Business Profiles

Take a walk down Main Street and the beauty of Downtown Greenville unfolds before you. Everywhere you look, businesses are thriving. Restaurants, clothing boutiques, art galleries, artist and photography studios, restaurants, antique shops, all mingled with an interesting mix of professional businesses. What you’re seeing is the culmination of a multi-use urban planning project that has transformed Downtown Greenville into one of the most business-friendly cities in the nation.

Stretch out a little further and you’ll find the Greenville-Spartanburg area is a magnet for such business giants as BMW and Michelin North America. They’re a big part of the reason why Downtown Greenville has an international flavor. Not to mention a big part of why Downtown businesses Thrive.

But of course we’re biased, so we had some Downtown business leaders tell us what they like about Downtown Greenville. They’re biased, too, just about anyone who lives Downtown is. But maybe you’ll listen to them because they’re important.

Brains On Fire As the nation's leading identity and word of mouth marketing company, being headquartered in Greenville allows them to be, well, Brains on Fire. And why would they want to try and be anything else?	Llyn Strong A favorite Downtown retail shop, Llyn Strong Fine Jewelry showcases custom luxury jewelry sold in a unique atmosphere.	Resurgent Capital Like many Downtown Greenville businesses, this capital services leader promotes an ethical workplace. Resurgent also provides volunteer support for a number of charitable organizations in Greenville.
SynTerra Honored as one of the best places to work in SC in 2008, this environmental and engineering consulting firm feels right at home in Greenville’s well-planned environment.	Condustrial Inc. Even though Condustrial has nine locations along the Eastern Seaboard, the specialty staffing company, which serves construction and industrial companies, calls Downtown home.	Womble Carlyle With 530 lawyers in eleven offices across seven states, Womble Carlyle serves a wide range of regional, national and international clients in nearly every industry, and “strives for a work-life balance.” Talk about representing Downtown Greenville.
Pazdan-Smith Architects By remaining true to the principles of “Good Design,” this architecture group has been adding to the beauty of Downtown Greenville since 1993.	West End Coffee Company By catering to Greenville’s coffee connoisseurs, this gourmet coffee roaster has been a Downtown fixture for 15 years.	Erwin-Penland Residing in two of Downtown Greenville’s most beautifully renovated buildings, this full-service advertising agency builds brands for such clients as Verizon Wireless, BMW, and Michelin North America.
Peace Center for the Performing Arts Downtown owes much of its culture to the Peace Center, where professional national performances can be seen all year.	Westin-Poinsett Hotel Opened in 1925 and restored in 2000, the beauty of this charming hotel makes Main Street sparkle.	Greenville Drive Downtown was already a hit, but beautiful Fluor Field stadium and the Greenville Drive, an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, provide many more exciting ones.
G - The Magazine of Greenville This elegant magazine showcases the style, character and beauty of Downtown Greenville.	Customer Effective A software solution company that’s quickly winning favor with its clients and with many prominent industry analysts, Customer Effective provides Microsoft CRM technology from the Kent Court building Downtown.	Table 301 Immensely popular and equally delicious, the Table 301 restaurant group provides spectacular and varied cuisine to Greenville’s discerning palettes.
NEXT Innovation Center Soon to be Greenville’s home for a number of high-tech companies, the NEXT Innovation Center will be a nexus of ingenuity, ideas, and entrepreneurs.	Clemson University's International Center of Automotive Research CU- ICAR is the Upstate-based brain trust of engineering powerhouses working to scrap the gas-guzzling, inefficient technology of yesteryear and develop the greener, cleaner vehicles of tomorrow.