Charleston coffee house to offer wireless Internet service

Kool Beanz Koffee & Kreme took its place Tuesday as the area's first commercial "hot spot," a specially equipped public gathering place where patrons can jump on the Internet or check electronic messages without having to plug into a telephone outlet. Continue reading

Charleston-N. Charleston Metro among America’s “Hottest Cities for Manufacturing”

In a survey conducted by Expansion Management magazine, the Charleston-North Charleston metropolitan area was ranked 12th among the top 50 American metros for manufacturing expansions and relocations. For this annual ranking, the publication polled more that 75 site selection consultants to get their take. Continue reading

West Coast software maker moving headquarters to Charleston

A West Coast software maker with a big local presence is consolidating its operations and moving them to the Lowcountry. Modulant, which makes software that helps companies and government agencies share data, is moving its headquarters from San Francisco to Daniel Island. Continue reading

Charleston-based pharmaceutical company to test market Airozin™ beginning in April

Pilot Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing a portfolio of pharmaceutical and clinically validated over-the-counter (OTC) products, today announced that it will test market Airozin™, its lead OTC medical food product for the dietary management of asthma, beginning April 7, 2003. Continue reading

PeopLease Corp. to build $10 million corporate headquarters building near the Cooper River

PeopLease Corp., an employee leasing company headquartered in Mount Pleasant since 1994, announced Friday it will build a $10 million corporate headquarters building near the Cooper River. Continue reading

Experts hail tissue-printing work of South Carolina scientists

The tissue-printing work of Charleston and Clemson scientists holds great promise for treating illness and growing organs for transplant, according to tissue engineers and other scientists across the country. Continue reading

State-of-the-art real estate trend “smart building” making its way to historic properties of Charleston

State-of-the-art real estate trend “smart building” is making its way to some of the most historic properties in the Lowcountry, offering even the smallest companies the cache of a prime address plus “wired” infrastructure previously reserved for big businesses and big cities with deep pockets Continue reading

Daniel Island experiencing boomtown growth

Real estate sales on Daniel Island are thriving and businesses large and small are making bets on the island’s appeal. Nearly a third of the way into its development plan, the island community is the modern equivalent of an old-fashioned boomtown. Continue reading

The Noisette Project acquires consultation services of two Fortune 500 heavy-hitters

The Noisette Project, the $1 billion, 3,000-acre North Charleston redevelopment effort, recently acquired the consultation services of two Fortune 500 heavy-hitters—Ray C. Anderson, chairman and CEO of Interface Inc, and Peter M. Wege, who grew Steelcase Inc. into the world’s largest office furniture manufacturer. Continue reading

Digital Corridor expands to 27 companies

Despite the lack of a major university found in other high-tech communities such as Silicon Valley, the Research Triangle, Boston and Austin, Texas, Charleston’s lower housing costs, smaller size and recreational amenities have begun to attract knowledge-based companies. Continue reading