Charleston Tech Center eyes second building as IT sector is set to grow

Six companies raised a combined $140 million in capital. A powerhouse video game developer leased 30,000 square feet of space on Daniel Island to take advantage of the Lowcountry’s talent. And the Charleston Tech Center leased out its final spaces.

Perhaps that’s why Ernest Andrade, executive director of the Charleston Digital Corridor, sees now as the right time to add a second structure to the upper peninsula office complex.

The plan from the beginning has always been to develop two buildings, but interest rates, construction costs and labor shortages have pushed the timeline back again and again for the expansion. Read more: