GE Appliances plans $50M expansion in Greenville County.

GE Appliances, a Haier company, has announced plans to invest $50 million to expand its South Carolina operations with a new distribution center in Greenville County. The expansion is projected to create 45 new jobs over the next five years.

GEA will lease a 584,820-square-foot distribution warehouse at the Augusta Grove Business Park, according to a news release. Provident Realty Advisors Inc., a Dallas-based privately held real estate and investment firm, is the developer for the project.

This new facility is a key investment in GEA's distribution network, supporting the expansion of manufacturing operations by increasing supply chain capacity to ship and receive appliances from regional production facilities, along with imported finished goods arriving at the Port of Charleston, according to the release.

Additionally, the Greenville facility will allow the company to take advantage of proximity to Inland Port Greer.

The Greenville facility will be GEA's second South Carolina location, following the opening of its $70 million state-of-the-art water...