GGC Partnership Campus
Innovation and healthcare exist side by side at the Greenwood Genetic Center Partnership Campus. The Partnership Campus is dedicated to becoming a lynchpin in South Carolina’s healthcare ecosystem by creating a life sciences micro-hub supporting educational and clinical organizations.
The campus aims to harness the capabilities of state-of-the-art laboratories, educational facilities, and clinical spaces designed to foster innovation and collaboration among academic institutions, healthcare providers, and other organizations. By bringing multiple partners together, the Partnership Campus serves as a vehicle for advancing healthcare and life sciences in South Carolina and beyond.
About the GGC Partnership Campus
South Carolina is home to a thriving life sciences ecosystem that includes more than 1,000 companies employing nearly 90,000 people. As the industry continues to expand in the Palmetto State, Greenwood Genetic Center’s Partnership Campus will play a pivotal role in the growth of the state’s reputation as a biotech hub.
Located in the northwestern part of the state, the Greenwood Genetic Center sits on a large campus, much of which is undeveloped. That additional space allows for the ongoing development of the Partnership Campus, a center of scientific knowledge and medical innovation.
The Greenwood Genetic Center Partnership Campus spans 170-acres that will link ongoing genetic research and clinical services conducted at GGC with the larger biotech community in South Carolina. The campus is focused on integrating research with practical applications to improve patient care and support families dealing with genetic conditions. The Partnership Campus offers development space for bioscience companies and institutions that are committed to advancing scientific knowledge, promoting patient care, and collaborative initiatives.
The Partnership Campus will be an anchor for the larger Greenwood Medical Innovation District, creating a concentrated area of cutting-edge innovators who will collaborate to advance healthcare and technology. The Innovation District will bring together various stakeholders who will foster innovation and collaboration to better serve patients and their families. Innovation district stakeholders include healthcare providers, researchers, startup organizations, and more.
Room to Grow
The Greenwood Genetic Center Partnership Campus is looking for innovative life sciences organizations to join the dynamic innovation hub. With plenty of undeveloped land, there is room for the Partnership Campus to grow exponentially.
The GGC Foundation developed a comprehensive, multiphase development plan to support and shape the continued growth of the Partnership Campus. Potential development projects include:
- Research and laboratory sites
- Incubator space
- Conference center and hotel
- Guest accommodations for patients and family
- Accommodations for visiting faculty
- Student housing
- Childcare facilities
- Mixed-use development
- Sports/fitness facilities; bike and jogging path
The Partnership Campus master plan includes three distinct areas; GGC Heritage Center, GGC Partnership South, and GGC Partnership North.
GGC Heritage Center
The GGC Heritage Center is the existing core facility at Greenwood Genetic Center. Existing roads and pathways link the main area with the expanded buildouts of the Partnership Campus.
The Heritage Center consists of four buildings, JC Self Research Institute, SC Treatment for Genetic Disorders, with the two other buildings housing the education division and administrative offices. The Heritage Center is designed so it can expand as needed with the addition of new buildings, large and small. GGC’s Master Plan also includes an expansion of public space within the area of the Heritage Center, such as landscaped courtyards that can become outdoor meeting spaces or simply a place to enjoy the outdoors.
Partnership South Campus
The Partnership South Campus offers immediate development opportunities that stress flexibility. The campus has space for numerous construction projects ranging from small buildings of less than 20,000 square feet to larger complexes of up to 250,000 square feet.
Partnership North Campus
The vision for the north campus is to become a future home for significant research-based mixed-use development. The area can combine research and medical facilities with residential-commercial space, which serves a two-fold purpose of providing work and living space for young faculty at Greenwood Genetic Center.
Current Partners
Upper Savannah Council of Governments
The Upper Savannah Council of Governments is a multi-county administrative organization that oversees regional activities impacting the counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick and Saluda. The council includes representatives from each county and the cities and towns within. The organization works closely with state and federal agencies.
The Clemson University Center for Human Genetics
The Clemson University Center for Human Genetics is a university-driven research group that is advancing the understanding of how genetic and environmental factors impact our health. The research team examines how these factors determine healthy traits and our susceptibility to disease. Clemson faculty work closely with researchers from Greenwood Genetic Center on multiple studies. Some of those projects use the fruit fly, a classic model for large-scale genetic studies, and the zebrafish, a widely used model for developmental genetics. The teams also collaborate on studies of human cell lines and patient samples.
The Children’s Center
The Children’s Center, a part of Carolina Health Centers, is the largest primary care, pediatric provider in the Lakelands. With a newly renovated building, they have an on-site Early Childhood Services Division with the mission of making sure children, beginning in-utero, are school-ready in all areas of development. Over the last several years, they’ve also integrated Pediatric Behavioral Health into primary care, allowing them to meet the increasing demand for behavioral health needs in children. With these services available alongside primary care, The Children’s Center is equipping children for the future in extremely important ways.
Project Hope Foundation
Project Hope Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides a lifespan of services for the autism community. The newest addition to the Partnership Campus, Project Hope Foundation is the largest Applied Behavior Analysis-based autism service provider in South Carolina. The organization’s programs are designed to support the individual affected with autism, as well as their family and the broader community.
To Learn More
The Greenwood Genetic Center Partnership Campus is the location of choice for companies and organizations seeking a collaborative life sciences community focused on cutting-edge science that advances care for patients.
Life sciences companies and organizations looking to be part of a knowledge-based community and interested in calling the Partnership Campus home can find more information here or contact Cady Nell Keener at ckeener@ggc.org, or 864-388-1813.