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Commercial Real Estate Famously Hot in Columbia, S.C.

Frank Cason
Mike Switzer/SC Public Radio

The last time we interviewed our next guest, he was so excited about the prospects for commercial real estate in the Midlands of our state that he launched his own development company.  It’s two years later now, is he still excited?

Mike Switzer interviews Frank Cason, founder of Cason Development Group in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.