TERI ERRICO GRIFFIS PROFILE

Give working mothers access to free childcare. That’s the idea at least behind two College of Charleston students’ conceptual app, The Community Helper. Their idea won the Nov. 19 Gender Equality Pitch Competition&nbs... Read More

PGA of America Championship Director Ryan Ogle is focused on making a long-term economic impact on the region with the 2021 PGA Championship on Kiawah Island. One way is to hire local, diverse talent to execute the event. Through the ... Read More

Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in the Oct. 19, 2020 issue of Charleston Regional Business Report. It’s hard to envision a state that in a mere months could be without organizations to feed the hungry, teach ch... Read More

On a whim in 2015, Mimi Striplin began her jewelry company Tiny Tassel out of her 500-square-foot apartment. She sold her signature tassel earrings on her website and at weekend markets for less than $20. In June, that s... Read More

Did you know small businesses make up 99.4% of South Carolina's private businesses? Defined as having 500 employees or less, these businesses combine to employ more than 817,000 residents, according to a 2020 report (.pdf) by... Read More

Parking might be an issue throughout the area, but Charleston International Airport has found a way to add 2,400 more spaces. On Thursday the airport celebrated the opening of a new $88 million, five-tier parking garage, which al... Read More

As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide, Carnival Cruise Line has postponed its embarkations out of Charleston through Feb. 28, the company said Wednesday. The cruise line notified guests and travel agents that it is still bu... Read More

For decades global companies have seen the benefits of doing business in South Carolina, and JP Morgan Chase has added itself to that list. In a time where many businesses are contracting, the bank is going all in on its major branch ... Read More

South Carolina’s tourism revenues have dropped by $5.2 billion since February, a 43% decrease year-over-year, according to data from Tourism Economics, a global tourism research and consulting company. For the week of Oct. 25-31... Read More

SC Launch, an affiliate of SCRA, has invested $200,000 in a Charleston marketing company that helps connect fundraisers and donors to nonprofits on social media, SCRA said in a news release. Established in 2015, GoodUnited has he... Read More

Do you have an award-winning elevator pitch? Eight teams of Citadel cadets and students are honing theirs as they prepare to compete in the elevator pitch round of the Baker Business Bowl on Nov. 11. The Citadel’s i... Read More

Retailers aren’t the only ones at risk for pandemic closures. Mall owners are struggling too. On Nov. 2, CBL & Associates Properties Inc., the Chattanooga, Tenn., owner and manager of Northwoods Mall in North Charleston... Read More

The pandemic has helped Americans appreciate the value in a dollar — and a dollar store. According to a third quarter report by Colliers International South Carolina, activity at discount stores is intensifying during the pandem... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster closed the S.C. Manufacturing Conference and Expo today with his thoughts on what makes South Carolina attractive to businesses, how the state’s handling of the pandemic sends a strong message to ... Read More

Restaurateur John Keener softly opened Shem Creek Crab House Friday after years of waiting for a creekside property to become available. Keener, who owns four other seafood-focused restaurants in the area, started his career in t... Read More

Zhen Hua 36 has arrived. Around noon Monday, the vessel carrying two of the S.C. Ports Authority’s five new ship-to-shore cranes reached the Columbus Street Terminal en route to Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal. The ship ... Read More

South Carolina has a new award-winning entrepreneur — and she’s 15 years old. On Tuesday, Sydney Broadwell, a student at Crescent High School in Anderson County, placed first in the 2020 YEScarolina S.C. State Bus... Read More

A Charleston consulting firm has partnered with an enterprise imaging company to help hospitals consolidate and organize images collected as part of a patient’s medical history. Headquartered in downtown Charleston, Knowledge Ca... Read More

In a period when many restaurants are floundering to stay afloat, one chain is opening a new location in the Upper Peninsula. Preparing for a late spring or early summer opening, The Kickin' Chicken has secured a space at 45 ... Read More

Seismic testing off the coast of South Carolina is likely finished for several years after a federal judge dismissed a 2018 lawsuit on Tuesday. The suit, filed by the Coastal Conservation League, took aim at the National Marine Fisher... Read More

A piece of property that has been in turmoil for more than 10 years has been purchased by national homebuilder Ashton Woods for $20 million. In January, the Atlanta-based company became the new owner of 500 acres of the Watson Hill tr... Read More

With more than 3,689 COVID-19 or similar cases reported aboard cruise ships since the coronavirus pandemic began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended a no-sail order through Oct. 31. The third modification ... Read More

