South Carolina

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Charlotte-based Keith Corp. has broken ground on Upstate Trade Center, a 907,444-square-foot speculative industrial development in Greenville. Slated to be completed in January 2023, the project will be made up of two Class A industrial facilities. Building One will span 640,667 square feet with a cross-dock layout and 36-foot clear heights. Building Two will include 266,777 square feet with a rear-loading layout and 32-foot clear heights. Additionally, the two buildings will be constructed with concrete tilt walls and structural steel framing, as well as ESFR sprinklers, energy-efficient LED lighting and TPO membrane roofs. The project’s location is adjacent to U.S. Highway 25 and Donaldson Center Airport, as well as Interstate 85. Frampton Construction is Upstate Trade Center’s general contractor, Merriman-Schmitt Architects is providing design services and Thomas + Hutton will serve as the project’s civil engineer.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors, in partnership with Iconic Equities, plans to develop Jedburg Tradeport, two Class A industrial buildings totaling nearly 780,000 square feet in Summerville. Construction on the two facilities will begin this summer and are slated for completion in spring 2023. Lee Allen and Kevin Coats of JLL are leading the leasing efforts for the industrial facilities. Located on 115 acres at 239 Jedburg Road, the Jedburg Tradeport project is located off Interstate 26 and will include a 621,000-square-foot cross-dock building and 158,000-square-foot rear-load building.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Capital Development Partners, a Savannah, Ga.-based industrial real estate and infrastructure development firm, has purchased 135 acres in North Charleston near the Port of Charleston’s newly opened Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal. The sales price for the land was $65 million. The Savannah, Ga.-based firm plans to develop Shipyard Creek Logistics Center, an industrial park exceeding $250 million in value. Construction on the site infrastructure and the initial cross-dock terminal will start immediately, with delivery expected in 2022. Shipyard Creek Logistics Center will include container storage, warehousing and logistics support facilities. The project is expected to create 200 direct jobs and thousands of indirect jobs. The deep-water Leatherman Terminal offers highly efficient operations for import and export customers. The terminal can handle 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent units in Phase I with expansion capability to 2.4 million TEUs of capacity in Phase II, according to Capital Development Partners. The location of Shipyard Creek Logistics Center offers proximity to infrastructural access points designed to move containers to and from the Port of Charleston via the Leatherman Terminal, the South Carolina Ports Authority’s future dual rail-served intermodal cargo facility and Interstate 26.