Synnex awarded General Services Administration contract

Synnex Corp., a business process services company, announced it has been awarded a new U.S. General Services Administration Schedule 70 contract. The company says the contract gives Synnex resellers who have signed up to use the Synnex contract the ability to streamline government contracting.

United Airlines upgrading aircraft for some GSP flights

Some United Airlines customers traveling to and from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport next year will travel on the airline’s Bombardier CRJ-550 — a 50-seat aircraft featuring more legroom, storage and amenities than other regional aircraft flying today.

Milliken & Co. to host recycling matchmaker event

The S.C. Department of Commerce is hosting a Regional Recycling Matchmaker event from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday at Milliken & Co. in Spartanburg.

Construction jobs down slightly in S.C.

State construction employment numbers released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the number of construction jobs in South Carolina grew by 300 since September 2018. But since August 2019, the state lost 200 construction jobs, down from 101,500 to 101,300 in September.

Hot Properties

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• Rob Howell, John Odom and Rakan Draz, of Avison Young, represented WF-GCA Innovation LLC in the sale of 1.96-acre retail/office pad site at 25 Innovation Drive in Greenville to Palms Dentistry.
• John Bauknight and Andrew Babb, of NAI Earle Furman, represented the landlord, Warrior DMA LLC, in leasing a 3,300-square-foot office space at 104 N. Daniel Morgan Ave., Suite B, in Spartanburg, to Kennedy & Brannon LLC.

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Drought causing "farming crisis" statewide

The drought in South Carolina is causing a crisis for the state’s farmers, an agricultural expert told the S.C. Drought Response Committee during a drought status conference call Thursday.

Upstate Under Construction

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