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[Skyliner]

There has been a great interest to recreate Pleasantburg Drive into a bustling business corridor with catalysts such as the Palmetto Expo Center renovation and addition, and McAlister Square/Greenville Tech expansions.  With the Greenville Downtown Airport and I-385 access located right in the center of a large, busy city road, is anything standing in the way of the dream becoming a reality?  Below is a link to an interesting website, but it appears to have not been updated in over a year.

Pleasantburg Drive Business and Technology Corridor

[g-man430]

Yeah, money issues is what is standing in the way of making this dream a reality.   . I hope though they get enough federal grants and money to make it happen.

[vicupstate]

I don't see anything standing in the way necessarily, but like downtown, this transformation will not happen overnight.  The speed of the transformation will also depend on the growth of Gville Tech, University Center and the other education institutions in the corridor.  

Additionally, growth of the city in general will have an effect too. If ICAR really takes off and lots of new residents move in as a result, then the demand for the types of development P'burg hopes to attract will increase.

The success of repositioning the Expo Center will also play a large part of the success of the corridor in general as well.

[vicupstate]

According to the Gville News, Walter Brashier is donating the Steak And Ale location (valued at $1.6mm) to North Greenville University.

The 7,000 Sf building may be used for continuing ed. and/or extention offices for develpment and admissions.




Wow, long time since this thread has been updated.