8745 Dorchester Road
North Charleston, SC 29420
Boeing · Volvo · Bosch Corridor | 51K AADT | · Land For Sale · 3.23 AC

BY-RIGHT B-1 PAD IN A $11.3 BILLION GROWTH CORRIDOR This 3.227-acre parcel sits at the epicenter of the largest concentration of active industrial and technology investment in the Charleston metro area. Zoned B-1 Business within the Dorchester Road Corridor I Overlay, it offers buyers a clean, by-right path to medical, dental, pharmacy, grocery, office, daycare, fitness, and neighborhood retail development — with no rezoning required. Within 25 minutes of this site, $11.3 billion in announced investment is under construction, broke ground within the last 12 months, or has committed capital through 2027+. Commercial development on the Dorchester Road corridor has not caught up to the residential and industrial growth wave. This is the early window. GROWTH DRIVERS (ALL WITHIN 25 MIN) Boeing 787 Dreamliner Expansion (12 min): $1 billion new final assembly building broke ground November 2025. Adding 1,000 new jobs over 5 years to a 9,000+ employee campus. Ramping production to 10 aircraft per month in 2026. Relocating ~300 engineering positions from Seattle to North Charleston. Google Data Centers — 3 Campuses (20–35 min): $9 billion committed to South Carolina through 2027. Moncks Corner campus ($2.9B invested, 900+ permanent jobs, operating since 2007). Ridgeville and St. George campuses under construction. Combined new Dorchester County facilities: $2 billion investment, 200+ new permanent jobs. Volvo Cars Ridgeville Plant (25 min): $1.2 billion+ invested since 2015. Adding XC60 production in late 2026. Plant capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year. Mercedes-Benz Vans (5 mi): North America's only Sprinter and eSprinter production facility, directly served by the completed Palmetto Commerce Interchange. Bosch (1 mi): $260M electric motor expansion on same corridor, adding 350+ new jobs. Lennar Patriot Park (directly across the street): 120 new townhomes priced mid-$270s to $300s delivering NOW. Value-oriented working families generating immediate daily demand for medical care, pharmacy, grocery, and neighborhood services. PROVEN CORRIDOR DEMAND 51,600 vehicles per day with 450+ feet of continuous frontage on a corridor undergoing a $181M+ widening from 4 to 6 lanes (Charleston County construction 2028, Dorchester County 2029). Adjacent Cedar Grove Shopping Center (85,500 SF — HomeGoods, Ross, ULTA, PetSmart, Buffalo Wild Wings, First Watch, Fifth Third Bank) anchors the immediate trade area. MEDcare Urgent Care (8720 Dorchester) operates directly across the street. Dental cluster (Acuity Dental, Coosaw Dental, Coastal Kids Dental) operates within 0.1 mi at 8600-8626 Dorchester — all confirmed by-right uses under B-1. SITE DETAILS 3.227 acres total with 2.804 acres of uplands. 450+ feet of continuous frontage on Dorchester Road. 51,600 AADT (SCDOT 2023). Signalized full-access intersection at Wescott Boulevard. FEMA Flood Zone X — no mandatory flood insurance, no elevation requirements, no flood mitigation costs. Water, sewer, electric, and gas available for connection at the road. Survey complete. ZONING — BY-RIGHT USES (NO ENTITLEMENT RISK) B-1 Business District within the Dorchester Road Corridor I Overlay. Per Section 5-3.1 of the North Charleston Code, the following are permitted BY RIGHT: medical and dental offices, hospitals and medical clinics, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, pharmacies, grocery stores, convenience retail (no gas stations per overlay), daycare, professional offices (legal, financial, real estate, insurance, accounting), banks, fitness centers, schools, barber/beauty/nail salons, veterinary services, pet grooming, art galleries, and artist/photographic studios. Sit-down and full-service restaurants (no drive-through) available via conditional use through the Zoning Board of Appeals. INFRASTRUCTURE COST ADVANTAGE Eliminates ~$300,000 to $1,150,000 in development costs versus comparable undeveloped corridor sites: FEMA Zone X (no flood mitigation), utilities at road (no line extensions), by-right zoning (no entitlement costs), existing signalized intersection, and delineated wetlands clear of the buildable pad. INVESTMENT STRUCTURE Owner-agent — direct communication with principal. 1031 exchange eligible. Subdivision into 2–3 pad sites (~1.0 AC each) available for qualified buyers. Infrastructure delivery timeline (2026–2032) creates a natural appreciation thesis.