GREENWOOD, S.C. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has purchased the Fujifilm North American Campus in Greenwood, which has been home to Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. since 1988. The 11-building property spans more than 2.7 million square feet over 500 acres. Fujifilm has leased back approximately 50 percent of the campus from the buyer and plans to keep over 300 employees at the site for manufacturing and administrative purposes. Phoenix Investors plans to market approximately 1.4 million square feet of space for lease to new tenants. James Medbery, Doug Faris and Shaun Kirchin of Binswanger brokered the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Frampton Construction has delivered a 204,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility within Portside Distribution Center in Summerville, about 25 miles northwest of Charleston via I-26. Randolph Development is the developer of the facility, the second building within the industrial park. Colliers is leasing the property for lease. The rear-load, tilt-wall facility features clear heights of 32 feet, 38 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 142 car parking spaces and 52 trailer parking spaces. The design-build team includes civil engineer Thomas & Hutton and architect McMillan Pazdan Smith.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $78.4 million sale of two adjacent multifamily communities in Myrtle Beach’s Little River submarket. The assets include The Banks at Bridgewater, a new 252-unit multifamily community, and Stepping Stone at Bridgewater, a 44-unit build-to-rent community. Tai Cohen, John Phoenix and Louis Smart of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Wakefield Residential, in the transaction. PassiveInvesting.com, a private equity real estate investment firm based in the Carolinas, was the buyer. Craig Davis Properties developed Banks at Bridgewater earlier this year. The property’s amenities include a coffee bar, on-demand yoga, saltwater pool, walking trails and units featuring built-in workspaces. Built in 2020, Stepping Stone at Bridgewater comprises two-bedroom/two-bath duplexes with attached garages in a neighborhood, cul-de-sac-style setting.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Monday Properties, a multifamily developer with offices in New York City and Arlington, Va., and partner Glenmont Capital Management have broken ground on The Willow, a 338-unit apartment community located at 7562 Plantation Road in North Charleston. Monday Properties purchased the site in November 2021 and secured $48 million in construction financing from Sandy Spring Bank. The Class A multifamily community is expected to deliver in late first-quarter 2024. Amenities will include a zero-entry, saltwater pool, grilling cabana, pickleball court, outdoor fitness area, courtyards, 24-hour fitness center and yoga studio, a lounge and game room and a covered patio overlooking the pool, as well as coworking and conference spaces and a community room. The pet-friendly community will also feature a half-acre dog park.
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. — Kontrolmatik Technologies, a construction and engineering firm based in Istanbul, has unveiled plans for a $279 million plant in coastal South Carolina’s Colleton County that will manufacture lithium ion batteries. Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, a subsidiary of Kontrolmatik, will operate the facility, which is scheduled for completion in 2024. At that time, Kontrolmatik, whose U.S. headquarters are based in Northern Virginia, expects to employ about 575 people at the facility. The exact site was not disclosed, but the southern portion of the county touches the Atlantic Ocean and offers proximity to the Port of Charleston. This aspect of the location, along with access to a qualified workforce, should help address domestic reliance on foreign supply chains for these critical devices, according to the site selection team. Keith Stauber and Meredith O’Connor of JLL led the site selection efforts for Kontrolmatik, a process that involved touring more than 200 locations. The factory will have a three-gigawatt hour capacity, meaning its annual energy consumption is enough to power about 2.3 million American homes. “South Carolina and Colleton County were aggressive in their pursuit of this exciting project and put forth compelling economic, supply chain and workforce reasons why …
CALHOUN COUNTY, S.C. — Red Rock Developments has preleased the first speculative distribution facility at Sandy Run Industrial Park in Calhoun County, roughly 20 miles south of Columbia, to Smart Warehousing, a warehousing, fulfillment and technology solutions company. The tenant will occupy the full 497,952 square feet of the building, which is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2023. The property is located near an Amazon distribution center, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, the PS Air HUB and the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Chuck Salley, Dave Matthews, Thomas Bear and John Peebles of Colliers represented Red Rock in the lease negotiations. John Sharpe and John DeCuto of Lee & Associates represented Smart Warehousing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Magnus Development Partners has broken ground on two buildings at 803 Industrial Park, a development in Columbia adjacent to the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Dubbed Gateway One and Gateway Three, the buildings comprise 252,720 square feet each. Delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. Magnus will break ground on a third building, the 408,240-square-foot Gateway Two, in the second quarter of 2023. Magnus also plans to develop the Gateway Four building, details of which were not disclosed, at a later date. Colliers manages leasing and marketing at the park on behalf of Magnus.
LADSON, S.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of TradePark East, a newly constructed industrial campus comprising 837,400 square feet in Ladson, roughly 15 miles outside of Charleston. Patrick Nally, Pete Pittroff, Dave Andrews and Josh McArdle of JLL brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, Trinity Capital Advisors. A partnership between TPG Capital and Dogwood Industrial Properties acquired the property, which was fully preleased during construction, for an undisclosed price.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Hudson Capital Properties (HCP) has sold Inspire Coastal Grand, a 194-unit active adult community in Myrtle Beach. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $53.2 million. Tai Cohen of Cushman & Wakefield represented HCP in the transaction. Units are available in one-, two- and three-bedroom options. Cape Fear Commercial co-developed the project alongside HCP. The partnership broke ground on the community in 2019. Like many of the Southeastern markets where HCP invests, the greater Myrtle Beach area benefits from continued population growth that has strong potential to continue over the long term, according to HCP.
ZUG, SWITZERLAND — IWG plc, a Swiss coworking provider, plans to open five new Regus-branded flexible offices in North and South Carolina. The five locations include 3511 Shannon Road in Durham; 8024 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh; 140 Stoneridge Drive in Columbia, S.C.; 222 N Lafayette St. in Shelby, N.C. (Charlotte suburb); and 900 Trail Ridge Road in Aiken, S.C. (Augusta suburb). All five locations will offer IWG’s full suite of services, including private offices, coworking and collaboration spaces, meeting rooms and a host of tech services, including IT support. The new Carolinas locations are part of IWG’s plan to add more than 500 locations throughout the United States.