Northern Lancaster County

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South Carolina

Indian Land and the Charlotte Metro Area

 

Northern Lancaster County Works for Your Business

 

One of the fastest growing areas in South Carolina and the Charlotte metropolitan area, Northern Lancaster County – also known as the Indian Land community, is rapidly becoming one of the region’s top mixed use development areas.

 

Northern Lancaster County is a terrific location for headquarters, back office operations, and light industrial companies. In the past five years, this area has received more than $200 million in corporate and industrial investment, including $93 million by Inspiration Networks for its new headquarters.

 

Located just just four miles from the city limits of Charlotte, North Carolina, and its booming Ballantyne corporate area, the Northern Lancaster County area is undergoing more than $200 million in new residential, retail and commercial development. We have plenty of Class A office space, easy access to national and world markets via land or air, and a rapidly growing population. Plus, the area’s quality of life is second to none. A location in Northern Lancaster works:

• Quick access to downtown Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas Airport
• Class A Office and Industrial Parks as well as affordable Greenfield sites
• Class A and B existing office space ready to accommodate small, medium, and large office clients.
• An abundant labor pool that draws from the Charlotte metro area
• Customized workforce training programs
• Easy access to national and world markets
• A quality of life with Charlotte amenities while at a lower cost of living than the Charlotte Region.
• A location in one of the fastest growing areas in the Charlotte Region.
• Competitive incentives for headquarters operations, back office, call centers, or light industrial operations –let us show you how you can operate in the Charlotte Region at a very affordable cost of doing business

Several top companies now call Northern Lancaster County home including URS Nuclear, Honeywell, Kennametal, and U.S. headquarters for Continental Tire NA and Alemite. 

 

See for yourself why Northern Lancaster County is such a great place to do business.

Market Access

Get where you need to go, with ease:

• I-485 is less than five miles away; I-77 is less than seven miles away.

• Charlotte Douglas International Airport and downtown Charlotte are each just 20 minutes away. The airport, a USAirways hub, has direct flights to major U.S. cities as well as London, Dublin, Munich, Frankfurt, and Paris (starting April 2009).

• The nation’s #2 port, in Charleston, is less than three hours away.

More than half the U.S. population is within one day’s drive, and 70% of U.S. and Canadian destinations can be reached overnight.

Available Land and Buildings

Infrastructure

 

The 521 Corporate Center is a Class A office park located on the South Carolina – North Carolina state line and just minutes from Charlotte Douglas Airport and downtown Charlotte.  The 521 Corporate Center has over 100 acres of available property and has two multi-tenant office buildings that are perfect for small to medium sized companies.  Other tenants in the park include the headquarters for Sharonview Credit Union and Avelo Mortgage. 

 

Bailes Ridge Business Park is a beautiful new 250-acre Class A office park on SC Highway 160 and just 20 minutes from downtown Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas Airport.  Fully amenitized, including a nature trail, this park promises to be one of the top business locations in the Charlotte Region.  Honeywell’s Hand Held Products division is here as well as an office location for Jeld-Wen Doors and Windows.

 

Edgewater Corporate Park is located adjacent to Bailes Ridge Business Park and has access to both SC Highway 160 and U.S. Highway 521.  Only minutes from Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas Airport, Edgewater is home to a Class A 185,000 sf office building that is home to URS Nuclear and Titanium Solutions.  The park has acreage remaining for additional office buildings.

 

Sterling Oaks Business Park is located adjacent to Bailes Ridge Business Park and offers potential tenants 39 acres of office property only minutes from downtown Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas Airport.

 

MacMillan Park is a Class A mixed use industrial and office park has over 100 acres of available property and is adjacent to Sterling Oaks and Bailes Ridge Business Park.  MacMillan Park is home to Cardinal Health, BMB steering, Kennametal, and the new headquarters for Continental Tire NA.

Trained Workforce/Available Labor

Workers are streaming to the Charlotte metro area—the population increased by 24% from 2000 to 2007 and now stands at more than 1.6 million. In fact, Northern Lancaster’s population has grown from 7,000 in the year 2000 to more than 19,000 today. For most people living in South Charlotte, the commute to Northern Lancaster is 15 minutes or less. And, more than 10,000 residents commute to jobs out of the county. This segment of the labor force would welcome the opportunity to work closer to home each day.

