Woven - West Greenville Village

[victory]

Just got back to Cola from Greenville, where I was visiting my daughter. I asked if she was in the mood for some carbs, and she said "yes". We had a late lunch at Coastal Crust, which we had visited before. I think their pizza is delicious. Our other go to pizza spot is Sidewall, near the new government complex, but I believe they are closed on Sunday. Anyway, the West Village is really cute. We then walked a block over to Poe West (I think its called), and had a beer at Bauernhaus. We looked at each other, thinking, this place must be closed. It was 2:30 on a Sunday afternoon, and there was only one car in the parking lot. Went in, had a beer, which was ok. Greenville is doing great things. I think the areas that aren't walkable from Main Street, such as this, will have a harder time.  It's a small area, but has character. Please work on Dunean next. My daughter is going off to college next year, and won't live there much longer, but its close proximity to the West End, Main St, and West Village should make it prime for gentrification. Right now, it is on par with Olympia in Cola (same sort of sketchy, but could be cool, old mill village). BTW, on my way back to 385, I saw Indigo or maybe it was spelled Indaco, on Main. Good food?  

[gman430]

Survey stakes starting to go up on this site. Construction has started on another project right next to this one also.

[gman430]

Any word on when this will start construction? 

[gman430]

I assume this project is on hold???

[vicupstate]

They recently got a county council approval for the affordable component. They also annexed the parcels the mill houses will move to.

[gman430]

Developers hope to begin construction of Woven, a mixed-use development in the Village of West Greenville, by summer 2024.

The 214-unit housing project — with 44 units reserved for affordable housing — received final approval from Greenville City Council in January 2023. Plans for the project also include a public park, public plaza, art gallery, space for retail tenants and a parking deck.

Tax incentives for the mixed-use development were approved by Greenville County Council in September 2023.

[gman430]

Surveyors on site and survey stakes going up around the site. 

[gman430]

Already landing tenants I see: 

https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/food/new-bbq-restaurant-open-west-greenville-woven-project-wholy-smoke/article_43df944e-d63d-11ee-b1cd-37913696f978.html#tncms-source=latest_posts

[vicupstate]

That tenant was mentioned as this project was going thru approvals.  The site has seen a lot of activity lately including tree removal and house moving equipment is now present. Glad to see this one moving forward.   

[gman430]

Asbestos removal on the homes currently on site has started. 

[gman430]

The powerlines that go through the site are now being relocated. 

[GVLprogrowth]

76 Market Rate Apartments proposed for House of Prayer Strip Center. (Two Stories) Heading to DRB 

[GVLprogrowth]

I think it is very unfortunate that this section has no retail on the ground floor. Also zero affordability, but you wont hear anything from the NIMBYers that said Woven wasn't "affordable enough" 

[vicupstate]

11 hours ago, GVLprogrowth said:

76 Market Rate Apartments proposed for House of Prayer Strip Center. (Two Stories) Heading to DRB 

Wow. What a tremendous under utilization of the site. Is the church doing this or are they selling to a developer?

[NewlyUpstate]

 

 

Pretty uninspired, meh.

[GvilleSC]

That is supposed to be for market rate units?  

[vicupstate]

Looks terrible.  It is a bad start for a stretch of Pendleton that has a lot of potential too. 

[vistatiger]

Reminds me of all the ugly square shoe boxes they are building a long Haywood Road and around the mall. Looking more and more like a cold war Russian city every day. 

[ingvegas]

Yikes, that is bad. Hopefully they can hide it with a ton of landscaping. 

[GVLprogrowth]

Looks like public storage, with a fake facade. 

[vicupstate]

Let your feelings be known at Unity Park on April 23. I plan to. 

[GVLer]

looks cheap and pre-fab.....Baby McLaren

[GvilleSC]

On 4/15/2024 at 8:25 AM, GVLprogrowth said:

76 Market Rate Apartments proposed for House of Prayer Strip Center. (Two Stories) Heading to DRB 

The more that I look at the site plan, I do appreciate the fact that they're addressing both streets. Is this the new development code at work?

Clearly parking is the limiting factor, and they don't currently have the appetite (budget) for structuring the parking at this site. 

[NewlyUpstate]

11 minutes ago, GvilleSC said:

The more that I look at the site plan, I do appreciate the fact that they're addressing both streets. Is this the new development code at work?

Clearly parking is the limiting factor, and they don't currently have the appetite (budget) for structuring the parking at this site. 

I imagine there is some of that. It's zoned MX-2. What I don't understand is how they are expecting these units to go for market rate.. I wish they had factored in affordable housing in order to get the height bonus (up to 4 stories) then added a ground floor mixed component.  Honestly, I am just at a base level against any development west of Academy on Pendleton not including a workforce/affordable component. Hopefully there is community pushback against this.

Edited April 18 by NewlyUpstate

[ingvegas]

Agreed. Ground floor mixed adds more energy to the area and adds value for the developer in the long-term. 

I didn't understand workforce housing issue until I talked to someone recently who said it's not worth driving 30 minutes to downtown (one way) to work at a restaurant. Soon, if it's not an issue already, downtown service providers (restaurants, bars, retail, etc.)  will not have a talented and committed workforce. They will likely then need to substantially raise compensation and pass costs to consumers in the downtown area.