HOT PROPERTIES: South Carolina transactions include Columbia’s Vista District

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Below is a roundup of commercial real estate transactions across South Carolina.

Trinity Partners handled two recent leases at 700 Gervais St. in Columbia. Bruce Harper, founding partner, represented owner Southern Realty Development Corp. in a new lease of approximately 3,600 square feet with ERA Wilder Realty Inc. and GTS Solutions LLC. They leased approximately 4,550 square feet.

ERA Wilder was represented by Bradham Wilder of ERA Wilder Realty and GTS Solutions was represented by Paul Hartley of Lee & Associates Charleston.

700 Gervais is a premier 75,000-square-foot Class A office property located in Columbia’s historic Vista District in proximity to the Central Business District and South Carolina State House.

Other commercial real estate transactions taking place across the state include:

Midlands

Tommy Johnson of Colliers South Carolina represented HPT Sunbelt Portfolio LLC in the lease of 3,125 square feet of office space at 1320 Main St. in Columbia to Live Nation Entertainment LLC.

John Gressette and Rox Pollard III of Colliers South Carolina represented NDEEP LLC in the lease of 3,100 square feet of retail space at 676 St. Andrews Road in Columbia to 4Brazilianz LLC.

Allen Wilkerson and Henry Roe of Colliers South Carolina represented BV DRP Synergy LLC in the lease of 2,573 square feet of office space at 111 Executive Center Drive in Columbia to PSI Services LLC.

Cypress Commercial and Investment Real Estate recently represented Blanding Ventures LLC in a long-term lease renewal and expansion of Propel Insurance at 1410 Blanding St. Senior brokers James C. Harrison III and R. Coleman Davis represented the landlord, negotiating the long-term lease renewal and expansion to 16,000 square feet.

DeWees Real Estate Group sales associate Angela Cash represented the tenant in the lease of a retail unit on Augusta Road in West Columbia. The 1,397-square-foot space next to Tokyo Grill in the Georgetown Shopping Center will be a barber shop. The barber shop is set to open in early 2024, according to a news release from DeWees, a full-service commercial real estate firm. Cash also is exclusively representing the landlord of the shopping center to lease out other vacant units.

NAI Columbia facilitated the sale of a large parcel of undeveloped land at 310 Killian Road by Bobby Balboni and Patrick Palmer. Less than eight miles from Scout Motors development, the property is located in the northeast of Richland County along Interstate 77.

Long-time owner Deborah Dillon of Phoenix Family Partners enlisted Balboni and Palmer to craft and implement a land use strategy aligning with the community’s current needs, leading to the execution of the sale.

“Palmer and Balboni worked for several years to study the market, develop a plan, secure the needed zoning and overcome other challenges to ultimately find the right buyer for the property,” said Dillon. Spanning 161.81 acres in total, the expansive site holds potential mixed-use development.

Jeff Hein and Will DuPree of NAI Columbia handled the sale of a 4,000-square-foot retail center at 738 Meeting St. in West Columbia for $412,500.

A 4,606-square-foot multi-tenant office building at 2020 Assembly St. in downtown Columbia sold for $495,000. Jeff Hein and Will DuPree of NAI Columbia helped facilitate the deal.

Jeff Hein and Will DuPree of NAI Columbia sold a 13,176-square-foot property on Holland Avenue in Cayce for $435,000.

Jeff Hein and Will DuPree of NAI Columbia handled the sale of 2083 10^th St. in Cayce. The 0.13-acre parcel of land sold for $20,000.

Nick Stomski, Jake Nidiffer and Ryan Causey of Trinity Partners represented the landlord in the leasing of a 19,860-square-foot industrial building at 100 Branch Road in West Columbia.

Partner Nick Stomski and Senior Brokerage Associate Jake Nidiffer of Trinity Partners represented the buyer in the purchase of a flex property located at 100 Branch Road in West Columbia. Following this transaction, Nick Stomski was engaged to market the building. Jake Nidiffer was working with a client that was an ideal fit for the building and the team facilitated the long-term lease for the regionally based company.

Nick Stomski, Jake Nidiffe, and Ryan Causey of Trinity Partners represented the landlord in the leasing of a 2,521-square-foot flex space at 560 Chris Drive in West Columbia.

Macon Lovelace and Bruce Greenberg of Trinity Partners represented the buyer in the purchase of a flex building at 500 Center Street in West Columbia for $700,000.

Lowcountry

Robert Pratt of Re/Max Pro Realty represented the landlord, Sandlapper One Associates LLC, in the lease of 10,103 square feet of warehouse space in Suite 100 at 7635 Sandlapper Parkway in North Charleston, to AUSA US Corp. Todd Garrett of Harbor Commercial Partners represented the tenant.

Kip Bowman and Sara Bodell of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic represented the buyer and the seller in the sale of 2.3 acres of vacant land at 0 Bear Swamp Road in Charleston.

Callie Griffin and J. Edward Buxton of Palmetto Commercial Properties LLC represented the tenant in the lease of 2,648 square feet of retail space at 141 Broad St. in Charleston. Vitre Stephens and Taylor Sekanovich of Harbor Commercial Properties represented the landlord.

Todd Garrett, Tradd Varner and Crawford Riddle of Harbor Commercial Partners represented the landlord, 756 St Andrews Blvd LLC, in the lease of 2,100 square feet of industrial space at 7187 Bryhawke Circle, Unit 800, in North Charleston to GMS Services LLC. Robert Sullivan of Carolina One represented the tenant.

Thomas Buist and Thomas Fawcett of Lee & Associates Charleston represented the landlord in the lease of 7,000 square feet of warehouse space at 7168 Bryhawke Circle in North Charleston.

