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This may be paywall, but the Post and Courier has an article about the old Exide plant in Greer. I believe this is largely lead contamination of the site. New plants are dealing the Lithium, Cobalt and other metals that can pose hazards. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/a-car-battery-maker-gave-up-the-site-of-old-sc-plant-leaving-behind-a/article_4e82bec2-85e4-11ec-a79d-93b49b77d5ba.html

A lot of people in the area live an hour or more from the airport. Think Greenwood or The Lake Regions or Highlands/Cashiers (They don't all go to Asheville fwiw). To catch a 5:30 or 6 am flight means getting up at zero dark thirty, and I've done it too many times to count. I believe the airport would be an attractive hotel location for a lot of people. We have also stayed in the airport hotels in SFO, Denver, and Newark, all for convenience. As a visitor, it means you don't have to predict early morning transportation or deal with returning a rental car. This doesn't even take flight crews as potential guests into consideration.

Not trying to Yelp up this forum, but we had a dinner party there last night. We all thought it was fantastic, executive chef or not.

Odd hill to continually defend here IMO. I personally have some sympathy to your zoning concerns, but Pendleton St. is an urban Wade Hampton with virtually nothing of size on it, nor traffic. The road is four lanes for all of four blocks, thats all. it narrows to two lanes on either side. Unless Pendleton is widened to the West Village, its a useless four lane road. And the intersection at 123 needs to be reworked anyway. If Main St. can thrive with two lanes, so can Pendleton.

So....I only see one problem. How do we get into our parking lot?

This is correct. Existing store is too small.

Correct, no pay at this point. A lot of the players will be collegiate as well.

Not really. Those units have access to the Deca pool though.

Siding with Apaladin here. The level of baseball is lower than Greenville deserves. And yes, the venue and experience are top notch other than the ball. Interesting that the minor leagues are contracting right now. Baseball is hurting like any other sport, and parent teams are consolidating to help with expenses. And a lot of that has been centered around proximity (or lack thereof) to the parent. The city investing more for a Single A team far from Boston doesn't make sense to me. Hopefully a longer play to attract a higher level team at some point.

Relax everyone.

Go on...Curious as to your position here...

15th will be the top floor. 2 parking floors will be S2 and S3, no 13th.

Former Sears Roebuck building. Escalators are apparently still in there.

From a numbering perspective, the odd sized floor is Main, or 1st. Below are P2 and P3. So they are on the 8th floor from a designation standpoint. There will be no 13th numbered, and it will top out at the 15th with the penthouse condos. So Exile and GMan30 correct, there are 6 more floors to be built, 16 in total.

Correct. Blaze will be upstairs, ground level. Neat had a soft opening about a month ago. Speakeasy vibe, very cool.

If you have ever tried to use the pavilion for a private event, i.e. wedding, you know that it is a crap shoot with the amphitheater behind it. Unless you are willing to buy out both venues, you risk a loud event ruining your event. Which is why it is rarely used. This a logical move with a beautiful building.

Because you don't live off of Augusta Road?

Agree with the above. We work with a lot of restaurants and hear a common complaint. There just isn't enough service industry talent in Greenville for the demand. If a restaurant becomes slow and income drops, or they don't like a manager, employees will leave be employed elsewhere almost immediately.

Some call this supply and demand. The expense of downtown will help other areas grow to meet the price needs of certain industries like retail and restaurant. Per the story this helps the West Village, or whatever we call it now, and downtown Greer. Without rising costs there is no incentive to build and expand, both of which help clean up blighted areas and increase the tax base. I personally view this as good news.

Menu is being redesigned. New chef.

Starbucks will be a Starbucks, but not a corporately owned store. Employees will be under Hyatt.