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This section helps companies understand the incentives, tax structures, and pro‑business programs available when expanding or relocating industrial, logistics, and flex operations in the Carolinas. It is especially relevant for healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and medical device users evaluating new facilities, distribution hubs, or manufacturing space in Charlotte and across North and South Carolina.

Charlotte is a key hub for industrial, logistics, and healthcare growth, with strong access to interstate corridors, airports, and advanced manufacturing and life sciences talent. These resources support corporate expansion, incentives evaluation, and permitting in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Charlotte Open for Business

Mecklenburg County Office of Economic Development

North Carolina offers competitive incentives, workforce programs, and a growing life sciences ecosystem that benefits industrial, logistics, and flex users serving healthcare and biotech. The following resources help evaluate expansion and relocation decisions across the state.

Business Incentives

Doing Business in North Carolina

Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC)

North Carolina Department of Commerce

North Carolina Department of Revenue

North Carolina Secretary of State

South Carolina is a strategic location for manufacturing, distribution, and life sciences operations that require access to ports, interstate corridors, and a pro-business climate. These links provide insight into taxes, incentives, and business formation.

Doing Business in South Carolina

South Carolina Business One Stop (SCBOS)

South Carolina Corporate Income Tax and Incentives

South Carolina Department of Commerce

South Carolina Department of Revenue

South Carolina Incentives and Taxes

South Carolina Secretary of State

State of South Carolina – Business

Charlotte and the Carolinas offer a rapidly growing healthcare and life sciences ecosystem that includes academic medical centers, research institutions, innovation districts, specialized logistics providers, and advanced manufacturing hubs. This section highlights the types of ecosystem partners and support resources available to occupiers and investors—such as workforce pipelines, R&D assets, regulatory and reimbursement expertise, and sector‑focused incentives—so that real estate decisions align with clinical, operational, and growth objectives across the Carolinas and the broader Southeast.

Within this ecosystem, our team regularly engages with:

• Clinical and academic hubs that anchor medical education, research, and translational medicine.
• Innovation and commercialization platforms that support med‑tech, biotech, and digital health growth.
• Workforce and training pipelines that supply talent for GMP, lab, clinical, and back‑office operations.
• Specialized logistics, cold‑chain, and manufacturing infrastructure that supports time‑sensitive and regulated operations.
• Economic development and incentive programs that can enhance project feasibility and speed to market.

Our role is to help clients navigate and connect with the right ecosystem partners while maintaining discretion around specific organizations and relationships.

Use this industrial and logistics site selection checklist to align building and site features with modern distribution and manufacturing needs in Charlotte, the Carolinas, and the Southeast. Key criteria include clear height, dock‑high loading and drive‑in doors, trailer and auto parking, heavy power capacity, ESFR fire protection, and compatible industrial zoning that supports future expansion.

Users can quickly screen industrial parks and warehouse sites by comparing building efficiency, truck court depth and circulation, access to interstates and ports, labor and transportation costs, and incentives—helping distribution and manufacturing occupiers narrow down the right short list without guesswork.

Flex and life sciences space in Charlotte and the Carolinas demands specialized infrastructure that goes well beyond standard office or warehouse product. Core requirements often include lab‑ready infrastructure, clean rooms, specialized HVAC and filtration, robust and redundant power, enhanced structural and floor capacities, and appropriate loading for sensitive materials.

This overview outlines high‑level considerations around cGMP and regulatory readiness, biosafety and contamination control, backup power strategies, and future‑proofing for evolving lab, R&D, med‑tech, and digital health uses—positioning your team as a guide in matching technical requirements with the right flex and life sciences facilities.

Distribution and manufacturing users evaluating the Carolinas and Southeast benefit from clear submarket snapshots that connect industrial real estate options with supply chain strategy. This section highlights how key corridors around Charlotte, the I‑85 and I‑77 corridors, port‑served markets, and emerging inland hubs differ in building inventory, site availability, transportation connectivity, labor access, and occupancy costs.

These concise overviews help industrial, logistics, and life sciences occupiers compare distribution hubs and manufacturing locations across North Carolina and South Carolina, focusing on access to interstates and ports, proximity to major population centers, and pro‑business incentive environments that support long‑term growth.