Recent Articles from Staff
Employers confronting legal issues surrounding coronavirus
Employers have to consider several factors, including employee health privacy and potential for discrimination, when dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak. Legal experts advise establishing and/or updating company pandemic plans.
Airport development setting sights on e-commerce market
Columbia Metropolitan Airport is working with Magnus Development Partners to develop 500 acres of airport property by offering space for warehouse, distribution, logistics or office needs.
Vanishing Vista? Recent closings don’t worry observers
City development officials and real estate professionals say that recent closings in the Congaree Vista are part of a cycle of businesses coming and going. Insiders say greater area density will help attract and keep future venues.
Midlands could do more to grow talent pool, competitiveness report says
In annual rankings, the Columbia area is compared to 9 other similarly sized Southeastern cities in categories of talent, innovation, entrepreneurial and business environment, industry clusters and livability.
Ground broken on another hotel near Lexington Medical Center
The $14 million TownePlace Suites by Marriott, which will have 111 studio and one-bedroom suites, is being built next to the existing Residence Inn by Marriott, previously developed by Solara Hospitality.
S.C. legislators face big issues as session resumes
The fate of Santee Cooper, along with tax and education reform, are among the big-ticket items the General Assembly is expected to tackle in the second of half of the 2019-20 session.
Tax reform, education among chamber’s priorities
In its 2020 competitiveness agenda, the S.C. Chamber of Commerce called for state lawmakers to address tax and education reform as the second half of the legislative session resumes.
S.C. beer wholesalers join campaign against human trafficking
The number of human trafficking victims in South Carolina in 2019 increased 360% to 678 victims, compared to 188 victims in 2018, according to the state attorney general.
Commission rejects proposed student housing development
After hearing opposition from neighborhood residents, a city design committee voted against a proposed eight-story, 271-unit student housing development in the 1600 block of Gervais Street.
S.C. Department of Agriculture gets software to track hemp
The system helps the department track reports and records submitted by the state's 114 licensed hemp farmers and 40-plus hemp processors to ensure they are complying with state and federal laws.
Cybersecurity presents serious, potentially expensive business issue
Experts say businesses must be vigilant in protecting information belonging to them and to clients. Threats can range from individual hackers to governments and cost companies an average of $3.9 million a year, according to one insider.
Property acquisition underway for Carolina Crossroads
The S.C. Department of Transportation is acquiring property along interstates 26, 20 and 126 for highway widening and reconfiguring. That process can include residential property acquisition, a sometimes tricky but regulated undertaking.