JASON THOMAS PROFILE

A new executive hire marks a pivotal point for a Charleston construction company as it looks to expand its depth of manufacturing projects. Frampton Construction Co. LLC, a full-service construction firm providing planning and design ... Read More

The Department of Energy – Savannah River has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic to open channels of collaboration that advance technology solutions for each organization.  S... Read More

The Commission of Public Works for the city of Greenville has named an interim leader for its water company. Greenville Water has appointed Jeffrey W. Boss to serve as interim CEO effective immediately. Boss has been serving as c... Read More

SC Biz News is introducing a new recognition program this year — ICON Honors. To complement our Forty Under 40 programs, we’re celebrating experienced business leaders who have exhibited strong leadership and notable ... Read More

Breeze Airways has announced a new nonstop destination from Charleston. The airline will introduce service to Charleston, W.Va. (CRW) on May 31, marking the airline’s newest nonstop destination from CHS, its biggest base. Bre... Read More

A Charleston-based beverage company is opening what it claims to be South Carolina’s first cannabis-themed bar. The team behind High Rise Beverage Co. will be opening a “cannabis dry bar” — the first of its... Read More

Furman University has launched the Center for Innovative Leadership, a talent development initiative aimed at supporting mature and growing businesses in Greenville and the greater Upstate region. The CIL leverages Furman’s expe... Read More

Summerville Medical Center has opened its $10.5 million surgical services expansion to provide the growing community across Dorchester and Berkeley Counties with greater access to surgical care in their own backyard. “This i... Read More

TIME Bicycles plans to establish its first South Carolina operations in Spartanburg County to build the nation’s largest carbon fiber bicycle factory. The company’s $6.5 million investment will create 105 new jobs, accordi... Read More

The gourmet café and market Caviar & Bananas has opened a second Charleston location. The Ashley Avenue spot features the same menu items, such as sandwiches, salads and a wide selection of provisions in the market, as the ... Read More

An indoor play concept exclusively for children is coming to Judson Mill. Friends and businessmen Austin Motes and Daniel Kingsbury are bringing Play Café to the Upstate after realizing the market needed something better, a... Read More

A longtime downtown Greenville pizza and beer spot will be closing soon. Barleys announced on social media over the weekend that it would be permanently closing after 27 years at 25 W. Washington St., citing lingering COVID-19 pandemi... Read More

A company that buys and trades non-ferrous scrap and also recycles metals and other material will establish its first South Carolina operations with a location in Berkeley County. ZEB Metals, as part of a newly established joint ventu... Read More

After an extensive nationwide search, Trident United Way has named a new leader. David “D.J.” Hampton II will be taking over as president and CEO, effective April 17, according to a Trident United Way news release. &ldq... Read More

A Charleston edition of the board game Monopoly is expected to hit store shelves in November — and you can have a say on what it will look like. Until April 7, fans of the popular game can voice which locations they would li... Read More

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of spending $5,000 to replace the transmission in my 2014 Ford Escape. Less than 85,000 miles and it went kaput. And the mechanic couldn’t offer an explanation as to why, other than a s... Read More

Charleston’s newest luxury boutique has opened.The Palmetto, 194 E. Bay St., is an ode to Charleston’s blend of history and modernity, according to a news release. The Palmetto boasts 45 rooms appointed with king-size ... Read More

Frampton Construction Co. LLC, a full-service construction firm providing planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services, has expanded its operations by adding a new office in Tampa, Fla. The office, locat... Read More

Floyd Lee Locums has unveiled its new Charleston office. The newly renovated space, at 4900 O’Hear Ave., Suite 106, North Charleston, provides a modern headquarters for the company, which is entering its sixth year of operat... Read More

A new airline will launch in the Upstate this summer. Avelo Airlines has announced new nonstop service from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) to Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) and Orlando International Airport (MCO). ... Read More

Larry Jackson, 76, founder and former CEO of Jackson, a national brand marketing and motorsports marketing agency headquartered in Greenville, died Monday, March 13. A 55-year veteran of the communication industry, Jackson built an ag... Read More

A Charleston-based retail chain will soon arrive in a new market with the anticipated opening of two locations. Palmetto Moon, a Southern lifestyle retailer marking two decades of rapid growth, will soon have a presence in Kentuc... Read More

