Coppedge & Tison wins 2008 CoStar Power Broker awards

Charleston, SC
July 22, 2009

Coppedge & Tison, a Charleston-based commercial real estate brokerage firm, has been selected by the CoStar Group as a CoStar Power Broker award winner for 2008.

The annual award recognizes the “best of the best” in commercial real estate brokerage by spotlighting the U.S. firms and individual brokers who closed the highest transaction volume in commercial property sales or leases for the entire year of 2008. The Charleston office of Coppedge & Tison won in the Top Leasing Firms category in the Charleston/North Charleston area.

The Greenville office of Coppedge & Tison won in the Top Leasing Firms category in the Greenville/Spartanburg area. Marcus Cornelius and Todd Younghans won individual awards in the Top Industrial Leasing Brokers category.

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Coppedge & Tison represents MASISA USA, Inc.

Charleston, SC
September 23, 2008

Coppedge & Tison, a Charleston-based commercial real estate brokerage firm, represented MASISA USA, Inc. recently in the sale of their 203,223 Square Foot building located at 2440 Clements Ferry Road, Wando, SC. Ed Kercher , Senior Vice President of Coppedge & Tison, represented MASISA in this transaction.

 

Coppedge & Tison Appointed Real Estate Advisor to Blackbaud in Charleston and Boston

Charleston, SC
February 21, 2008

Coppedge & Tison, a Charleston-based commercial brokerage firm, has been appointed Real Estate Advisor to Blackbaud.

Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Blackbaud is the leading global provider of software and services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, which enables their clients to improve their operational efficiency. Since 1981, Blackbaud’s sole focus and expertise has been providing the solutions that make a difference in their local communities and worldwide. Blackbaud also has operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

 

A Tide of Containers Brings Growth

By Kelly Evans
The Wall Street Journal Property Report
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Charleston 's strategic port location on the Atlantic coast is fueling its growing market for warehouse and distribution space.

The total industrial space available in the city has increased more than 16% since 2005 to more 24 million square feet, yet demand continues to rise. The vacancy rate is a taut 5.8%, down from 8% in 2005, and significantly lower than the national average of 8.6%, accordingly to Property & Portfolio Research.

“Industrial is just going gangbusters,” said John Tison, President of the Charleston-based commercial real estate firm Coppedge & Tison, a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance.

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Coppedge & Tison Represents Force Protection, Inc.

Charleston , SC
July 13, 2007

Ed Kercher of COPPEDGE & TISON, a Charleston-based commercial brokerage firm, exclusively represented Force Protection Industries Inc. recently in their acquisition of a 430,000 Square Foot manufacturing facility on 150 Acres in Roxboro , NC.

Force Protection plans to use the Person County facility for additional capacity for current and future products, including its new Cheetah vehicle line, which was recently featured in a Fox News Channel special report. The Cheetah will join the Cougar and Buffalo vehicles that have an unmatched record for troop safety in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003. They expect to produce about 2,000 of the Cheetah armored vehicles out of the new plant in 2008.

Based in Ladson, Force Protection is a leader in producing the world’s most advanced mine protected vehicles that have become the gold standard for troop safety against the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), land mines, and roadside bombs.

Force Protection was founded in 1997 and has become the fastest growing company in the state of South Carolina. Headquartered in Ladson, SC, it is a leading ballistics research and manufacturing enterprise, specializing in the development and production of highly reinforced armored personnel carriers that are designed to save soldiers’ lives by shielding them from the deadly effects of roadside bombs and IEDs.

This expansion is the company’s first outside of South Carolina.

 

Coppedge & Tison Represents Longs Pond Associates in Land Sale

Mitch Fairfield of COPPEDGE & TISON, a Charleston-based commercial brokerage firm, exclusively represented Longs Pond Associates LP of Columbia, SC recently in their sale of 56.85 acres in Lexington, SC to InSite Land Group, LLC of Columbia, SC, headed by developer Cam Smith.

The property borders Interstate Highway I-20 at Exit 51, and is approximately 15 miles from the CBD of Columbia. Plans are for a mixed use development.

A full service commercial real estate company, COPPEDGE & TISON provides a range of client services including office, industrial and retail sales & leasing, investment sales, land sales, multi-family, property/facilities management, and consulting.

The Charleston office is located in the Historic District off East Bay Street at One Unity Alley, Suite 310 , Charleston , SC 29401 . Coppedge & Tison also has an office in Greenville , SC.