45 Years of Pursuing Innovation
If you want to stick around for 45 years, you need an innovative spirit. And that’s what sets EDENS apart from other companies. Our obsession with continually evolving and pursuing the next great idea has both guided and defined EDENS since 1967, when the first EDENS grocery-anchored shopping center opened in Columbia, SC. Over the years, we have continued to expand and diversify our portfolio, our progress fueled by one thing: an unswerving interest in what connects people to a place.
It’s why we ask: how can our developments further enrich the communities where they are rooted? It’s why we evolved the EDENS brand to better reflect our industry experience as leader and innovator. It’s why we never stop wondering what’s next, even as we build the community-oriented retail experiences consumers want now.
We aren’t working just to build successful retail.
We’ve formed an integrity-driven, entrepreneurial business model that creates smart growth opportunities for the communities our centers serve. We’re working to engineer an innovative hub of activity, where physical neighborhoods intersect with social networks to fuel retail commerce and deepen connections.
We have learned how to pair national retailers with local, best of class proprietors. We have developed a social media platform that connects our consumer and retailer through clicks and bricks. We have brought solar energy to our centers, electric charging stations to our parking lots, and real-time data to our management team. We can deliver the highest levels of achievement with our qualified team, passionate people whose vision isn’t bounded by the typical approach to real estate.
EDENS continually chases new and better solutions. Embracing fresh ideas allows us to foster distinctive intelligence. We always look for more innovative and insightful ways to get the job done. We’re passionate about enriching our communities by enhancing places and cultivating exciting, new retail experiences. We never settle.