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CHARLESTON MARKET STATISTICS

• The Charleston region is comprised of three counties covering 3,100 square miles

• Current population of 775,000

• Top 75 largest metro area

• Adding 48 new residents each day

• Growing at three times the US population

• Job growth is expected to accelerate based in large part by new facilities by

Boeing, Mercedes, Google, Volvo and several others

• Forecasted 10,000 new jobs in 2017 and 11,000 in 2018

• One of out every four jobs created in SC was created in the Charleston region

• Current unemployment rate is less than 3.5%

• Charleston Harbor will soon be the deepest port in the Eastern US, generating

additional growth from Post Panamax ships

• Retail sales grew 13% IN 2016

• Forecasted to increase well above inflation and nation average in 2017 and 2018

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