CBL Properties Announces Redevelopment at Coastal Grand in Myrtle Beach, SC
CBL Properties (NYSE:CBL) today announced redevelopment plans at Coastal Grand in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. As part of the project, DICK’S Sporting Goods will relocate to a new building near Dillard’s, which will include the addition of Golf Galaxy. Flip N Fly will then open a 53,000-square-foot family entertainment venue in the former DICK’S Sporting…
U.S. Green Building Council Report Reveals Prominence of LEED Certification Among Major Retailers Pursuing ESG Goals
Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released a new report, LEED in Motion: Retail, showing the prevalence of LEED certification in retail spaces around the world. LEED is used in more than 12,500 retail locations globally, allowing major brands like TD Bank, Starbucks, 7-Eleven and more to demonstrate achievement of ESG goals to their investors, customers…
Carvana to Invest More than $30 Million in Concord, NC
Carvana, a leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, will locate a new inspection and reconditioning facility in Cabarrus County, creating more than 400 jobs. The company will invest more than $30 million in Concord over the coming years. “The online marketplace only works for buyers and sellers when hardworking people are moving…
Carowinds Makes Bold Strike with Biggest Investment to Date
Carowinds will mark a turning point in its evolution as a destination amusement park when it introduces Copperhead Strike, the Carolinas’ first double launch coaster, for the 2019 season. Copperhead Strike simulates the harrowing chase of getaway cars racing through rolling farmland, sending riders on two launches through a relentless winding ride over half a…
BB&T Reinforces Commitment to Eastern North Carolina
BB&T Corporation (NYSE : BBT ) announced it will build an approximately 95,000-square-foot office facility on Pine Street in downtown Wilson, N.C. The new $35 million building will accommodate 650 BB&T associates who are currently working in the twin buildings at 223 West Nash St. or elsewhere in Wilson. BB&T expects to begin site work on…
SG Blocks Selected to Design and Construct 6,000-Square-Foot Container-Based Food and Beverage Venue in Greenville, SC
SG Blocks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGBX), a leading designer, innovator and fabricator of container-based structures, has secured a 6,000-square-foot retail project with Gather GVL, an eco-friendly food and beverage venue in Greenville, South Carolina. SG Blocks will be designing, fabricating and delivering 23 modules, utilizing six containers and 17 purpose-built Intermodal Container Framing Systems. The modules…
Renovations Complete at Circle Seven
Construction of Circle Seven at Garden & Gun, an interior retail build-out in the historic Cigar Factory in downtown Charleston, S.C. has been completed, according to Frampton Construction Company, LLC, a regional full-service construction firm providing planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services, Renovations included improvements to the existing space consistent with a boutique retail…
First-ever New Bojangles’ Restaurant Concept to Debut in Greenville, S.C.
Bojangles’ (NASDAQ: BOJA), the iconic restaurant famous for its hand-breaded, bone-in chicken, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits and Legendary Iced Tea® steeped the old fashioned way, will premiere its innovative new restaurant design at a grand opening on Wednesday, January 11. “This grand opening is just the beginning of what’s next for new and existing Bojangles’ locations,” said Randy…
FLS Energy Begins Construction on 96 Megawatts of Utility Scale Solar in N.C.
FLS Energy has closed financing and begun construction on 96 megawatts of utility-scale solar facilities across eight locations in North Carolina. The solar energy plants will produce approximately 144,689,000 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year or enough energy to power over 13,400 average U.S. homes. The portfolio of projects is the first phase of…
