Messer Construction CO has pulled a $1.5 million building permit to strip and rebuild the interior of a commercial office property at 297 Pete Hollis Blvd in downtown Greenville, according to city permit records dated March 12, 2026.
The scope of work calls for a full demolition of the existing interior layout, followed by a complete reconfiguration of office space for a new owner. On the exterior, crews will tear down the porte cochère and make changes to the existing parking lot. The property is owned by Messer Realty XVIII LLC, suggesting the acquisition and renovation are being handled under the same corporate umbrella.
The permit, numbered 2600000210, is classified as a commercial addition and carries an issued status. At $1.5 million, the project ranks among the larger office renovation investments along the Pete Hollis corridor so far this year. The boulevard, which runs through Greenville's west side just blocks from Main Street, has seen incremental reinvestment as demand for renovated office product continues in the city's urban core.
Messer Construction, a nationally recognized general contractor with regional offices across the Southeast, is handling the work. The firm's involvement — combined with the LLC naming convention tying it directly to Messer Realty — points to a vertically integrated acquisition-and-renovation play in which the contractor is also the building's new ownership entity.
No planning applications associated with the address have appeared in city records, indicating the project fits within the property's existing zoning and does not require site-plan review or variance approvals. The permit comments do not specify a timeline for completion or identify a future tenant.
The project matters because a $1.5 million gut-and-refit of an existing office building on Pete Hollis Blvd signals continued investor confidence in Greenville's near-downtown commercial corridors, even as the market digests a wave of new construction elsewhere in the city.