On the heels of its 10-year anniversary in Charleston, JetBlue Airways has announced a new daily nonstop service from Charleston International (CHS) to New York City’s Westchester County Airport (HPN) beginning May 25. “We... Read More

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has relocated its Charleston office to Morrison Yard, the signature development overlooking the Cooper River in the city’s upper peninsula. The move allowed Parker Poe to redesign its Cha... Read More

A Greenville-based restaurant chain has hired a real estate advisory firm to help plan the expansion of its footprint. Avison Young has been tapped as the master broker for Sully’s Steamers, helping secure new locations and assi... Read More

A former NBA coach and local entrepreneur has begun work on a multiuse sports facility in North Charleston. Wesley Horne’s The Block, Dynamic Sports Team’s 20,000-square-foot facility, will be located at 2045 Meeting S... Read More

The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority has issued $24.9 million in educational facilities revenue bonds to finance the first ever charter school in Greenwood County. Greenwood Charter Academy will use $24.2 million... Read More

A national fitness chain has opened its second Charleston-area location — with plans to open more. Iron Tribe Fitness has opened at 601 Meeting St. in the city’s Upper Peninsula district, according to an Iron Tribe news re... Read More

A law firm with multiple locations has expanded its Charleston office space while adding several key attorneys. Saxton & Stump has moved up a floor in its current building at 151 Meeting St., according to a news release from the f... Read More

The former Henry P. Archer Elementary School building, which opened in 1936 on Charleston’s eastside, is undergoing a transformation. The building on Nassau Street, which closed in 1980 and sat empty for years, is being renovate... Read More

Three chefs will represent South Carolina in an international food competition in Dallas. The chefs were selected to join “Team Lake Murray Country” at the Taste of Lake Murray, the South Carolina Super Regional Qualif... Read More

Edgewater Group LLC, a Florida-based real estate investment firm, has acquired a boutique, full-service hotel in Greenwood. The Inn on the Square adds to Edgewater's diverse portfolio of assets in hospitality, retail, off... Read More

A Charleston-based owner, operator, developer and acquirer of marina assets has named a new leader. Jonathan Langer, 32 Marinas LLC  chairman and Fireside Investments founder, has appointed Austin Schell as CEO of PORT 32 and as ... Read More

A Summerville luxury residential community has been sold to a Boston-based real estate investment firm. Raleigh, N.C.-based Terwilliger Pappas, a multifamily developer, has sold Solis Nexton, a 320-unit luxury residential community in... Read More

A downtown Charleston property that dates to the pre-Revolutionary War era has been sold. The Anne Boone House, located at 47 E. Bay St., has sold for $8.6 million, marking the highest sale on the downtown peninsula so far this ye... Read More

The Patriots Point Development Authority board recently selected a new leader for the agency. The board unanimously selected Allison Hunt to serve as the state agency’s executive director, according to a news release from the bo... Read More

Clemson University is opening a national center where researchers will devise new ways of hardening the transportation system against cyberattack as a growing number of vehicles and more of the world’s infrastructure rely on th... Read More

An East Coast bagel shop is opening its first location outside its home base in the Charleston area. Spread Bagelry, a Montreal-style, wood oven bagel establishment, will open its first location outside of Philadelphia in Mount P... Read More

A South Carolina nonprofit based in North Charleston has named a new leader. After an extensive nationwide search, HALOS has named Jed Dews as executive director. Dews, the associate director at Voices for Georgia’s Children,... Read More

Beemok Hospitality Collection and MINA Group have joined together for an Italian-inspired concept in downtown Charleston. Sorelle recently opened at 88 Broad St. Set within three reimagined historic townhouses, Sorelle mea... Read More

A manufacturer of pre-insulated copper pipes plans to expand operations and establish its world headquarters in York County. PDM US’s project represents an $18.5 million investment and will create 25 new jobs, according to a new... Read More

A Charletson-based commercial design-build firm is moving forward with the next phase of a Goose Creek project. Berenyi is retrofitting Symrise’s facility and building a cleanroom environment that accommodates the global manufac... Read More

