Rick Spruill, Author at UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Atlanta’s New Realm Brewing bringing 5-barrel brewhouse to Cigar Warehouse site

The company's sour and barrel-aging program will also be there. Sour-aging is a way of barrel-aging beer to create sour, tart and acidic flavors.

GVL Starts celebrates first graduating class; awards startup funding

Six participants competed for three startup grants of $5,000 across three categories — technology, product/service and crowd favorite.

UofSC to launch South Carolina Rising, an early-stage tech startup engine

The $400,000 comes from a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant.

Anderson Mall on foreclosure sale list

The 670,000-square-foot mall, anchored by JCPenney, Belk and Dillard's, is owned by Washington Prime Group Inc. of Ohio, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June citing declining revenues caused by COVID-19 shutdowns.

Developers break ground on Fretwell restaurant, retail space in Spartanburg

Fretwell is set to become the latest in a series of new attractions and amenities to open along the rail trail in recent years, joining the Vic Bailey Subaru Bike Park, the Carolina Panthers Play60 obstacle course,and the Rail Yard Community Park.

Charleston-based Bohemian Bull to anchor Mauldin’s Maverick Station

Mauldin Mayor Terry Merritt says the restaurant fills a need.

Rolling Green Village adds 60 new apartments, 23 single-family homes for seniors

The expansion includes five dozen new apartment homes and a couple of dozen single-family homes and duplexes.

Mark your calendar: Int’l Business and Foreign Affairs conference

Topics at the March 2022 International Business and Foreign Affairs Conference include U.S.-China trade, global supply chain challenges, COVID-19 from a business perspective and more.

Design review update: United Community Bank’s downtown Greenville headquarters

Plans for United Community Bank's new HQ in downtown Greenville are taking shape.

Upstate SC Alliance reports surge in Q1/Q2 economic investment, outpacing 2019 numbers

The first half of 2021 is outpacing the first half of 2019 in terms of economic development in the Upstate.