S.C. Real Estate News

• Vacancy Rates Mixed At Charleston, SC Area Shopping Malls

  Number of comments: 0
  - Charleston Regional Business Journal That familiar holiday landscape, the shopping mall, might look a bit sparser nationwide this season after more than a year of consumer caution has taken its...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:46pm EST
  by MBD

• Application to Build Spartanburg’s Victor Mill Housing Project Delayed Until Spring

  Number of comments: 0
  - Greenville News Jane Hall, the Spartanburg County councilwoman who kick-started cleanup of the former Victor Mill property that had been rubble-strewn and rat-infested for years, is frustrated...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:41pm EST
  by MBD

• Opportunistic Retailers Taking Advantage of Falling Rents (Video)

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  by MBD

• Bank Failure Cuts Charleston, SC Redevelopment Funding

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier The company redeveloping one of Charleston's most notable buildings is feeling the crunch of the banking crisis. Construction at the Cigar Factory, the historic brick...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:54pm EST
  by MBD

• Pontiac Silverdome Sells for 10 Cents on the 1975 Dollar

  Number of comments: 0
  - CNNmoney.com An unidentified Canadian real estate company was the winning bidder for the Silverdome, snatching it up for a mere fraction of its original value. A Toronto-based family-owned...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:50pm EST
  by MBD

• Gildan Buys 580,000 Sf Distribution Center in Charleston, SC for $20 Million

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier A Canadian apparel company has purchased a cavernous vacant warehouse in Berkeley County in a deal that could provide a jolt of new business for the Port of...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:34am EST
  by MBD

• Old Retail Center Site Viewed As Key to Reviving Rock Hill, SC South Side

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Herald Rock Hill officials are nearing a decision on buying the blighted Edison Mall from an owner unable to rescue it from decline. A contract has been drawn up and could go before the City...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:20am EST
  by MBD

• S.C. Home Sales Spike 18.1% Last Month

  Number of comments: 0
  - Greenville News S.C. home sales spiked 18.1 percent last month as a crush of first-time buyers hurried to make purchases before a federal tax credit was about to expire, real estate officials...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:46am EST
  by MBD

• MidlandsTrends.com Report Shows 3Q Sales for Columbia, SC Region

  Number of comments: 0
  MidlandsTrends.com report shows strong Q3 2009 land and single-family sales for Richland and Lexington County. Commercial properties are relatively flat with total transactions in the mid-20’s per...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:49pm EST
  by MBD

• Commercial Property Optimism Said To Be Boosting Banks (Video)

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:36pm EST
  by MBD

• Greenville, SC Home Sales Remained Stable in October

  Number of comments: 0
  - GSA Business Greenville home sales continued a plateau in October that has been evident in real estate data for several months, with monthly sales settling around 600 units per month. According...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  by MBD

• Plans for 1,427 Acre Development near Kiawah Island Moving through Approval Process

  Number of comments: 0
  - Charleston Regional Business Journal The Beach Co.’s plans for a 1,427-acre resort development just across the river from Kiawah Island on Johns Island are moving through Charleston County’s...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  by MBD

• FDIC Sells Most Real Estate Since 1994

  Number of comments: 0
  - Bloomberg.com The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has already sold the most real estate this year since 1994 as the regulator takes over properties held by failed lenders. The FDIC raised $727...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:58pm EST
  by MBD

• Charleston, SC Federal Building to Be Converted to a Hotel?

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier The long-vacant L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building overlooking Marion Square in downtown Charleston could be one step closer to a makeover. Dewberry Capital Corp., run by...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:59am EST
  by MBD

• 1,600 Acre Industrial Tract in Charleston, SC Sold for $10 Million

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier A Pennsylvania investment group has purchased the remainder of Berkeley County's oldest large-scale industrial site in a deal that local officials hope will lure more...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:16pm EST
  by MBD

• Zisler: Commercial Property Prices May Fall 20% More (Video)

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:53pm EST
  by MBD

• South Carolina Lawmakers Consider New Property Tax Laws

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier South Carolina's property tax revisions of 2006 were set up to benefit homeowners and those who own the same property for many years, but those same changes resulted in big...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:11am EST
  by MBD

• Foreclosures Down More Than 10% Across South Carolina

  Number of comments: 0
  - GSA Business Across South Carolina, foreclosures have decreased by 10.58% in the past month, according to data released by a national real estate tracking firm. RealtyTrac, which issues monthly...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:57am EST
  by MBD

• Two Redevelopment Proposals Submitted For Old Greer Hospital Site

  Number of comments: 0
  - Greenville News Greer has received two proposals — both of them health-care-related — for reuse of the seven-acre former Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital campus on Wade Hampton Boulevard, according...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:48am EST
  by MBD

• Healthcare Trust of America to buy 108,500 sf MOB in Spartanburg, SC for $16.2 million

  Number of comments: 0
  - GSA Business Healthcare Trust of America Inc., a self-managed, non-traded healthcare REIT, said it agreed to buy a 108,500-square-foot medical office building in Spartanburg for $16.2...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  by MBD

• Richard Lefrak: CRE's Tough Times Are Just Beginning (CNBC Video)

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by MBD

• Do You Know Someone That Needs SC Real Estate News?

