Greenville County continues to see massive investment in industrial space as witness today where John Montgomery, Managing Director at Colliers in Spartanburg, SC, announced that SunCap Property Group will be building the largest spec building to date in Greenville County at 1,000,000+ square feet. You can see his post below from LinkedIn. The project will be built in phases and could see phase 1 as large as 1.5MM SF. Wow!
Here’s his listing for SunCap Property Group’s Enterprise 85 Industrial Park. Congrats to SunCap on breaking ground and John Montgomery’s team at Colliers for bringing this to the market.
The Upstate of South Carolina continues to boom for industrial real estate and draw the attention of major investors and companies. Located 90 minutes southeast of Charlotte, NC and 2.5 hours from Atlanta, GA, it’s well positioned for companies to get space at a reasonable price. The area also has the remarkable Inland Port of Greer which extends the Port of Charleston inland by 212 miles. As you discover the Upstate of South Carolina – Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson – you may want to get to know Jim Burns and the team at the Greenville Area Development Corporation.
The Upstate of South Carolina is a consistent stronghold for conservative Republicans. With the massive influx of people from the north and northeastern US, there are concerns that the vote will change from bright red to perhaps a more muted purple. An article recently published in the Greenville Journal says that despite the many new people who have moved to the Greenville area, nothing much has really changed as of yet in terms of voting.
Time will tell if this is the case. Certainly there are plenty of people moving here with different opinions on politics. But I also come across a lot of people who are moving here because it is a more conservative area. We often here from conservatives that the new folks that are bailing out of their blue states for a variety of reasons, please don’t bring your same voting habits here to the Upstate. We don’t need to turn this place in to yet another blue haven.
The City of Greenville, SC has been updating its zoning and land use regulations to help achieve a more livable city as part of the GVL2040 Comprehensive Plan.
The city held a public meeting recently to provide an update with where they are at with the thinking. Upstate Business Journal has a good synopsis.
The main points are:
- Limit the amount of land that can be developed
- City to purchase vacant land as it tries to keep a significant amount of greenspace
- Maintain the character of existing neighborhoods
- Make development more walkable – less reliance on cars
- Create more affordable housing
The city has hired CZB of Maine to help them with this planning update.
Do you have a pool in your back yard that doesn’t get used all the time? Consider renting it out much like you would on Airbnb with extra space in your home. Now you can rent out your pool by listing it on the mobile app Swimply.
The Greenville Journal has a good story on renting your pools. It’s hard to know how big this market might be but it’s clearly a trend.