CAYCE, S.C. — The potential sale of Dominion Energy's main campus could mean big change for the Cayce community.
Stavros Seremetis has owned Tony's since 2010 and says his business is always impacted by changes that happen in the community.
"If we lose 10 customers from there, we're going to get 15 from there," Seremetis said.
A big unknown in the Cayce community at the moment, is the potential sale of a Dominion Energy building on Otarre Parkway.
"My regulars from Dominion, I see them at least once a week, but I know if they move they won't be able to come by as much, maybe once a month, but either way it will affect us," Seremetis explained.
The Dominion building was built on Otarre Parkway in 2009 and sits on 92 acres of land.
WLTX reached out to Dominion Energy on Monday to confirm the sale of this particular building and received this statement in reply:
"Dominion Energy is committed to maintaining a strong company presence in Cayce. We continue to assess ways to operate even more efficiently, and this includes the potential for consolidating occupancy of our facilities on the 12th Street corridor if it is in the best interest of our customers and employees. In doing so, Dominion Energy has entered an agreement with Stern & Stern Properties Inc. for the potential sale of our main campus on 12th street."
Phil Baughman who often rides his bike near this particular Dominion Energy building, along a portion of the Cayce Riverwalk, says he hopes the sale of the building will be a good thing.
"You've still got to pay your electric bill no matter what, no matter who it's from," Baughman said. "People will have jobs, I mean there are jobs around now, people begging for work, for workers, so I think we'll be okay either way."
Cayce Mayor, Elise Partin, also hopes the sale of the building will be positive. She sent WLTX this statement:
"While there are still many unknowns for us… we hope that Dominion will stay in the area even if they don't own the building. We look forward to welcoming new businesses and corporate partners in that space as well. Cayce has a great quality of life and we are thrilled about the possibility of more employees getting to enjoy our restaurants, local coffee shops, and businesses."
From what we know the sale is not a done deal as of yet, and there are still discussions to be had.
We reached out to Stern & Stern Properties about the sale of this particular building to get more details about what it will be used for, but we have not heard back just yet.