GREER -- BMW has taken another step in expanding its plant near Greer to build about 240,000 vehicles a year by 2010. The company has obtained a building permit from Spartanburg County to expand its paint shop by at a cost of $26.9 million, said to Mike Padgett, head of the county's building permit office. BMW told the state officials in October that it planned to expand the paint shop's capacity to more than 240,000 vehicles.

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