Business Facilities -November 2008

located near Exit 19 on I-385 both of which are near the Greenville/Laurens County line. Woodfield Industrial Park has approximately 130 acres remaining and Owings Industrial Park has 316 acres. Owings Park has rail service provided by RailAmerica. RailAmerica transports over 500 million pounds of polymer annually. Hunter Industrial Park is located on I-385 and US 221 at Exit 9 and has almost 400 acres available and is rail served by CSX. ClintonPark Corporate Center Phase III is available for industrial development. Phase 3 is just over 1 mile from Exit 54 on I-26 and has 140 acres available. It has access to rail, which is served by CSX. Owings, Hunter and Clinton Park III are certified sites by the South Carolina Department of Commerce. In addition to the industrial parks Laurens County has several stand-alone sites that are rail served. One such property is the Fleming Smith site, which is 1,500 acres. It is located at the intersection of I-385 and US 221 in Laurens. The site is rail served by CSX. A Site Evaluation and Engineering Report has been completed on this site. The SEER includes a Phase I Environmental Study, a Geotechnical Study, a Wetlands Determination, an Endangered Species Study, a Cultural Resources Study, a Seismic Study, an Infrastructure Evaluation with Infrastructure Cost Estimates and the site has been Master Planned. The county has several buildings available for immediate occupancy. There is a 31,600-square-foot spec building with 28- to 33-foot ceiling heights in Woodfield Industrial Park. This building was completed in January 2007. Also available in Gray Court is an 80,000-square-foot building that was formerly occupied by BBA Non-woven. The building has six silos, a rail spur with a covered unloading area and a ground water tank for fire suppression. There is also a 550,000-square-foot building near the City of Clinton that is located on CSX rail. The building is a former Timken facility. The current unemployment in the county is 8.0%, which is slightly above the state average of 7.6%. Thirty-two percent of the employment in the county is in the plastics industry, many of which serve the automobile industry. The cost of operation in Laurens County is very attractive. The Laurens County Council is very probusiness and offers aggressive tax reductions. For example, on a two and half million-dollar investment, the county can reduce the assessment ratio thus reducing taxes by A site to see. SITES.NPPD.COM A SITE WITH COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION ON NEBRASKA. 1-800-282-6773, ext. 5534 #3503 at www.BusinessFacilities.com A S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S , M O D E R N P L A S T I C S , A N D M D & D I P-7 http://www.sites.nppd.com http://www.sites.nppd.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities -November 2008 Contents First Word Sanpshots Corporate Moves: Utah Kodak Develops a Megasite in Upstate New York Anatomy of a Deal: Studley Finds a New Space for Myspace Metro Spotlight: Johnson City, TN A Renaissance of Growth in Medical Plastics The Lone Star State Flexes Its Muscles Asia: A Portrait of Growth Sky's the Limit for High-tech in Arizona Corporate Moves: Pennsylvania Ohio Leads the Way Alabama's Tide Rolls to the Future IEDC 2008 Award Winners Advertiser Index Introducing Navigator Livexchange

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