Image prepared for the City of Greenville by the developer RocaPoint Partners
After some early contention between the Greenville City Council, local citizens and Greenville County, the city of Greenville has stepped forward and approved the massive $1 Billion redevelopment plan for County Square. The quality and scale of this project will forever change the city.
According to the Greenville News story, the Hayne-Sirrine neighborhood has come around and has endorsed the project. It seems the city, county and developer has made concessions but also has done a better job of late in listening to their concerns. One of the biggest concessions was the agreement that buildings would be capped at 12 stories. The developers had originally requested 20 stories.
The project will include a new $65 million Greenville County office building that appears will be state-of-the-art. Office, retail, and housing will comprise the rest of the project. Here’s the site Greenville County has set up for the County Square redevelopment. They call it University Ridge Redevelopment.
The developer is Atlanta-based RocaPoint Partners.
37 Acre County Square Billion Dollar Development Concept – Greenville, SC
There’s a billion dollar development project going in front of the City of Greenville Planning Commission next week. This is the 37 acre area known as County Square. This seems like a very exciting developement for Greenville but some on the council are holding out for affordable housing. I’ve seen this happen across the country. I’m not sure what it is with these city councils but I guess they see that they have an opportunity to peel off some money from big developers. There’s plenty of areas around Greenville where “affordable housing” government style would fit in just fine. Stop messing with the developers. Perhaps they can pay off the council by carving out $20-$30 million for the city to go build a housing project elsewhere in the city.
Check out the video below which does a beautiful job of explaining the billion proposal. There’s no way the Greenville County Council will vote this down but it’s still up in the air on the City of Greenville Council.