CHARLESTON, S.C.—Construction is getting underway at a 4,500-acre master planned community near Charleston, S.C. known as Nexton. MeadWestvaco (MWV) Corporation and The Rockefeller Group broke ground on the first building, a 100,000-square-foot class A facility aiming for LEED certification.

Nexus is located at Interstate 26 and US Highway 17A between exit 199 and the future exit 197. The first building will sit at the entrance of the campus, which will ultimately include offices, hotels, apartments, parks and trails, dining, entertainment, and shopping.

Kenneth T. Seeger, president of MWV Community Development and Land Management, explains that “Nexton is grounded in several cornerstones—technology, choices, and healthy, efficient living.” He called the new building “a focal point for the first phase of Nexton.”