From a brick-and-mortar Texas-style ‘cue spot near downtown Greenville to a new family fun center in Mauldin, here’s the news you might’ve missed from the Upstate Business Journal.
A fun little announcement from BridgeWay Station
Dallas, Texas-based Cinergy Entertainment Group unveiled a plan to bring a 70,000-square-foot family fun center to Mauldin’s BridgeWay Station. The $23 million investment is the company’s first in South Carolina and ninth, overall. BridgeWay developer Phil Hughes, of Hughes Investments, Inc. said the center is a welcome addition to the BridgeWay concept.
“Cinergy’s proven ability to create an exciting and fun-filled family environment fits perfectly into the goals of BridgeWay Station, creating a place that everyone can come to live, work, enjoy excellent food, be entertained, and relax,” Hughes said. “We can’t wait to have Cinergy at BridgeWay.”
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With Liberty and plastics for all …
Michigan-based ACI Plastic is injecting $4 million into its Liberty, South Carolina facility, the company announced March 21. The thermoplastics processor and recycler’s president, Scott Melton, said the expansion is to put the facility on a growth footing over the next 10 years and will create about 20 jobs, too.
“The access to a solid workforce, the Port of Charleston and nearby customers made this investment a key part of ACI’s future,” he said. The Liberty facility recovers post-industrial/pre-consumer scrap plastics from molders with plans to add blending, density separation, pelletizing and post-consumer processing capabilities down the line.
Speaking of Liberty …
The West End’s Liberty Tap Room closed in October, leaving a void in the space adjacent to Fluor Field at 941 S. Main. Now, Greenville Drive owner Craig Brown has a plan: he bought the place in December and is working out the details.
“I think for now, the only thing to say in that regard is that we want to have it run by an organization that wants to partner with everything we’ve created at the ballpark,” Brown said. “That’s what we’re working on right now.” No word yet on the type of restaurant Brown is planning or when it might open.
Get cue’d in
Big Dave’s All American BBQ is opening a brick-and-mortar spot near Prisma Health’s Greenville Memorial Hospital at 1193 W. Faris Road.
David Jones (“Big Dave”) said the new location will continue delivering all the Texas barbecue favorites — brisket, pork, ribs, sandwiches, sides and the like — while offering a hot bar and salad bar for hospital employees and visitors to pop in, pick up and get on down the road.
Traffic worries put brakes on new public school
A laundry list of worries forced officials to tap the brakes on a new elementary school planned for the ground once occupied by the former J.L. Mann High School at 61 Isbell Lane, Greenville.
Multiple people told the Board of Zoning Appeals they’re worried the $40 million, two-story school will increase traffic flow, cause stormwater overflow and make it unsafe for people to walk around, especially students walking to and from class and sporting events. Planners will come back to the board with suggestions in mid-April.
Kimpton Hotel’s West End location
The people behind Kimpton Hotels & Luxury Residences say they’ll be opening a new hotel and luxury residential tower in the West End at some point, although a timeline hasn’t been announced. The six-story concept at the corner of North Rhett and Markley streets features 134 rooms, 25 residences and a bevy of restaurants, a brewery and tap room, and a second story pool deck.
CurTec expands into Oconee County
Netherlands-based CurTec is bringing a $13 million project to Oconee County, the company announced March 13. Officials with the plastics manufacturer (CurTec makes plastic drums, pails and jars manufacturer for pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals and food ingredients companies) said the new facility will create about 30 job and come online in 2023.
“By starting manufacturing in the U.S., CurTec is taking the next step in strengthening our market position, increasing our service level to new and existing customers and decreasing the carbon footprint of our operations,” said CurTec CEO Bart van Berkel.