  Number of comments: 0
  Help us expand the subscriber list to SC Real Estate News by clicking on the "E-Mail Envelope" link below this post and send to your colleagues, clients or friends that are in the real estate...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:19am EST
  by MBD

• Residential Real Estate Sales Up 31% from 2008 in Charleston, SC Area

  Number of comments: 0
  - SCbizmag.com Sales figures from the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors show a 31% increase in closings for October when compared with 2008, but month-to-month numbers are less dramatic in...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:16am EST
  by MBD

• Timken to Create 300,000 Square Foot Distribution Center in Duncan, SC

  Number of comments: 1
  - GSA Daily Timken plans to invest $3 million and hire 100 people at a new distribution facility at the Spartan Green Business Park in Duncan. In addition, Timken will transfer to the new facility...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:57pm EST
  by MBD

• Hotel Planned For Long-Vacant Marion Square Landmark in Charleston, SC

  Number of comments: 1
  - Charleston City Paper Atlanta developer John Dewberry is moving ahead with preliminary plans for a 120-room hotel to fill the long-vacant Mendel Rivers Federal Building near Marion Square. Next...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:10am EST
  by MBD

• Charleston, SC: October Hotel Occupancy Fell 4%, Following Last Year’s 11% Decline

  Number of comments: 0
  - Charleston Regional Business Journal Hotel occupancy in Charleston County averaged 67% during October. That was down 4% from last October’s rate, according to a monthly report from the College of...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:02pm EST
  by MBD

• 465,000 Square Foot Home Depot Distribution Facility in Columbia, SC Sold

  Number of comments: 0
  - Columbia Regional Business Report The USAA Real Estate Co. affiliate that owned the new Home Depot distribution facility in Lexington has sold the property to American Realty Capital. New...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:48pm EST
  by MBD

• Charleston, SC Area Home Sales Surge 31%

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier Charleston area home sales surged 31 percent to 721 transactions last month as buyers moved to take advantage of a temporary $8,000 federal tax credit that was recently...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  by MBD

• 2009 College HPCI Ranks Columbia, SC 31st Most Affordable College City

  Number of comments: 0
  Every fall, college football fans feel nostalgic for the tradition, lifestyle and spirit of their college towns as they cheer on their favorite teams. This year’s Coldwell Banker® College Home Price...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  by MBD

• CRE Prices Were Up 4.4% in the Third Quarter, According to MIT Index

  Number of comments: 0
  - investmentnews.com Believe it or not, the commercial-real-estate market could be close to a bottom. If so, that signals relief to banks and other financial institutions that are struggling with...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:19pm EST
  by MBD

• National Pharmacy Chain to Anchor Development in Downtown Greenville

  Number of comments: 0
  - scbiznews.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it KDS Commercial Properties plans to build a two-story development at Main and McBee...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by MBD

• Seneca Group Still Hopeful To Develop More Than 300 Acres on Lake Hartwell

  Number of comments: 0
  - UpstateToday.com A Seneca group is still hopeful of working out a deal with the state to develop more than 300 acres on Lake Hartwell into a tourist attraction. Bob Daffin, a spokesman for...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:19am EST
  by MBD

• New SCANA Campus Likely To Spur Surrounding Development in Cayce

  Number of comments: 0
  - The State Sub Station II owner Chris Kueny sees more SCANA employees coming to his sandwich shop in Cayce this fall since the utility began moving into its new headquarters nearby. The influx led...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:59am EST
  by MBD

• Mast General Store Buys Lourie's Site in Columbia for Future Store

  Number of comments: 0
  - The State Mast General Store officials said Wednesday they will open a location at the historic Lourie's building on Columbia's Main Street - the business district's first major retailer in nearly...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:38pm EST
  by MBD

• Multifamily Execs See Investment Activity Improving

  Number of comments: 0
  - Loopnet Investment-sales activity is picking up in the multifamily sector as financing has become more available, according to senior executives of apartment companies. However, demand from...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  by MBD

• BMW Is the Model That Led To Boeing, So Let's Start Now In Creating the Next CU-ICAR

  Number of comments: 0
  - Swamp Fox BMW is widely recognized as the greatest industrial recruitment success in South Carolina history. The recent recruitment of Boeing has a potential economic impact to the state bigger...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:45am EST
  by MBD

• Halloween Rentals Brighten Retail Real Estate in Greenville

  Number of comments: 0
  - GSA Business Short-term rentals to Halloween merchandisers helped push retail real estate vacancies down to 11.6% in the third quarter, the second straight quarter in which vacancies fell. In a...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:37am EST
  by MBD

• S.C. State Ports Authority May Put Daniel Island Property Up For Sale

  Number of comments: 0
  - The Post and Courier A large expanse of land on Daniel Island once eyed for a container terminal should emerge on the real estate market soon. A State Ports Authority team soon will review...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 4:55pm EST
  by MBD

• Bill Boyd to Receive Real Estate Award from South Carolina Chapter of the March Of Dimes

  Number of comments: 0
  - Columbia Regional Business Report The March of Dimes S.C. Chapter announced that William C. “Bill” Boyd will receive the organization’s 2009 Real Estate Award, which highlights the outstanding...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 3:33pm EST
  by MBD

• Growth Expected For South Carolina’s Forestry Industry, Experts Say

  Number of comments: 0
  - Columbia Regional Business Report The forestry industry is poised for a large expansion as economic conditions improve throughout the state, industry experts said during a conference last...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:55pm EST
  by MBD

• Goldfarb Says Most Real Estate Rents May Have Stabilized: Video

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:42am EST
  by MBD

• The Animated Map Makes Clear That This Recession Has Not Treated All Regions Equally

  Number of comments: 0
  This animated map provides a striking visual of employment trends over the last business cycle using net change in jobs from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on a rolling 12-month basis. LINK TO...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:24am EST
  by MBD

• Valuation Fraud Shoots Up By 25% in the Third Quarter

  Number of comments: 0
  - Valuation Review Interthinx released its quarterly Mortgage Fraud Risk Report, covering data collected during the third quarter of 2009. The report, which includes an analysis of the state of...
  
  This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, market data, and more! [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:02am EST
  by MBD