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DEW selling surplus offices; proceeds to fund technology purchases
Summary
Stanton said DEW has sold surplus properties and returned nearly $9 million to the agency, and that sales (marketed with CBRE and DOA) will continue; proceeds are earmarked for the tax system modernization rather than general‑fund requests.
Stanton explained a surplus-property initiative launched after a review of underused facilities. She said some buildings had been 30–40 years old and underused, and that DEW sold properties to local governments and institutions (examples cited: Spartanburg, Colleton County and a Charleston property bought by MUSC). "We've sold numerous more and we've sold it to the point of almost $9,000,000 coming back to the agency," she said.
The director said DEW deferred marketing strategy to CBRE after an executive order prioritized selling unneeded state buildings and that sales proceeds — federal funds originally used to buy the buildings — will be reinvested into the new tax system. She told the committee DEW follows Department of Administration appraisal and sale procedures and coordinates with local workforce boards and potential local purchasers.
