Memos & Distinctions

Sara Joyce and William O'Neal of Mount Pleasant-based Seamon Whiteside + Associates have passed the professional engineering exam.

Kevin M. Schwacke of Charleston has been named president-elect of the S.C. Society of Professional Land Surveyors. Lewis S. Moore of Johns Island has been named immediate past president and Charles F. Dawley Jr. of Mount Pleasant has been named District 1 director for the society.

Vector Marketing Corp. has opened a sales office at 1561 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. in Charleston. Kyle Law is the district manager for the Olean, N.Y.-based marketer of Cutco Cutlery.

Charleston-based Twin Rivers Capital LLC has completed the development of Family Dollar stores in Porterdale, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla., and Pensacola, Fla.

Brent Case of Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic International Inc. represented the tenant, AB&T, in leasing office space at 4 North Adgers Wharf in Charleston.

Kenneth Inman has opened Kenneth S. Inman, Jr., Attorney at Law, at 1350 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Suite B, in Mount Pleasant.

Dr. Kathleen T. Brady, Dr. Gary S. Gilkeson and Heather Aydlette have joined the Charleston Research Institute's board of directors.

Robert G. Kiggans, vice chair of Advanced Technology International, an affiliate of the S.C. Research Authority, has been named the recipient of the 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Computers and Information in Engineering Leadership Award.

Eddie Buxton of Palmetto Commercial Properties represented the buyer, Orbeton Holdings LLC, in the $290,000 purchase of a 3,440-square-foot warehouse at 465 Deanna Lane, Wando. Carey Walker of Carolina One represented the seller, Margaret P. Agee.

Ron A. Harbert of James Island has been named 2010 S.C. Optician of the Year by the S.C. Association of Opticians.

David D'Annunzio, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union, has been elected to the executive committee of the Credit Union National Association's CFO Council for a three-year term.

Chris Koepenick and Bob Nuttall, Jr. of Anchor Commercial|CORFAC International represented the landlord, Oaks at Centre Pointe LLC, in leasing a 2,041-square-foot office at 4969 Centre Pointe Dr. in North Charleston to Coffey

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Trey Lucy and Blair Belk of Grubb & Ellis|WRS represented the landlord in leasing a 2,800-square-foot restaurant space to TailGaters of Summerville LLC at 1559 Central Ave. in Summerville.

Rudy Gill has been named chair of Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina's board of directors, succeeding Jim Young. The group's 2010-11 officers are: Edward Carducci, vice chair; Patrick Bryant, 2nd vice chair; Ann Elish, treasurer; and Steven Lenes, secretary. Also, Goodwill inducted Henry H. Lowndes Jr. of C.T. Lowndes & Co. into its Hall of Fame. Lowndes served two terms as chair from 1981 to 1987.