Quarry company to invest $450M in six South Carolina counties creating 70 new jobs
Chester County will get a piece of a new $450 million investment from Luck Companies, as the Virginia business grows in South Carolina. The company announced its new quarry plans on Tuesday. They’ll create 70 jobs across six counties. New sites in Chester, Edgefield, Saluda and Spartanburg counties will join expanded ones in Fairfield and Kershaw counties. Luck Companies will invest $93 million in a new Chester County site, adding 25 jobs. It’ll have a quarry and space for agricultural education. Part of the site will be available for economic development. The company announcement didn’t list an address for the Chester County property.
County land records show Luck Stone Corp. owns four properties at nearly 370 acres just north of Lancaster Highway. The site is about halfway between Interstate-77 and downtown Chester. About 90 acres of the project is on a site purchased by Luck Companies to create an agricultural buffer, Chester County Administrator Brian Hester said in a news release from Chester County Economic Development. “This project is expected to lower both aggregate material and construction costs in our community,” Hester said.
The $93 million investment for Chester County is up from nearly $58 million in the original company plans, said county Economic Development Director Robert Long. There will be a 75-acre business park developed, Long said, plus 15 more acres for future economic development. “This will support the development of small- and mid-size industrial and commercial buildings that are greatly needed in our growing community,” Long said. By spanning six counties, the move will be important for an entire region that needs construction materials. “The corridor between Columbia to Charlotte will be well-positioned for aggregate material for decades to come,” said Chris Finn, interim president and CEO of the I-77 Alliance economic development group.
About Luck Companies
A Virginia company founded more than a century ago, Luck Companies produces stone aggregates for construction, engineering and environmental industries. It’s a combination of Luck Stone, Luck Ecosystems and Luck Real Estate Ventures. Luck Companies has more than 500 employees, according to its LinkedIn page. The company has about 30 workers at its South Carolina facilities prior to the new jobs announced Tuesday.
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