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St. George to Get New Industrial Park
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Dorchester County officials broke ground Monday morning on a future industrial site in St. George. Sen. John Matthews, D-Bowman, said the groundbreaking should be looked at as a “game changer” for the entire region, including Orangeburg County.
“We are trying to create seven Class-A industrial parks in upper Dorchester and lower Orangeburg County,” Matthews said. “This is the first one in Dorchester County.”
The Winding Woods Commerce Park is being developed at a 610-acre site at the corner of Winding Woods Road and U.S. Highway 78. Matthews described Winding Woods as “one of Dorchester County’s key business assets.”
“Infrastructure investment was the last major hurdle to overcome in this process and through efforts by many, we can now support businesses in this part of the county,” he said.
Orangeburg County Postpones Reassessment
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County residents can forego the usual controversy associated with property reassessment next year if Orangeburg County Council passes a new ordinance.
Set for first reading Monday, the proposed measure would put off the regular revision of property values for tax purposes until 2014. Council will meet in its chambers at the County Administrative Centre on Amelia Street beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Also up for consideration will be contracts to provide school resource officers to Orangeburg Consolidated School Districts 3, 4 and 5 for the 2012-2013 school year. Each school district pays the county to provide resource officers.
Orangeburg OKs Purchase of Spec Building
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Orangeburg City Council has approved the purchase of a building for an aviation industry supplier locating in the area.
The agreement approved Tuesday involves the purchase of a speculative building at the Orangeburg County/City Industrial Park for $5.2 million. Attorney Jimmy Walsh told council closing on the structure was supposed to take place within the last two weeks.
“Originally, we were going to have a simultaneous closing with (building developer) Miller-Valentine,” Walsh said. “Right afterwards we would convey the building to GKN.” GKN requested the city delay closing, Walsh said. “In the meantime, Miller-Valentine requested that we go ahead and purchase the building even though we were not going to have an assignment date with GKN.”
Development of Santee Subdivision to Resume
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Despite a sluggish economy and housing market, one developer is moving forward with his construction plans.
“I want to be a realist. I don’t know how long it will take and how many units we will ultimately do. We will let the market regain traction again, hopefully, and we will let the market dictate just how much we will do,” Lakewilde of Santee Property Manager Peter Nash said.
Nash says the approximately 388 acres off Old River Road between Elloree and Lone Star is prime real estate and is ready to move forward. “It really should be ready for the spring and first-quarter market,” he said.
Nash said he has received the first approval from state and local agencies to begin the project’s first phase. The first phase will include the construction of 39 units and about 27 acres. There will be seven two-acre lots, eight one-acre lots and 24 half-acre lots.
Selling Downtown Orangeburg: Revitalization Work Goes On
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Dead leaves and a brown paper bag rest outside the entrance to the former Soprano’s restaurant at 1128 Russell St. A sign says it serves “A Meal You Can’t Refuse,” but a glance through the window shows the sign is mistaken.
Like its predecessors at the same location – El Rodeo’s and La Pasta Bistro Grill – Sopranos closed shortly after opening its doors. It’s the same further down Russell Street, where a “For Rent” sign hangs outside Sophisticated & Glamorous Fashions.
“Financing has been the main challenge,” Century 21 The Moore Group real estate agent Cal Bruner said. “A lot of franchise-type businesses and companies put a lot of their expansion plans on hold once the financial crisis started.
“We are getting more calls from them about different spaces and buildings. I am optimistic because the calls I have received since the first of the year have been a lot more than I received last year.”
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Orangeburg County Developing ‘Smart Growth’ Plan For Eastern Area
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Orangeburg County has received a federal grant to conduct a sustainability study of eastern Orangeburg County related to Jafza South Carolina LLC’s plans to build a 1,322-acre industrial park near Santee.
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments, in conjunction with the land-use consulting firm of Clarion Associates, will conduct what has been dubbed the Eastern Orangeburg County Sustainability Study.
The study will aim to provide the county with a “smart growth” plan, including planning and regulatory tools and a fiscal impact analysis that addresses the economic, environmental and community impacts of the Jafza project.
The study will look at the current culture of eastern Orangeburg County, plus its land use, land supply and transportation infrastructure. It will also project what the county will be like in the next 20 years.
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Prep Work Begins On Construction of First Building at Jafza in Santee
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Preliminary work is under way on a 16,000-square-foot building at Jafza South Carolina LLC’s 1,322-acre park near Santee.
Jafza plans to develop a logistics, manufacturing and distribution park at the site.
Phase 1 of the Jafza park consists of 47 acres on the west side of Interstate 95, next to the Santee Town Hall, and 76 acres on the east side of I-95, behind the Santee Outlet Mall.