 

The region’s population is educated at levels that beat the national average—for those 25 and over, 59% have had some education beyond high school; 30% have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. The population of Mecklenburg County has even higher levels of education attainment than the Charlotte metro region—almost 40% of people aged 25 and older have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher.

 

Lancaster County is also home to USC Lancaster, one of the five regional campuses of the University of South Carolina. Since its inception in 1959, USC Lancaster has become a comprehensive learning center, offering high-quality University programs and services to approximately 1,200 full- and part-time students from a service area of six counties (Lancaster, Chester, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Fairfield, and York). Visit USCLancaster.sc.edu for more information.

 

Other workforce resources include:

• Southern Lancaster’s OneStop Catawba Workforce System, which helps companies fill positions with qualified employees. Visit CatawbaOneStop.com for more information.

• York Technical College has a satellite campus in Lancaster County. Its mission is to identify and respond to the diverse educational needs of the community and industry, encouraging business and industrial growth and enhancing the quality of life in the community. Visit YorkTech.com for more information.

Business Climate

There’s no better place to do business.

Lancaster County and the State of South Carolina offer a comprehensive package of incentives, and the corporate income tax rate of 5% is among the lowest in the Southeast. There is no state property tax or local income tax and no inventory, wholesale, or unitary tax on worldwide profits. Discretionary incentives could offset corporate income tax and land and building costs, or rebate a percentage of payroll taxes.

Quality of Life

Northern Lancaster’s lifestyle options are limitless. Just a few minutes to the north is Charlotte, NC, one of the fastest-growing areas of the country and currently the 19th-largest city in the U.S. Directly south is the historic small town of Lancaster, surrounded by miles of open countryside, lakes, the Catawba River and farmland. From downtown condos to modest single-family homes to million-dollar properties on multi-acre estates, the Northern Lancaster area can meet the needs of anyone searching for the perfect home.

 

Our market access, including close proximity to Interstates 485, and 77 and Charlotte Douglas Airport – coupled with our pro-business environment, including a competitive incentive package  - makes a location in Northern Lancaster County work for your company.

The Lancaster School District provides K-12 educational opportunities for residents of Northern Lancaster County.  With a County-wide enrollment of over 11,000 students with 11 elementary, four middle, and four high schools, the Lancaster County School District provides quality instruction.  The district is currently undergoing a $70 million, five-year capital improvement campaign that has included the opening of the new Indian Land High School in Northern Lancaster County and renovation of the former high school to a modern middle school facility.  Quality education and quality facilities are second to none in Lancaster County.

 

There are also more than 30 private schools within a short drive of Northern Lancaster County. 

 

The Northern Lancaster area’s many charms are complimented by the area’s cost of living, which is lower than the national average.

Culture and Entertainment

With Charlotte’s proximity, Northern Lancaster enjoys exceptional access to world-class visual and performing arts, museums, shopping, and dining, as well as professional sports leagues. Charlotte’s new light rail line makes the trip easy; park at the outer stop near the Lancaster County border and enjoy a quick ride into the city. Closer to home, Lancaster County has its own active arts and culture scene, with a visual arts league, a community theater group, a chamber choir, and USC Lancaster’s Performing Arts Series.

Outdoor and Historical Escapes

Northern Lancaster County enjoys a moderate climate and four distinct seasons, so most outdoor activities can be enjoyed year-round. Golfers will find dozens of public and private courses in Lancaster County and the Charlotte area. Lake Wateree, the Catawba River, and Andrew Jackson State Park provide beautiful settings for boating, swimming, canoeing, hiking, and fishing. Lancaster County sits in the middle of South Carolina’s Olde English District, a region settled in the 1770s that boasts many historic homes, churches, downtowns, and Revolutionary War battlefields.

 

Plus, Lancaster County is just two hours from the famed South Carolina coast and just three hours from the mountains of North Carolina—perfect for an occasional change of scenery.