There’s a wonderful surprise that awaits you at the Greenville Municipal Airport – GMU. There is a children’s park at the Greenville airport called Runway Park at GMU. It’s terrific! It’s tucked away in an old warehouse park but don’t let that discourage you. It looks like there’s lots of redevelopment going on in that area and you go by the very modern looking Humane Society building.
We went there for a visit as our daughter and granddaughter were in town. It was a cold Saturday morning in Greenville but the sun was starting to poke through after a couple of days of rain. We were there about 9:30am on Saturday so the plane traffic was quite. A good sized private jet had just landed and we saw 5 or 6 other Cessnas take off and land. Our granddaughter is 20 months so a little on the young side for the planes to capture too much of her attention. I would think kids 3-8 or 9 years old would absolutely love it!
There are a few climbing gyms for kids, plus a swing set that has some swings for bigger kids plus a swinging bucket for toddlers. There is also a pavilion available for various parties. Reservations are required I believe. As you walk in to the park from the gated entrance there is a very cut runway complete with strips and numbers to make it look like a real run way. According to the official web page for the park, it’s about 1.3 acres and there is a nice paved path that runs along the perimeter of the park. There are nice comfortable benches along the way as well. But the thing I liked the best was the many stations along the way with colorful boards designed to educate children and adults about aviation and the history and importance of GMU. It was really well done.
We will certainly come back again especially once the weather improves. I’d like to also make a point to come back when the Runway Cafe is open.
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.
The Greenville area continues to see a steady increase in home prices as the latest data from the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® shows that the median price of a home sold in the area is up 5.9% so far year-to-date through October, 2019.
The Greenville area continues to post strong homes sales number with October up nearly 12% compared to last October. In October 2019, 1127 units closed compared to 1,097 in 2018. The median sales price is up 5.6% from $206,500 in 2018 to $218,000 in 2019.
Other key data points for the Greenville area housing market are below in the various images. (Data is from the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors). Areas included in the general roll up of the data include: Greenville, Simpsonville, Five Forks, and Mauldin amongst many others.
What is interesting to see is that the overall inventory is starting to grow in the overall area – up 20% compared to a year ago. We’ll dig in further to see specifically if that inventory is growing in Greenville and Simpsonville.
