Union Bleachery mixed use development.

[gman430]

6 hours ago, Danmire said:

Survey crews have been out there working the last two days I have driven past.  Tons of survey tape and markers going up.  You can see it all along 253 as you drive by.

Porta Potty and some construction equipment on the Old Buncombe Road side where the old plant is. Road closed signs up along Brooks Avenue also in the project site area. We shall see.

Edited February 23 by gman430

[distortedlogic]

I wonder if it will ever look anything like this.

 

That's like a whole mini downtown itself. Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing a couple of those buildings downtown.

[gman430]

The latest estimated price tag for the project is more than $2 billion — double the original estimation from just a few years ago.

The former water treatment building, as well as a former textile plant, were part of a March 12 tour of the site, which included developers, state and local officials, and representatives from President Joe Biden's administration.

Dean Warhaft, a Miami-based developer spearheading the project, said the redevelopment would be expansive and likely take place in up to seven phases.

Construction on the first of those phases is set to begin this fall, and will include 227 apartments and the conversion of the defunct water treatment plant into a restaurant and distillery.

https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/news/union-bleachery-greenville-superfund-swamp-rabbit-gentrification/article_97a52dd2-e0ab-11ee-940e-bfe80982e583.html?fbclid=IwAR0-5d3t2V7wm46Iborhbd-V_sbA9pUHgqaUhR8T9kfKxzeQzMB7Ggw556Y_aem_AUElB9q4yKEqRREqCdiDpJe2uBCESyp-fCoOmfD1qoY6EV8zDzJ2Z8Yvre3sXQMZpJk

Edited March 13 by gman430

[GVLer]

I would love to see this succeed wildly with creative land use and architecture. I am sympathetic to gentrification concerns....but the answer is not to leave a blighted area alone to preserve dirt cheap housing.

[distortedlogic]

https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/square-feet/2b-on-the-trail-gvl-development-moves-ahead-as-environmental-cleanup-continues/

Just more info and renderings on this.

I can't fathom how the city isn't insistent that this be annexed. I know it is not quite adjacent but it's not far from the current city limits. There has to be a way to get this into the city limits; whether through finger annexation or something else. It would be an enormous miss on many fronts, and would probably be harder to do later after the development and residential.

[GVLer]

55 minutes ago, distortedlogic said:

https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/square-feet/2b-on-the-trail-gvl-development-moves-ahead-as-environmental-cleanup-continues/

Just more info and renderings on this.

I can't fathom how the city isn't insistent that this be annexed. I know it is not quite adjacent but it's not far from the current city limits. There has to be a way to get this into the city limits; whether through finger annexation or something else. It would be an enormous miss on many fronts, and would probably be harder to do later after the development and residential.

Good point! 

[Danmire]

Red Plan Review signs up on the site today

[gman430]

31 minutes ago, Danmire said:

Red Plan Review signs up on the site today

Anywhere to view this on the county’s website?

Edited May 1 by gman430

[Danmire]

Link to the initial phase Site Plan review.  Looks like first phase will be apartments

https://www.greenvillecounty.org/Zoning/SitePlanReview.aspx

 

[gman430]

32 minutes ago, Danmire said:

Link to the initial phase Site Plan review.  Looks like first phase will be apartments

https://www.greenvillecounty.org/Zoning/SitePlanReview.aspx

 

Wow. That looks like every other suburban apartment complex.  Very disappointed and a huge letdown. Was expecting something more along the lines of County Square at least when it came to the site layout.  Looks nothing like the renderings we have seen previously either. No point in even taking drone pics of this site now. They don’t deserve it for screwing us over like this. 

Edited May 13 by gman430

[NewlyUpstate]

Yup.. this is the area on the original vision where this multifamily is located. Pretty sad lol, as this is an area of the development that is very important to be mixed use due to its location along the SRT.  If this goes forward, this is a golden example of why the county sucks at controlling sprawl growth and as much land needs to be annexed by the city as possible.

Edited May 13 by NewlyUpstate

[vistatiger]

At least the roofs are pitched and not flat like every other apartment complex built in Greenville county for the last 10 years. That's progress I guess.

[gman430]

1 hour ago, vistatiger said:

At least the roofs are pitched and not flat like every other apartment complex built in Greenville county for the last 10 years. That's progress I guess.

Ahhh…yes. The old lipstick on a pig approach. I’d rather have flat roofs and the old renderings/site plans than this. Just another suburban sprawl apartment complex. Nothing special about this project at all anymore. Sad. 

[gman430]

I hope it stalls and never gets built.