Thank you for the article RT. Was anyone else taken aback by this part of the article?
It sounds like the city believes that the office market isn't there for all of these projects. I know many of these projects are for mixed use, but if the office market isn't there and supply is beginning to out strip demand we may see some of these announced projects scaled down or cancelled outright. I certainly hope not. I have been very excited about the progress of downtown Greenville, but if city leaders are having doubts you have to wonder if some of the developers might also be having second thoughts. I don't mean to be gloom and doom, but that quote really jumped out at me.
Also, I hate to bring bad news, but the second Fresh Market has been cancelled again. I talked with my friend who works for the company and he told me that FM put in a request to be zoned on a specific piece of land and was denied by the board, apparently by one vote. The inability to have the land that they wanted for the store, and the fact that their competition was clearly going to open in the area before FM could led the powers that be to drop (for now) their plans to open a second store. Sorry that I got everyones hopes up a few weeks ago, especially you Transplant. Looks like we'll have to wait for that second FM.