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Ogletree Deakins Signs on as Inaugural Tenant of BullStreet Building

Ogletree Deakins has become the inaugural tenant of the First Base Building at the new Bull Street campus redevelopment, the employment and labor law firm confirmed Tuesday.

Columbia’s Minor League Baseball Team Will be Called the Fireflies

Columbia's Minor League Baseball team finally has a name. City leaders and the team ownership from Hardball Capital held a news conference to unveil the name of the city's Columbia team as the Columbia Fireflies.

Mets will move Single-A affiliate from Savannah to South Carolina

The Mets have announced that they will move their Single-A affiliate in the South Atlantic League to Columbia, S.C. next season. Currently, that affiliate is stationed in Savannah, Ga.

Bull Street to be a ‘gigabit community’

Spirit Communications wants to do more than own the naming rights to the capital city’s new minor league baseball stadium being built on the old State Hospital grounds. It wants to turn the redeveloped Bull Street campus into a gigabit community.

Local businesses playing big part in Bull Street baseball stadium construction

More than $16.27 million has been subcontracted to local businesses for work on the Bull Street minor league baseball stadium, recently named Spirit Communication’s Park, part of a successful effort to hire out nearly half of the project through the city’s Subcontractor Outreach Program.

Baseball stadium project on track; team to start hiring

Though it may not look like much now, construction on the minor league baseball stadium at Columbia Common is still on schedule, with significant bids on portions of the project expected next week. “We have a huge hole in the ground,” said Hardball Capital CEO Jason Freier, “and a big pile of dirt next to it.”

Bull Street: The center of a new downtown

Downtown Columbia has resumed the building boom that was interrupted by the Great Recession. It is changing so quickly that it soon could look and feel very different. How different? And what will the Next New Columbia be like? That’s what we’re writing about in this monthly series.

Press and Media

Ogletree Deakins Signs on as Inaugural Tenant of BullStreet Building

Columbia’s Minor League Baseball Team Will be Called the Fireflies

Mets will move Single-A affiliate from Savannah to South Carolina

Bull Street to be a ‘gigabit community’

Local businesses playing big part in Bull Street baseball stadium construction

Baseball stadium project on track; team to start hiring

Bull Street: The center of a new downtown

Baseball team to start taking reservations for luxury suites

Designers promise new Columbia ballpark will have ‘wow’ factor

Columbia’s ballpark will have ‘Spirit’