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