Columbia development group moves from Cottontown to new location

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Cason Development Group has moved its offices from Cottontown into a new 14,720-square-foot commercial building developed by Cason at 1514 Brentwood Drive in Forest Acres.

The Cason Development Group offices are on the second floor of a two-story commercial building that includes 8,400 square feet of contiguous space on the first floor and 6,300 square feet on the second plus a 2,022-square-foot covered terrace, according to a news release. The outdoor terrace can be offered as an amenity to a restaurant, wine bar, office tenant or other user. Outdoor dining options are also available on the first floor.

“We certainly have mixed emotions moving our offices out of Cottontown. Our first local project almost nine years ago was in Cottontown and we have had an affinity for the area ever since. We moved our offices there in 2018 and loved every minute of our time there,” said Frank Cason, president of Cason Development Group, in the release. “We outgrew our space and decided to move to one of our new developments in Forest Acres. However, we are still deeply invested in Cottontown and remain committed to the area and the businesses that are there.”

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Garvin Design Group was the architect for the new Brentwood building and Boyer Commercial Construction was the general contractor. Engineering was done by LandPlan Group South.

“Cason Development relocating to Forest Acres highlights our city’s place as a leader for local, regional and national development opportunities,” Forest Acres Mayor Thomas Andrews said in the release. “Currently, Cason Development is working with the elite retailers citizens want when it comes to shopping, dining or services. Those businesses want to be in Forest Acres because of our business friendly environment, strong household incomes and even stronger community support — so Cason coming here too will continue to bring that desired synergy for smart growth opportunities.”

The building is part of a mixed-use project at Forest and Brentwood drives that includes 11 townhomes called Rigby Square, built by Wilson Co., a local infill residential developer, and marketed by Wilson Real Estate, the release stated. Four of the townhomes have been completed; three have been sold, and one remains for sale. Wilson Co. has started construction on the remaining seven.

The property, three miles from downtown Columbia and in close proximity to the Forest Acres retail corridor, offers quick access to Interstate 77 and Fort Jackson, the release stated. Cason Development Group owns, leases, manages and develops retail, office and multifamily sites in the South Carolina market.

Notable projects, since the company’s founding in 2015, have included 5th & Sloan, the adaptive reuse of the historic Rosewood Church into a mixed use residential-retail project; the conversion of the Klondike Building in the 1800 block of Main Street from an office building to residential and retail; and The Shoppes at Fox Manor, a redevelopment of the 3.4-acre Mitchell/Hendrix property in Batesburg-Leesville in Lexington County, the release stated.

Cason’s former office at 2144 Sumter St., Suite B, is available for lease. That space is in one of three buildings that Cason Development Group acquired and redeveloped as part of the former Dave’s Transmission complex on Sumter Street.

Cason’s first project, The War Mouth restaurant, which opened in 2015 on Franklin Street, kicked off a wave of adaptive reuse projects by Cason in the Cottontown neighborhood that Cason Development Group has called home since moving there in 2018, the release stated.