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The amount of refrigerated storage space under construction without a tenant lined up is booming, even as consumer shopping habits shift again. Industrial real-estate developers have been stepping up building cold-storage warehouses in the U.S. without tenants lined up for the space, betting that ... Read More - Industrial Real-Estate Developers Are Hot on Cold-Storage Warehouses

By David Wren dwren@postandcourier.com Jun 7, 2022 Polestar, the high-performance sibling to Volvo Cars, is providing the first look at its new all-electric sport-utility vehicle that will be built starting this fall at Volvo’s manufacturing campus in South Carolina. The Polestar 3, the ... Read More - Polestar offers first glimpse of new car to be built at SC Volvo plant

By Jodi Shafto jshafto@postandcourier.com State legislators have approved Santee Cooper’s planned $18.3 million sale of commercial real estate and the donation of property near its headquarters to be considered for a veterans cemetery. The Joint Bond Review Committee that oversees state agency ... Read More - SC approves Santee Cooper land sales and donation for possible VA cemetery

By David Wren drwent@postandcourier.com The company that makes the sport-utility vehicle under the Polestar badge has set a fall date to start production at the Volvo Cars plant.  October is the target. Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath confirmed the debut timeline for the all-electric ... Read More - Volvo’s SC Polestar venture gears up for an absolutely electric fall debut

By David Wren dwren@postandcourier.com SC automaker Volvo hopes to make in-car sneezing a thing of the past In areas like the Southeast region of the United States, where pollen season covers vehicles with a thick yellow dust each spring, Volvo Cars is hoping a new technology will give drivers ... Read More - SC automaker Volvo hopes to make in-car sneezing a thing of the past

By Jodi Shafto jshafto@postandcourier.com Apr 20, 2022 A committee of Santee Cooper board members this week approved the $18.3 million sale of seven undeveloped lots the utility owns in a pair of industrial parks in Berkeley and Horry counties and gave the go-ahead to the first commercial ... Read More - Santee Cooper sells $18.3M in land at 2 SC industrial parks

A third vehicle might join the Volvo Cars production line in South Carolina in a few years, according to a report by a website that says the new crossover will sit between the automaker’s mid-sized and biggest sport-utility offerings. Automotive News reported Feb. 8 that the unnamed vehicle would ... Read More - Volvo reportedly to build new crossover as 3rd vehicle at SC plant

The final delivery of bigger ship-to-shore cranes made its way to Wando Welch Terminal on Monday. The two cranes from Shanghai manufacturer ZPMC will give the Port of Charleston’s busiest container-handling site a total of 15 structures with 155 feet of lift height and the ability to serve three ... Read More - Final crane delivery boosts Charleston port’s big ship capacity

There are currently about 1,500 employees working at the Volvo manufacturing plant in Ridgeville. If they want to step away for a quick lunch or run errands after work, most have to travel at least 20 minutes out for basic conveniences. Especially during a timed break, that commute adds ... Read More - Camp Hall plans mixed-use park near Volvo plant