After three failed attempts by three different developers, one of Charleston’s last, largest tracts of waterfront property could finally be developed along the Cooper River. Charleston City Council unanimously approved the first... Read More

Commercial real estate professionals are seeing trends that medical offices are moving away from larger complexes and seizing retail space in growing suburban communities. While campuses like downtown’s medical district aren&rsq... Read More

Further relief is coming to small businesses and nonprofits as the city of Charleston has been awarded $935,000 to make loans to those affected by the pandemic, Mayor John Tecklenburg said at a news conference Wednesday. The city will... Read More

Boeing SC is shifting its entire 787 production to its North Charleston plant sometime next year, the company said in a news release today. Top leaders at the company met virtually to make the decision as the manufacturer con... Read More

A new tenant has moved into Citadel Mall, bringing further realization to Trademark Properties Inc.’s revitalization plans for the 4 million-square-foot property. The real estate investors swooped in three years ago to purchase ... Read More

Phase I of S.C. Ports Authority’s Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal is on track to open on March 31, according to the SCPA board. Having started construction in August 2018, the first of three phases will have been wrapped up in 3... Read More

Boeing S.C. says that no official decision has been made about moving the company’s 787 operations from the Seattle area to North Charleston, but Reuters is reporting that the company is getting ready to shift final assembly op... Read More

Starting Sept. 14, approximately 195,000 Charleston County property owners will receive reassessment notices, a county news release said. The notices are to inform real estate and mobile home owners of the new value of their property ... Read More

Charleston International Airport’s first direct flight to Los Angeles will help fulfill the region’s economic demand for gateway access to the Asian market, according to Elliott Summey, CEO of the Charleston County Aviation A... Read More

The Charthouse Apartments on James Island has been acquired for $8.5 million by Durham Hill Capital LLC and Hoplite Capital Strategies, according to a news release. The sale of the 48-unit, class A multifamily community at 1559 Folly ... Read More

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and other city officials have filed a lawsuit (.pdf) against 24 fossil fuel companies, in an attempt to hold them accountable for the city’s costs to adapt to climate change. Tecklenburg made th... Read More

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to extend the moratorium on offshore drilling activity on Florida’s Gulf Coast to include its Atlantic Coast as well as the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. An exi... Read More

PGA of America has a new director for the 2021 PGA Championship, which will return to The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort on May 17. Ryan Ogle, who joined PGA of America eight years ago as an intern, will replace Scott Reid,... Read More

  Sullivan’s seafood restaurant plans to shutter permanently on Sunday after being in business for 32 years. The family-owned establishment at 2019 Middle St. is a popular destination for locals and tourists looking for ... Read More

A third large-scale development project has been proposed for the 160-acre waterfront property of Laurel Island, on the northeast side of the Charleston peninsula. The self-contained, mixed-use community would build office and residen... Read More

The Netflix series Outer Banks, which returns to film season two on Monday, is anticipated to add millions of dollars in direct spending to the S.C. economy. The show, set in North Carolina but filmed in the Charleston area, spent... Read More

The Charleston Harbor deepening project is fully funded and on schedule to achieve a depth of 52 feet by mid-2022. Once the project is completed, Charleston Harbor will be the deepest on the East Coast. The Army Corps of Engineers... Read More

Charleston Southern University will offer the state’s first collegiate aeronautics program beginning in fall of 2021. With a forecast shortage of more than 804,000 civil aviation pilots in the next 20 years, according to a Boein... Read More

Bill Hall, founder of Hall Management Group, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, the company said. “His family, friends, colleagues and I are devastated,” Jim Wahlstrom, director of human resources and operations, sai... Read More

The CEO of one of the largest festivals in the area is saying that the lack of incoming accommodations tax funds is going to severely hinder people from coming to Charleston to spend money. The state is anticipating the loss of millio... Read More

As cadets return to The Citadel for the 2020-2021 academic year, they’ll notice one new face in particular — albeit a rather wrinkly one. The Bulldogs have a new mascot, Gen. Mike D. Groshon, or G3 for short. The 15-mo... Read More

Dr. Raymond N. DuBois has been named director of the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, the Medical University of South Carolina said in a news release. DuBois, who is also dean of the MUSC College of Medicine, will assume his additional role ... Read More

Funding for a new park-and-ride facility and transit hub on the Upper Peninsula has been awarded to Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments. The funding will be used to provide transportation options for hospitality workers... Read More

Office vacancies are up to 8.75% in the Charleston area for the second quarter, a 1.3 percentage-point increase over the first quarter, as companies that have been hit hard by COVID-19 are exiting their current spaces and choosing not to... Read More