Bob Moran learned a valuable lesson after calling off last year’s Volvo Car Open less than three weeks before the first serve. As the region shut down in March 2020, the tournament director saw no other choice and lost over... Read More

More than 70 million square feet of sublease space has hit the market nationwide since the pandemic began. The re-evaluation of office needs has trickled down to the Lowcountry as businesses, hit hard by the pandemic, have subleased t... Read More

Karen Thrower believes connecting people is her superpower. An independent consultant, Thrower’s world has been rocked during the pandemic as in-person gatherings have halted and her consulting contracts have all dried up. So sh... Read More

Keep the change. The small concept has made a $32 million impact on philanthropic organizations nationwide with Jersey Mike's Month of Giving program. For the last 11 years, franchisees of the sandwich chain have spent the... Read More

Google is investing $7 billion nationwide and $500 million will go toward further expanding its Berkeley County operations. With the expansion plans, the company anticipates creating 10,000 full-time jobs this year, though t... Read More

King Street has had its challenges during the pandemic, but companies shouldn’t have to compete against one another to survive, according to Rhett Outten, owner of Croghan’s Jewel Box. To get through the downturn, Outten b... Read More

Dominion Energy is expanding its West Ashley footprint. The power and energy company, headquartered in Richmond, Va., has purchased 11.269 acres on Henry Tecklenburg Drive to develop additional crew quarters, Senior Communication... Read More

Two months after the S.C. Ports Authority filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the waterfront union of unfair labor practices, the NLRB said the complaint has merit. With the ruling, the Hu... Read More

With the area’s rising real estate prices, nonprofits often struggle to find affordable office space. To save money on daily expenses, four organizations are joining forces to transform a wholesale furniture warehouse in North C... Read More

Charleston’s diverse economy has kept the metro region afloat during the pandemic, according to experts at the 30th Annual Economic Outlook Conference, presented by the Charleston Metro Chamber. Jacki Renegar, director of the Ce... Read More

Hotel occupancy may still be down 22.8% from this time last year, according to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, but development is in full swing. The 175-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Harbor&n... Read More

It’s International Women’s Day today, and in Charleston S.C. Ports Authority COO Barbara Melvin is receiving statewide recognition. On Friday, she was named the 2021 Woman of the Year by the S.C. Manufacturers Alliance. ... Read More

Santee Cooper and Century Aluminum have come to a three-year power agreement that will allow the Mount Holly plant to restart its second pot line. This new contract is anticipated to start on April 1, Century President Mike ... Read More

What started as a project in a Harvard dorm is now a Mount Pleasant software as a service company that raised $3.4 million in January to help companies make better hiring decisions. Sprockets CEO AJ Richichi created the appl... Read More

Starting today, S.C. restaurants and bars can resume alcohol sales after 11 p.m., and large gatherings of 250 or more no longer require approval from the S.C. Department of Commerce. Given the state’s 79% decline in COVID-1... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster is urging private businesses to step up to become vaccination sites, saying that public health depends on everybody’s support. On Tuesday, McMaster and wife Peggy visited a Dominion Energy facility off Inters... Read More

For 100 years, Croghan’s Jewel Box has been in vogue, but now it’s literally in Vogue. The famous fashion magazine out of New York City polled readers to name their favorite small businesses around the count... Read More

Cardboard, paper, aluminum … mattresses. They’re all recyclable. Discarded mattresses can be dismantled in South Carolina and their parts reclaimed by local companies. Charleston Mattress owner K.C. Rennie an... Read More