Palmetto Commerce Park. (Rendering/Google Earth)
County Spotlight: Charleston
a modern-day surprise around every corner. Massive cargo ships complete their transcontinental passage down the Cooper River past graceful 18th century steeples. Among historic district storefronts and restaurants in “the Digital Corridor,” there are exciting new software firms like PeopleMatter setting up shop. Just a few blocks from the Shem Creek shrimp fleet in Mount Pleasant, Mediterranean Shipping Company coordinates its worldwide voyages and day- trader Automated Trading Desk generates some 6% of NASDAQ’s daily volume. In the bustling West Ashley suburbs, not far from the historic plantations along Ashley River Road, Charles River Laboratories produces an industry-leading pharmaceutical agent. On the once-idled Navy Base in North Charleston, a $100 million wind turbine test facility is coming out of the ground and mine resistant vehicles (MRAPs) produced by Force Protection Inc., are being shipped overseas to American troops. Just blocks away, awardwinning neighborhoods near East Montague Avenue are being repopulated by’”twentysomething” professionals, and a vast network of global businesses is managed from the worldwide headquarters of The InterTech
Group, the second-largest privately-held company in South Carolina. Adjacent to the Charleston International Airport two miles away, the first South Carolina-made Boeing 787 nears completion and delivery.
“Build it and they will come” The Charleston region offers 28 million square feet of industrial, flex and distribution space for lease in the business park settings within the Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant and West Ashley sub-markets. The most current vacancy rate was 12% (3.4
million square feet available) during 4Q 2011, according to Grubb & Ellis / WRS . An ample supply of undeveloped acreage is also readily available in light industrial settings like Palmetto Commerce Park, the Ingleside tract, Ladson Station Industrial Park and Carolina Park, to name a few. Palmetto Commerce Park offers a large-acreage Class A locale just nine miles north of the Charleston International Airport. Neighbors include Cummins, Daimler Vans, Shimano, GE Aviation and the Boeing Interiors Responsibility Center (IRC). The extension
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