The state of South Carolina has launched a virtual hub highlighting South Carolina’s growing electric vehicle industry and the state’s capacity for further industry expansion. The website, scpowerserv.com, was created by t... Read More

South Carolina ETV and Public Radio will soon have a new leader. The ETV Commission has selected Stephanie Frazier Cook to serve as interim president and CEO of South Carolina ETV and Public Radio. Cook will begin serving as interim p... Read More

Three-time Grammy Award-winner Darius Rucker and SRE Entertainment are bringing back the Riverfront Revival music festival to North Charleston’s Riverfront Park. The event will be held Oct. 7-8. The 2023 lineup will be announ... Read More

A New York-based manufacturer is establishing operations in South Carolina. Pallidus, a silicon carbide (SiC) wafer semiconductor manufacturer, plans to relocate its corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations to York County. ... Read More

A “flagship” project that was announced in December has begun its construction phase. Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, a subsidiary of Kontrolmatik Technologies, has begun work on its first U.S. lithium-ion battery manu... Read More

A “first-of-its-kind” health care waste treatment and disposal company is set to open in Summerville. EcoSteris confirmed that March 1 will be the start date of its "state-of-the art" operations at 112 F... Read More

A Charleston company specializing in outsourcing call center services for the e-commerce industry has plans to hire 100 new employees over next two years, with a $3 million investment into the business. Aventus is known for its tech-f... Read More

Bradshaw Automotive Group, founded by William Bradshaw 43 years ago, has sold its assets to the Anderson Automotive Group of North Carolina. The transaction closed Jan. 30. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founde... Read More

Work has begun on Navy Yard Charleston with the redevelopment of two historic storehouses in a project that looks to transform a portion of the former Charleston Naval Base into a mixed-use neighborhood. Projected to ope... Read More

Charleston-based BoomTown, a cloud-based sales and marketing automation platform serving real estate professionals and Inside Real Estate, a high-growth independent real estate software company, have merged to form a residential real est... Read More

The next College of Health Professions building at the Medical University of South Carolina will be a new, modern medical education facility in the heart of downtown Charleston. Providing classrooms, laboratories, common spaces&nb... Read More

The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission’s nonprofit partner, the Charleston County Parks Foundation, will host the first ever Folly Pier Fest on the reconstructed Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier on Saturday, M... Read More

Urban Air Adventure Park, which claims to be the largest indoor adventure park operator in the world, has signed a lease agreement to bring a new park to North Charleston. The park, at 7800 Rivers Ave., is expected to officially open ... Read More

Greenville Water CEO David H. Bereskin is retiring after 12 years at the utility. Bereskin’s last day will be March 3, according to a Greenville Water news release. During Bereskin’s tenure, he ensured that Greenville W... Read More

A high-profile and well-traveled bridge in downtown Greenville is set for a state-funded renovation. The Church Street bridge will be getting an $8 million upgrade, making it a safer, better-lit and more pedestrian-friendly, according... Read More

The South’s fast rise as a leader in the building of electric vehicles and the batteries to power them is helping drive Clemson University’s decision to form a new school that brings together its mechanical and automotive... Read More

Atlas Real Estate Partners, a multifamily-focused private investment and development firm with offices in New York and Miami, has completed the site acquisition for The Darby multifamily development in Charleston, according to a news rel... Read More

SkyDrive Inc., a Japanese electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Japan, has plans to enter the U.S. market and the establishment of its home base in South Carolina, according to a Skydri... Read More

A beverage company has plans to open its first South Carolina facility in Spartanburg County. Milo’s Tea Co.’s $130 million investment is expected to create 103 new jobs, according to a release from the South Carolina Depa... Read More

A California-based biotech company is opening its first facility in South Carolina in Union County. MycoWorks, which creates luxury-quality leather alternatives using the trademarked Fine Mycelium, has selected Stream Realty Partn... Read More

A space next to Prohibition on King Street in downtown Charleston is being transformed into a new concept. James Walsh, part of the team behind Prohibition, has partnered with Sean Muldoon and Jillian Vose, the duo behind New York&rsq... Read More

A social club with a full-service restaurant and pool that bills itself as "more loose-tie than black-tie" has been acquired by a hospitality company. The Mixson Club, located near Park Circle in North Charleston, is under n... Read More

