SC Biz News

5 days ago | scbiznews.com | Jason Thomas

​SC legislators approved an $18K annual in-district pay raise. Budget includes teacher raises and income tax cut from 6.2% to 6%. $200M allocated for bridge repairs and $50M for private school vouchers. Raise quietly added, but passed easily; governor unlikely to veto. The South Carolina General Assembly likely met for the last time this year last week, easily passing a budget that included what is effectively an $18,000-a-year raise for all of its members.

5 days ago | scbiznews.com | Jason Thomas

​Mike Wehner promoted to VP of operations for Balfour Beatty Carolinas. He now leads the Carolinas special projects group and business development. Key projects include work for Vanguard, Wells Fargo, and Compass Group. Wehner has helped diversify project types and grow client partnerships. A national construction firm has named a new executive overseeing operations in the Carolinas. Balfour Beatty has promoted Mike Wehner to vice president of operations in the Carolinas, according to a news release.

1 week ago | scbiznews.com | Jason Thomas

​SC hospitals generate $36.75 billion in total economic impactOver 203,000 jobs and $13 billion in labor income supportedHealth care is the state’s No. 1 employment sectorMedicaid funding cuts could threaten hospital services and growthWhen you think of hospitals, what probably comes to mind are facilities that are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing health care for people in need.

1 week ago | scbiznews.com | Ross Norton

​One80 Place adds 70 affordable units and shelter in Charleston178K-square-foot warehouse coming to Palmetto Coast Industrial ParkPrisma Health renovates pediatric cancer unit in GreenvillePickens Corner townhomes to serve USC students in ColumbiaUnder Construction is a roundup of some of the recent and ongoing commercial construction projects going on across South Carolina.

2 weeks ago | scbiznews.com | Ross Norton

​$1.9M warehouse sale closes in Ladson, SC30,000 square feet leased in Greenville office dealMultiple office, retail and industrial transactions statewideHistoric land and building sales in Columbia and SpartanburgHot Properties is a weekly roundup of commercial real estate transactions across the Palmetto State. Submit your commercial real estate transactions for our Hot Properties report through our online forms in the Lowcountry, the Midlands or the Upstate.