To help create a “flagship building” for the project, Orangeburg County and Tri-County Electric Cooperative worked together to get Jafza a no-interest federal loan for the construction of the “Jafza Enterprise Center” on five acres bordering I-95.
As many as three tenants are expected to occupy the building, Drue Fitzgerald, Jafza USA business manager, said Thursday.
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Jafza Prepares For Construction, Seeks Tenants for Santee Development
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As Jafza South Carolina LLC plans for the construction of a new building at its 1,322-acre park in Santee, officials say they’re also preparing for bigger things to come.
Senior Vice President Clint Murphy says there’s been considerable interest in the company’s plans for a logistics, manufacturing and distribution park at the site.
“We have written numerous proposals for tenants to locate in our Phase 1,” he said. “Several of these proposals are still active and we remain optimistic that we can sign an agreement in 2011.”
Murphy said assuming an agreement is signed in 2011, a manufacturing facility typically takes a year to plan and construct.
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Plans for Jafza Training Facility in Santee Move Forward
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Construction of a training building near Interstate 95 is one step closer to fruition thanks to agreements between Orangeburg County and several entities.
There were no comments during a public hearing Monday on an ordinance authorizing a deed-lease agreement between the county and Jafza South Carolina, LLC. Orangeburg County Administrator Bill Clark said second reading will take during a special called council meeting, which could be held Aug. 23.
Stephen McCrae Jr., Jafza’s attorney, said the company will deed five acres to the county for the development of the structure.
“At the same time, the county will lease that land back to Jafza with the responsibility on our part to construct a facility called The Training Center,” McCrae said. “The funding for the construction will be through Tri-County Electric Cooperative. It has some funds from Rural Economic Development Land Grant and other funding.
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Despite Economy, Jafza Plans For Santee Moving Forward
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Although the project hasn’t been as visible as it was in the past, Jafza America says its plans to build a large logistics park in Santee are still alive and well.
“We have always said the Santee project is market driven and we firmly believe it will be successful,” Jafza spokeswoman Tara Robertson said. “The first quarter of 2010 has passed and the global economic crisis is not over, which has obvious implications on the entire market’s original plans.”
Robertson says about 125 acres have been cleared as part of Phase 1 of the project. It includes about four plots, which total about 385 acres of the 1,322 acres of Jafza Magna Park-Santee.
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Former Winn-Dixie Store in Orangeburg, SC for Sale after Conversion Plans Fizzle
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The old Russell Street Winn-Dixie is up for sale again after plans to fill it with a restaurant/bar and retail outlet fizzled due to the economic downturn and other circumstances.
The owners are asking for $1.1 million for the building, which is located across the street from the newly renovated Hotel Eutaw.
Harold Carroll of Carroll Realty Company said the property has been shown several times and has sparked the serious interest of two parties — one local and the other from Charleston.
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Is the Planned 1,300 Acre Logistics Park in Santee, SC in Trouble?
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The developer of the 1,300-acre Global Logistics Triangle project near Santee said Monday that it was not authorized to speak to the financial troubles of its heavily indebted parent company, Dubai World.
“The only comment we’re giving out … is the fact that we cannot comment at this time and until we’re given more information by Dubai,” said Tara Robertson, spokeswoman for Charleston-based Jafza South Carolina LLC. “We will share information as soon as it becomes available to us.”
Dubai World rocked global financial markets last week when it said it was seeking to postpone payments on some $60 billion in debt.
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Jafza International Changes Santee Development Plans
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Jafza International has retooled its Phase 1 development plan for the massive logistics and warehousing complex the company has proposed for rural Santee.
Jafza is currently marketing four separate parcels of land on the outskirts of its 1,300-acre property. The plots highlighted in yellow on this map are available immediately for light manufacturing, warehousing and logistics space.
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Jafza Focuses On Most Accessible 200 Acres
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Because of global economic challenges, a Jafza Americas official says the company is refocusing its Santee global logistics park development plans to land plots readily accessible in the 1,322 acres of Jafza Magna Park-Santee.
“We are in a recession, hence we are going to switch things up to adapt to that,” Jafza spokeswoman Tara Robertson told Orangeburg Rotarians during a Tuesday luncheon. “This project we have always said is market driven, and as you know, the market has subsided somewhat, but there are some opportunities out there.”
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Jafza Minimizing Wetlands Impact, Officials Say
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With Jafza South Carolina LLC still bullish on its plans to build a logistics, manufacturing and distribution park near Santee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials say the company has done a good job minimizing the project’s environmental impact.
“They have been pretty aggressive in gathering the information they have needed to move forward,” said Nathaniel Ball, project manager in the Corps’ regulatory division. “They have done a great job in terms of looking at the wetlands.”
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