Proterra Inc. (NASDAQ: PTRA), a commercial vehicle electrification technology company, has produced the first Proterra Powered EV battery at its new Powered 1 battery manufacturing plant in Greer. By achieving this end-to-end prod... Read More

Retired BMW Manufacturing CEO Knudt Flor has been appointed to the newly created advisory board at predictive analytics company Delta Bravo. Prior to retiring in September 2021, Flor oversaw BMW Plant Spartanburg, the largest BMW Grou... Read More

Harold’s Cabin, the locally-owned “camping meets craft cocktails” spot located in the Westside Neighborhood of downtown Charleston, has reinvented its upstairs space. The Pickled Beat, which opened today, Jan. 17... Read More

Imagine being on the front lines of a historically challenging hiring market. That’s what the honorees in our Staffing Agencies Power List are staring down in 2023. You can read the full profiles here. “The stru... Read More

A company that upcycles food processing plant waste products is establishing operations in Lee County. The Upcycle Co., a provider of services to upcycle fats, oils, proteins and nutrient-dense fertilizer from food processing plant wa... Read More

Even as the specter of a recession has hovered overhead, South Carolina’s commercial real estate industry continues to sizzle. In fact, it had a record 2021, according to Colliers’ Columbia office. Statewide executi... Read More

Word is getting out. Checks notes. OK, word has already gotten out. Big time. The latest accolade for Greenville comes from none other than the New York Times. The publication ranks Greenville No. 14 in its list of top trave... Read More

Charleston-based Eveon Containers Inc. has expanded its North American operations to include multiple regions in Canada. A global provider of sustainable building, shipping and storage solutions, Eveon currently has European head... Read More

Huey Magoo’s celebrated its newest franchise store with s grand opening on Tuesday in North Charleston, its first in the Charleston area. Huey Magoo’s North Charleston is the 41st restaurant opening system-wide spannin... Read More

Bluffton resident Michael S. Chen has been selected as UNICEF USA’s new chief financial officer, effective Jan 10. As chief financial officer, Chen will be responsible for leading the finance team while ensuring all financial fu... Read More

South Carolina’s third Topgolf location now has an opening date. The new location, at 5000 Topgolf Way in North Charleston, will open Friday, Jan. 20, according to a Topgolf news release.  The venue, the company’s 87t... Read More

A Pittsburgh-based publicly traded banking corporation will soon have a presence in downtown Greenville. FNB Corp. (NYSE: FNB) and its banking subsidiary, First National Bank, continue to expand in the Upstate, which will soon be... Read More

Sharbell Nexton LLC is bringing an A.C. Hotel by Marriott, developed by Baywood Hotels, a Columbia, Md.-based company, to the planned community of Nexton in Summerville in 2024. The boutique hotel will be situated on 2.5 acres on ... Read More

Refuel Operating Co. LLC, a retail and wholesale fuel distribution and convenience-store business, has opened a new store at the southwest corner of King and Calhoun streets. The flagship store is the latest in Refuel Market&rsquo... Read More

A cold storage warehousing and logistics company is establishing operations near the Port of Charleston with a $50 million investment. FlexCold’s new North Charleston facility on Patriot Boulevard marks the company’s first... Read More

The Greenville Triumph and Greenville Liberty will play their home matches at Furman University’s Paladin Stadium in 2023 as the soccer club works toward construction of a multi-use stadium to host matches as early as 2024. &ldq... Read More

A Chicago-based real investment firm has taken over ownership of a Charleston-area mall. Singerman Real Estate has assumed full ownership over Citadel Mall, according to a news release. JLL has managed the center since February 2017 a... Read More

Savitz Drug Store Inc. has agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve allegations that it committed recordkeeping and dispensing violations of the Controlled Substances Act. These requirements are designed to prevent the diversion of control... Read More

Superior Construction, a family-owned infrastructure contractor, has hired Richard Kirkman as its new division manager for the Carolina Region. In his new role, Kirkman will develop and pursue large-scale transportation projects acros... Read More

Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale and Columbia-based Nexsen Pruet have agreed to merge into one national law firm operating under the name Maynard Nexsen effective April 1, 2023. As a combined firm, Maynard Nexsen will join toge... Read More