Habitat Savannah to dedicate its 127th home
Savannah’s Habitat for Humanity — along with its homeowner families, partners and volunteers — will dedicate a Habitat Savannah home at 808 W. 42nd St. at 11 a.m. Saturday.
A brief dedication ceremony and house blessing will conclude with Sonja Capers, the new homeowner, receiving keys to the house that was built largely through the labor of 400 volunteers.
Financial support for the house was provided by the Stewart Huston Fund, Jack Neises Memorial Fund, Historic Savannah Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, U.S. Green Building Council, Georgia Chapter, Lynch and Associates Architects, Bouhan, Falligant Attorneys and Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church.
Other partners on the project include the city of Savannah Department of Housing (HOME program), Savannah College of Art and Design, Gaster Lumber, EnviroFoam Insulation, Savannah Drywall, Valspar and Home Depot.
For more information, call Virginia Brown at 912-353-8122.
The Savannah Bank name change effective June 30
Effective June 30, First Financial Holdings Inc., parent company of The Savannah Bank, will change its name to South State Corp. The ticker symbol, which is currently SCBT, will change to SSB.
Additionally, the subsidiary bank’s name will change to South State Bank on June 30.
South Carolina-based First Financial Holdings first announced the name change in February. The rebranding will affect 138 locations across South Carolina, North Carolina and 12 counties in Georgia.
Gulfstream adds California parts center
Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has expanded its worldwide service and support network by opening a parts and materials distribution center near Los Angeles.
The 5,000-square-foot facility at Van Nuys Airport primarily serves Gulfstream customers in the western U.S. and Canada to shorten delivery times and minimize shipping costs.
The Van Nuys facility is expected to have approximately $15 million in parts and materials by the end of 2014. Gulfstream maintains a worldwide spares inventory of more than $1.4 billion.
“This is another milestone in our growth,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream Product Support. “As we expand, we need to continue to provide our customers with the parts they need as quickly as possible. We chose Van Nuys because of its proximity to one of the largest bases of Gulfstream operators in the world. In the Los Angeles area alone, we have more than 100 operators; in California, we have more than 200.”
Gulfstream also has parts and materials at service centers in Long Beach, Calif., Las Vegas, and Lincoln, Calif.