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Well, thankfully the wasteful spending of the three Certus executives who are no longer with the company wasn't uncovered on the day of the Columbia office's opening. Columbia's is the first office to open since the new leadership was put in place.
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Lexington State Bank
Former USC technology incubator building (apparently just sold)
Three shots of the Merrill Lynch building metal facade stripping
I think they're doing a good job with the remake. Buildings like that reflect an era that will probably be appreciated one day. They're putting windows in the bottom two floors to make it an obvious four-story building and they're adding modern character to the facade and side near the front. The stairwell on the back corner is cool, too. I think it will make a nice downtown Columbia headquarters for a smaller regional bank.
I think they're doing a good job with the remake. Buildings like that reflect an era that will probably be appreciated one day. They're putting windows in the bottom two floors to make it an obvious four-story building and they're adding modern character to the facade and side near the front. The stairwell on the back corner is cool, too. I think it will make a nice downtown Columbia headquarters for a smaller regional bank.
But that also makes it harder for developers to have taller buildings if more space is needed since they landmarked the building and it is not very esthetically pleasing as with most of the boxes on in the CBD. And most of the smaller buildings are landmarked and the rest of columbia is under design or height limits so I don't see anything new being built for a long time. That's me looking at it from a business perspective and I love history but that building is not really history.
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