South Carolina Retail Real Estate
We work with retailers, landlords, and municipalities throughout South Carolina — from Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville to the secondary corridors where the next round of retail growth is already underway. Our team pairs research-grade trade area analysis with the transaction depth to execute on what the research surfaces. Both, statewide, under one roof.
Site sourcing, market validation, and lease execution for retailers and franchise systems opening stores across South Carolina. Tenant rep work at the cadence growth-stage retail actually needs.
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Trade area research, tenant attraction strategy, and lease execution for shopping center owners with South Carolina assets. From single-asset repositioning to portfolio-wide leasing reviews.
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Retail recruitment research that gets your community to the top of the stack in front of national retailers. Trade area work, sales forecasts, and corridor strategy that move recruitment efforts from cold pitch to qualified opportunity.
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Trade area research, sales forecasting via gravity model, market validation, feasibility studies, and portfolio reviews. The methodology national grocers and retailers use internally, delivered as a research product.
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Tenant representation, landlord representation, site sourcing, and lease negotiation. Execution work for retailers, franchise systems, and shopping center owners across South Carolina.
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Grocery feasibility and sales forecasting, and franchise expansion execution. Two practice areas where the methodology gets specific and the proof points run deep.
South Carolina is not one retail market — it is at least three. The Upstate runs on the I-85 manufacturing economy and a downtown Greenville that has become one of the Southeast's retail success stories. The Midlands turns on Columbia's government, university, and institutional base. The Lowcountry is an in-migration story — Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, and the master-planned communities pulling rooftops outward faster than most national playbooks account for. Add the Grand Strand's tourism economy and the Charlotte spillover into Rock Hill and Fort Mill, and a single statewide assumption breaks down fast.
We work statewide because the work demands it, and we pair research and transactions under one engagement because that is what separates a confident decision from a hopeful one. The retailers and developers winning here right now are not relying on demographic screens or a broker's pitch — they are working from field-verified competitive data, methodology-aligned sales forecasts, and the on-the-ground knowledge that only comes from physically working the market. That is what we bring. Our South Carolina work spans national retailer rollouts, grocery-anchored center repositionings, franchise system expansions, and municipal retail recruitment efforts. Different audiences, different deliverables, same research-and-execution foundation.
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Sourced 13 retail deals in 9 months in a single state for a national retailer, becoming the top-producing partner in their U.S. network.
Delivered 20 sites in 7 months for one of the fastest-growing pickleball franchise rollouts in the country, including multiple Midwest markets.
Sales forecasts built on field-verified competitive data, with historical accuracy within roughly 5 percent of actual store performance — the standard the grocery industry operates to.
As Business Development Director at CRE-360, Sarah applies a results-driven, collaborative approach to driving growth, strengthening client relationships, and expanding new business opportunities. Sarah brings 18+ years of diversified real estate experience. Holding an MRED from George Mason University and her broker licenses in both Virginia and Florida, she has led brokerage operations, managed multifamily and commercial assets, and supported national brands with market research, site selection, and leasing strategy.
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