Rock Hill inks $1.5B investment deal with pharmaceutical company for former Panthers site

A pharmaceutical company and medical center will invest $1.8B, taking over land previously slated for a Carolina Panthers practice facility.

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 706

Last Updated: 2 days, 23 hours ago

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ROCK HILL — A pharmaceutical company and a medical center will purchase 75 acres off Interstate 77 in Rock Hill, taking over land previously slated for a $500 million Carolina Panthers practice facility and team headquarters.

Octapharma — previously identified only by the code name “Palmetto Rock” — pledged in an announcement this week to invest $1.5 billion in a biomedical campus and hire 1,500 people over the next decade or so. And last month, …

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