SC Biz News Briefs

New 17-story student housing tower opens in downtown Columbia

Amassive new student housing tower in downtown Columbia opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, July 31.

The Standard is a new 17-story, 678-bed student housing tower at 1401 Assembly St. in Columbia’s Arsenal Hill neighborhood. National real estate development and investment firm CRG handled the project along with Landmark Properties, the national’s largest student housing developer, design-builder Clayco and architecture firm Lamar Johnson Collaborative.

A massive new student housing tower in downtown Columbia opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, July 31.

The Standard is a new 17-story, 678-bed student housing tower at 1401 Assembly St. in Columbia’s Arsenal Hill neighborhood. National real estate development and investment firm CRG handled the project along with Landmark Properties, the national’s largest student housing developer, design-builder Clayco and architecture firm Lamar Johnson Collaborative. CRBJ

Downtown Greenville food hall receives national recognition

Apopular eatery and watering hole in Greenville’s West End has received national recognition.

Gather GVL ranked sixth among the best food halls in the country and was named the best on the East Coast by USA Today, according to a Gather GVL news release.

USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards allow people from across the country to vote for their favorite travel and leisure locations and experiences.

Of the food halls nominated, the top 10 were chosen based on popular online voting. 10Best.com provides users with travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the United States and around the world. Staffed by travel writers, 10Best.com averages 5 million visitors per month and was acquired by USA Today in 2013, the release said. CRBJ

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