UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA: A Place Where You Can Make It
Even as amenities and opportunities blossom and diversify in Upstate South Carolina, manufacturing remains the region’s beating heart.
South Carolina
Project Bulletin, June 8, 2026: Blacksburg, South Carolina; Paris, France; Odisha, India
USA Rare Earth has announced its first manufacturing operations in South Carolina; Adrian and Verne announce a 500-megawatt data center campus in France; Intel and 3DGS team up on substrate production in east India
I – 77 CORRIDOR: Colliding Priorities Can Negotiate. Colliding Vehicles Cannot.
A highway construction project in the I-77 corridor’s leading county for corporate facility growth adjusts on the fly.
South Carolina: How South Carolina Captured a Record-Breaking Year of Industry Recruitment
The state’s Secretary of Commerce walks Site Selection through how the Palmetto State keeps capturing industry interest.
NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE
A visit to BMW’s South Carolina plant and some choice words defending that site’s economic development impact headline Alexis Elmore’s report on a sector befuddled by tariffs but moving forward with projects nevertheless.
Project Bulletin, Apr. 28, 2025: Spartanburg, South Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas; Sous-Region du Lualaba, Katanga Province, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
NorthMark Strategies plans first South Carolina operations; CyrusOne officially breaks ground in Texas; Tengyuan Cobalt Industry New Materials returns to Democratic Republic of the Congo.
South Carolina: Airports’ Economic Impact Is Quantified
A new report quantifies the economic impact of the state’s six commercial service airports.
Project Bulletin, Feb. 17, 2025: Greenville, South Carolina; Texas City, Texas; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Isuzu Motors expands EV capabilities in South Carolina; New JV addresses energy infrastructure needs in Texas; Lenovo brings its tech to Saudi Arabia.
Site Selectors Survey: Why Site Selectors Love the South
Georgia claims top spot in annual consultants’ poll, followed by the Carolinas.
NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS : November 2024
Meta comes to South Carolina; Linde joins Dow’s clean hydrogen project in Alberta; Eli Lilly doubles down in Indiana; Arzyz Metals invests $650 million in Mexico; GM invests in battery cell prototype development in Michigan; Austal grows in Alabama.
SOUTHEAST: Hot Off the Presses: Cool Projects Make the News at Properties That Used to Print It
Hot off the Presses: Cool projects make the news on properties that used to print the news.
FDI IN THE USA: Smiling on the South
Southern states score massive wins in foreign direct investment.
Project Bulletin: September 30, 2024
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I-85 Corridor: The Highway That Changed The South
From AI to super commuters, I-85 has seen it all.
United Kingdom: Eight States and More to Come
UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch welcomed Texas Governor Greg Abbott to London in March to sign a trade pact that “aims to help make it quicker, easier, and cheaper for UK and Texas firms to do business by tackling trade barriers, growing investment and driving commerce between the UK and Texas.” The UK […]
Project Bulletin: April 1, 2024
Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) has $1.5 billion plans to add its second EV battery manufacturing facility in South Carolina.
South Carolina: When It Has to Work 100% of the Time
A pair of growing operations demonstrate the value of cutting-edge skills and a deep manufacturing heritage to the South Carolina economy.
Project Bulletin: February 26, 2024
Battery manufacturer EnerSys has plans to invest $500 million at Augusta Grove Business Park located in Greenville, South Carolina.
Southeast Region: Keeping Deals on Track
How Southeastern States’ Economic Development Incentive Packages Compare
Huge Opportunities Begin to Turn Real in Opportunity Zones
It’s the rallying cry of every scientist, researcher, policymaker, baseball general manager of the “Moneyball” school and journalist reporting out an ambitious story.
Rural Upstate Home to Sophisticated Technical Workforce
BASF’s apprenticeship program with Tri-County Technical College in Oconee County is just one of many exemplars.
A Southern Recipe for a Sustainable Lifestyle
Upstate South Carolina, as one interview subject puts it, “is a perfect example of green space, recreational space and business space cohabitating.”
Time Machines
By shortening timelines, certified sites extend opportunities.
Building Upon Billions
South Carolina spent 2022 raking in new investment.