| A cold, wet storm gave us a good soaking the | | | | NewsIn commercial real estate, Bon Secours St. |
| last few days, but has finally departed the | | | | Francis Health Systems has taken an option on 54 |
| Upstate and we're looking for nice clear days with | | | | acres in the new 250 acre Millennium Campus. This |
| highs in the mid to upper 50's for the rest of the | | | | campus is adjacent to the International Center for |
| week.As growth pushes further into Greenville | | | | Automotive Research (ICAR) project and across |
| County, residents are rethinking the historic lack | | | | I-85 from the large planned-residential Verdae |
| of zoning and considering it for the future. Building | | | | project. If fully developed, it would dwarf their |
| permits have increased 42% since 2001 and look | | | | downtown location (30.2 acres) and their satellite |
| to continue in that direction. The availability of jobs | | | | Women's and Family Hospital (15 acres) on the |
| and raw land tend to fuel this growth, reports | | | | eastside. St. Francis recently abandoned a |
| Grant Cunningham, a planning professor of | | | | proposed parking deck joint venture with |
| Clemson University. Greenville school district's | | | | Greenville Hospital System on the Eastside |
| decision to build mega-schools in the outlying areas | | | | campus.Residential real estate sales have |
| where land is cheap has also played a factor in | | | | remained brisk throughout the fall and holiday |
| the outward growth.Year/Number of building | | | | season and are expected to continue into 2006. |
| permits: 2001/2032, 2002/2032, 2003/2099, 2004 | | | | New home construction remains a major player in |
| 2326, 2005/2896.Source: Lee Polowczuk, | | | | the inventory of homes available on the market. |
| Greenville County spokesperson & Greenville | | | | |