Market Overview

The Upstate of South Carolina rests in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the I‐85 corridor between Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC, which has been named the “boombelt”, as it is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Greenville is the largest city in the region and the geographic center of both Greenville County and the Upstate SC region, which includes ten counties with a population of 1,340,000.

The Upstate is the perfect place to live and do business. It is a magnet for big business for several reasons with the main draw being its location and easy access to various transportation avenues such as air, road, and rail. The Greenville Downtown Airport is a general aviation facility that is the third busiest airport in South Carolina, and Greenville/Spartanburg International Air‐ port that will be the newest home to Southwest Airlines in March 2011 is just minutes outside downtown Greenville. And, with Greenville only 100 miles from the state capitol of Columbia, and only 200 miles from the Port City of Charleston, it is an ideal location for distribution centers and businesses that rely on imported and exported goods.

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