TERI ERRICO GRIFFIS PROFILE

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

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

The S.C. Ports Authority’s volumes continue to increase into 2021, keeping the Port of Charleston on track to handle record pier containers for the fiscal year, which began July 1. After consecutively strong volumes, the SCPA ha... Read More

There’s now year-round help for local food and beverage workers who’ve fallen on hard times. Pay It Forward Charleston started as an idea between six industry workers at the eatery Butcher & Bee — in pa... Read More

Sabatino Covollo started his pizza business in 2012 with a loan from the Charleston Local Development Corp. A decade later, another LDC loan is keeping his doors open again. In January, the owner of Sabatino’s Authentic New York... Read More

After 1,163 job cuts at its North Charleston plant over the last year, Boeing is no longer Charleston County’s largest private-sector employer. Roper St. Francis Healthcare, with 6,043 employees, now is the largest pri... Read More

First it was Air Jordan, and now it’s Star-Lord himself. Only five weeks into the year, the Lowcountry Food Bank is receiving another celebrity donation, this time $20,000 by Chris Pratt. The actor, who is best know... Read More

When the state shut down in mid-March, Dan Whalen had no idea what was going to happen next for him and his employees at Kiawah Island Real Estate. He never could have predicted the company would go on to set a record year &mdash... Read More

Boeing closed out 2020 with more than 4,000 backlogged commercial airplanes valued at $282 billion, President and CEO David Calhoun said on the company’s fourth quarter earnings call Jan. 27. Overall, the company reported a... Read More

One of South Carolina’s oldest marketing and public relations firms is undergoing a seismic shift as it prepares for a new generation of leadership. As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, Chernoff Newman has appointed ... Read More

A Mount Pleasant Chick-fil-A manager lent a hand at a coronavirus vaccination site following a computer glitch. “When you need help, call the pros,” Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie said on Twitter. The mayor posted a video o... Read More

The first year at Cooper River Center for Advanced Studies hasn’t gone exactly as principal Vanessa Brown had imagined. The 84,000 square-foot career center in North Charleston opened in September to young men and women currentl... Read More

After a holiday season that saw low travel numbers, Charleston International Airport is getting some needed boosts this week. Allegiant is now offering nonstop service twice a week from Charleston to St. Louis, Mo., and Louisville, Ky... Read More

In spite of worldwide supply chain challenges, the Port of Charleston wrapped up 2020 with its strongest December in history, S.C. Ports Authority said in a news release.   The largest increase was in vehicle volumes, which ... Read More

Southwest Airlines will resume direct daily connections between Charleston and Denver starting March 11. The Dallas-based airline was the first to offer nonstop flights between Charleston International Airport and the Colora... Read More

Walmart is shuttering one of its South Carolina supercenters as a result of underperforming sales, but the closing is not indicative of a broader issue with the multinational retail chain, Phillip Keene, senior director of Walmart global... Read More

Charleston is faring better than most of South Carolina, but officials think coronavirus cases are still trending in the wrong direction. As such, the city of Charleston offices, programs and facilities are rolling back from Phas... Read More

Despite efforts to move forward with the 2021 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition and a financial loss for all involved, Executive Director John Powell said it would be irresponsible to move forward with the February event given the he... Read More

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and the S.C. Ports Authority filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, accusing the waterfront union at the port of illegally working with a national maritime alliance to pr... Read More

South Carolina ranked No. 2 in the list of Top Moving Destinations of 2020, according to the National Migration Study from United Van Lines. In its 44th study, the movers determined that more than half of the state... Read More

Farmers can now apply to grow hemp in South Carolina for the 2021 growing season. As of Jan. 1, the S.C. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for hemp farming permits through Feb. 28, the SCDA said in a news r... Read More

After pursuing a Summerville property for five years, Beezer Molten, owner of Half-Moon Outfitters, has finally secured the location for his ninth store. The sale was completed for $2.21 million, Molten said. The abandoned car deal... Read More

VaLinda Miller, owner of Turning Page Bookshop in Goose Creek, hasn’t fallen into the pandemic statistic of closed businesses yet, but she’s been close. Her business was soaring from its June 2019 opening until it shut dow... Read More

The rules of workplace engagement have changed, especially for families. It’s no longer taboo for a doorbell to ring, a dog to bark or a child to interrupt a Zoom call. In fact, the growing presence of children in the workday... Read More

No one would have been surprised if South Carolinians turned into Ebenezer Scrooge this holiday, but as it turns out, the spirit of the state is a lot more like the optimistic Bob Cratchit. According to a CenturyLink study, South Caro... Read More

  Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in businesses that serve the aerospace and defense industries, is growing with its seventh acquisition. Headquartered at 200 Meeting St. in downtown Charlesto... Read More

Garco Mill has a new tenant: the project’s builder, Evans General Contractors LLC. The Atlanta, Ga.-based company had been looking to relocate its Charleston office into a more vibrant space to support client needs and futu... Read More

North Charleston hopes the construction of a new social services hub across from the former Navy Hospital will spark development in an underserved area of the city and possibly lead to a much-needed grocery store. The 17... Read More

In a year when South Carolina nonprofits said they need more than $61 million to remain in business, two have received a gift that could provide some relief. Coastal Community Foundation and One80 Place were granted donations o... Read More

Mercedes-Benz Vans LLC, which assembles Sprinter vans for the U.S. and Canadian markets in the North Charleston/Ladson area, will shut down production between December and January. “In keeping with standard practice in ... Read More