Marla Lockaby

On the Clemson University campus, many major projects have recently gotten the green light from the board of trustees. New student housing projects, a new visitors center, new educational centers and upgrades to athletic facilities are all currently in the works. In the city of Clemson, several mixed-use communities are underway – all to support the growing student and city population.

The Clemson Downs retirement community had a groundbreaking ceremony this week kicking off a $9 million expansion with two new facilities.

Construction has started on South Ridge, a 360-unit mixed-use multifamily property at South Church Street and University Ridge, announced South Ridge Investment LLC, an affiliate of Charleston-based The Beach Company.

AMECO, a mobile equipment and tool supplier owned by Fluor Corporation, is expanding its world headquarters and operations center on Anderson Road in Greenville with a new three-story, 37,000-square-foot office building.

Continued market normalization and moderate investor activity is what fed the statewide residential real estate market, according to the February 2014 statewide residential real estate market report released last week by South Carolina Realtors (SCR).

After spending 10 years in retail sporting goods and 18 years in the textile business, Bobby Hines decided to delve into real estate.