CHARLESTON, SC-The South Carolina State Port Authority is reviewing three potential expansion sites after estimating the port will run out of capacity within the next six to eight years. Charleston is the country's fourth-busiest port.

CHARLOTTE-Image Design Staircase, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based PlyMart Inc., will be moving early next year from 10,000 sf at Old Statesville Road to 23,000 sf at NorthPark in this north Charlotte submarket.

HUNTERSVILLE, NC-GE Polymerland Inc. and GE Sealants & Adhesives could aggregately employ 500 next year in the total 115,000 sf of newly-leased space at Huntersville Business Park and on NorthCross Drive. Huntersville is five miles north of Downtown Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE-Pennsylvania-based LCOR couldn't satisfy council members it had the financial strength to handle the redevelopment of the 27-year-old property into a mixed-use asset at Trade and College Streets here.

RALEIGH, NC-After two years of indecision, council members are expected to bring in a verdict by year end on the fate of the vacant, 60-year-old eyesore. Raleigh is 125 miles northeast of Downtown Charlotte.

WILMINGTON, NC-This coastal city of 50,000 residents and a vibrant movie industry feels it is ready to sell itself to national corporate chiefs as an ideal business meeting venue. Wilmington is 150 miles southeast of Downtown Charlotte.

STATESVILLE, NC-The 170-year-old firm plans to employ 50 workers at the 60,000-sf facility in Statesville Business and Industrial Park in Iredell County, about 50 miles north of Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE-The 36-year-old, 378,000-sf retail center is going for $21.16 per sf. Current retail sales are brisk at the 37.5-acre property but vacancies left by the departures of anchors Sears, Target and a supermarket aren't being filled.