Expansions/Moves

For years, Bebette Smith’s customers asked her when she planned to open a second location in Aiken, but she has finally made their wish come true. Last Friday, Smith, owner of La Bonbonniere located at 231 Furys Ferry Road, Suite 206B in Furys Ferry Station in Augusta, opened a new shop across the street from the Aiken County Courthouse at 227 Chesterfield St. South. She will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Aiken County Chamber of Commerce on Monday, March 20 at 4 p.m. La

Some of the most iconic buildings and architectural landscape projects in the CSRA were envisioned and produced by CRANSTON. With headquarters in Augusta, as well as the coastal communities of Charleston and Hilton Head, S.C., the firm has expanded to the outskirts of Aiken to serve South Carolina’s Midlands region. CRANSTON, an engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and planning firm opened a new office at 1476 Columbia Highway North, just outside of Aiken. “Our vision for regional growth includes an expansion of our practice lines, including transportation, water resource management, land

Chee Ren is expanding his local Asian fusion restaurant, thanks to customer demand. Ren, the owner of Mirin Fusion Kitchen located near Sprouts Farmers Market and First Watch at 630 Crane Creek Drive, Suite 402 in Augusta, plans to open a much larger second location at 925 Ronald Reagan Drive, Building B in Evans. As ABD reported last week, Jordan Collier with Meybohm Commercial Properties, confirmed that the Evans Society Center, a new retail development located behind the Columbia County Performing Arts Center, would be adding more tenants. Mirin’s is

Business leaders broke ground yesterday on a new facility with a simple goal: increase healthy food options at the Augusta Golden Harvest Food Bank. Called the Produce Rescue Center, it will substantially increase the amount of perishable food, particularly produce, the food bank can store. The $5.5 million facility will take about a year to complete. It will increase access to more meat, produce, and dairy products to families across the food bank’s coverage area. Golden Harvest President and CEO, Amy Breitmann said $3.7 million came from a COVID-19 relief