Alex Popovich and Justin Ross of Lee & Associates Charleston represented the tenant in renting a lot at 11 E. Elliott St. in Charleston.

Justin Ross and Guillermo Granier of Lee & Associates Charleston represented the landlord in the lease of 2,432 square feet of retail space at 695 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. in Mount Pleasant.

James Bakker of Lee & Associates Charleston leased 1,500 square feet of retail space for the landlord of 1715 Hollydale Court in Johns Island.

Markus Kastenholz and Remington Beatty of Colliers represented Pearce Development in the purchase of a 13,210-square-foot retail building at 167 E. Bay St. in Charleston for $8,437,500.

William Ederle of Colliers represented DB Schenker in leasing 6,127 square feet of office space at 2431 Aviation Ave. in North Charleston.

Markus Kastenholz, Patrick Nealon and Remington Beatty of Colliers represented Arm Funding LLC in the sale of a 3,043-square-foot retail building at 8989 University Blvd. in North Charleston to Time to Shine Car Wash Inc.

Upstate

Dillon Swayngim, Brockton Hall, John Montgomery and Garrett Scott of Colliers represented SC Greenville Garlington LLC in the lease of 169,000 square feet of industrial space at 319 Tanner Price Way in Greenville to American Tire Distributors.

John Montgomery, Greyson Furnas, Dillon Swayngim, Garrett Scott and Brockton Hall of Colliers represented Upward Unlimited in the sale of a 120,000-square-foot industrial building at 205 Exchange Village Drive in Spartanburg to Project Finance and Development Investments LLC.

Garrett Scott, Dillon Swayngim, Brockton Hall and John Montgomery of Colliers represented Buckeye Corrugated Inc. in the purchase of a 113,000-square-foot industrial building at 10 Jack Casey Court in Spartanburg.

Brockton Hall, Dillon Swayngim, John Montgomery and Garrett Scott of Colliers represented ABB in the sale of a 75,000-square-foot office building at 6040 Ponders Court in Greenville to Culinary Facilities of GA.

Martin Pazdan, adviser with KDS Commercial Properties, represented the landlord in the leasing of 1,648 square feet in Burdette Central, located at 101 SE Main St. in Simpsonville, to a Club Pilates Franchise.

Larry Web, senior adviser for KDS Commercial Properties, represented Tform Inc. in the lease of a 10,000-square-foot light manufacturing facility at 105 Prosperity Drive in Piedmont. Tform Inc, doing business as BubblePaper, manufactures environmentally friendly packaging materials.

Gary Kirby, senior adviser for KDS Commercial Properties, represented Phoenix Spirit Group in the site selection of their Asheville area headquarters, comprising 3,200 square feet and located at 92 Thompson St., outside Biltmore Square in Asheville. The new location will allow PSG to serve their clients in the Western North Carolina region.

Keith Jones, McNeil Epps, and Will Williamson of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, 25 East Court Street LLC, in leasing 8,401 square feet of office space in Suite 100 at 25 E. Court St. in Greenville to The REI Lender LLC.

Alex Campbell of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, Greenville Business Center LLC, in leasing 2,325 square feet of office space in Suite B at 142 W. Phillips Road in Greer to Allegiance Industries.

Hunter Garrett and John Staunton of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, GTC Properties LLC, in leasing 30,000 square feet of industrial space at 3303 N. Industrial Drive in Simpsonville to R&K International II LLC.

Hunter Garrett and John Staunton of NAI Earle Furman represented Spartanburg Center No. 2 LLC, the landlord in a lease renewal of 6,847 square feet of office space to Prudential Overall Supply Inc., located in Suite 107 at 101-111 Fortis Drive in Duncan.

John Powell of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, Chesnee Highway 221 LLC, in leasing 4,348 square feet of industrial space at 447-448 Liberty Highway to Advanced Liquid Cooling.

John Baldwin of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, Gerald R. Terry Revocable Trust, in leasing 23,000 square feet of industrial space at 108 Brozzini Court in Greenville to Valuflor Inc.

Drew Stamm of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, Hardin Investments LLC, in leasing 1,600 square feet of retail space at 2702 E. North St. in Greenville to Victory Today LLC, doing business as Liquid Highway.

Katherine Fulmer of NAI Earle Furman represented the landlord, Caje Group LLC in a lease renewal of 102 square feet of office space in Suite 309 at 269 S. Church St. in Spartanburg to CLIMB Fund. She also represented the landlord in leasing 708-square-foot Suite 102-A at that same Church Street address to At Stephen’s Hair Salon.

Jeff Day and Lakin Parr of Pintail represented the buyer, Track West Partners LLC, in the purchase of .45 acres located at 1617 John B. White Sr. Blvd. in Spartanburg from seller, Alcoke Holdings LLC.

Josh Tew, Monty Todd and Anna Newton Spiers of Pintail represented the landlord, Gus K. Poulos, in the lease of a 1,326-square-foot retail space located at 100 W. North St. in Greenville to tenant J Nomad LLC.

Craig Jacobs of Spencer/Hines Properties were involved in the sale of 1,200 square feet of of-fice space at 1398 Boiling Springs Road, Suite F, in Spartanburg. ZLPHD LLC sold the property to Edward Jones & Co.

Ben Hines and Andy Hayes of Spencer/Hines Properties helped facilitate the purchase of 1,200 square feet of retail space at 1640 E. Main St. in Duncan. NHPP Inc. purchased the space from Mehrab Lake LLC.

The Bridge Salon Services LLC bought 1,000 square feet of retail space at 1640 E. Main St. in Duncan in a deal brokered by Ben Hines and Andy Hayes of Spencer/Hines Properties. The seller was Mehrab Lake LLC.

Real estate professionals can send news of commercial transactions to Ross Norton at [email protected].