Macy's went through a major renovation at Haywood Mall recently and updated their clothing line to include companies such as Lucky, Ed Hardy, Tommy Bahama, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, BCBGeneration, etc. You can see a video of it here: http://www.greenvillehd.com/greenville-sc-shopping/macys/ It's much more nicer and high-end now than it was.

Clemson will still be representing the state in the NCAA tourney. An early fall from the ACC tournament means little.

The city did indeed play up both Gateway and the Firestone site with no or failed results. But you seem to be missing a few.....the city demolished the row of buildings in West End that is now Riverplace. The city demolished the old apartments that are now McBee Station. The city demolished the car bridge for what is Liberty Bridge. The city demolished an old warehouse site for what is now Fluor Field and the Fieldhouse. The city demolished the park and old fire station for what is now the new Main at Broad development.On and on. Seems the numbers speak positive FOR the mayor and the cities history of bringing projects to fruition. Why would you assume the mayor is bluffing with so many wins on his side?

Driving past it a few minutes ago, it appears as though there is grass seed down, but i was trying to peek under the fence from a moving car

Maybe there is a back-up plan :-)

So USC falls to Alabama in the SEC tournament, and Clemson falls to NC State in the ACC tournament. Oh well. Once again, it's up to the schools in lower-profile conferences to represent SC in the NCAA tournament. It would be great to see Winthrop get past the first round this year, but I won't hold my breath.

With three a day to DTW now, makes sense that they would add a fourth. Most cutbacks in CVG have resulted in more traffic for DTW. Next on the chopping block (and it has already started with reductions)....Memphis.

Apple at Haywood is perfect, IMO as it cemments Haywood's position as the best mall in the state, as well as ensures the longevity of Haywood. Due to the location of Haywood, between downtown and the money of the Eastside/Golden Strip, the area should continue to turn more and more dense, urban, upscale.

BTW, Apple is looking at Five Points in Columbia. It will totally suck that both Chas. and Cola have Apple stores in an urban setting and ours is in a enclosed mal

BTW, Apple is looking at Five Points in Columbia. It will totally suck that both Chas. and Cola have Apple stores in an urban setting and ours is in a enclosed mall.

The Journal has an article on Magnolia Park online today. No real news though. Offices, retail and a hotel are the current plans. Residential is a POSSIBILITY however.

Magnolia Park will never be what it could have been in my opinion. Funny how Haywood Mall is able to land these high-end tenants but Menin couldn't for their project. The mall along with Crescent Place will take any of the nice tenants Magnolia Park could of had and for some reason i'm not disappointed at all in that. Woodruff Road already has enough crap and big box stores built along it. There is no question in my mind that Haywood Mall will continue to get more high-end and Crescent Place will get built before Magnolia Park.

Back to Magnolia Park Town Center, I tend to be a positive person and am trying to remain hopeful about the development. But I can't help but wonder if we will ever see anything close to what they originally planned with the town center, 1-2 hotels, condos, and perhaps even office space. This is supposed to be a nice, higher-end development. And the location for such a development is perfect.

So leaving all of the rumor and hearsay behind, what do we currently KNOW about MPTC? I have:

-Costco (constructed a few years ago)
-Sports Authority (left over from Greenville Mall)
-Rooms to Go (currently under construction)
-Superplay USA (former Montgomery Ward building)

Anyone else have anything I am forgetting?

We are left with the planned/proposed portions of the development, such as the town center, new restaurants for our area (e.g., Maggiano's, Cheesecake Factory, etc.), hotel(s), potential office space, and potential condo space. I am having trouble seeing how nice condos, nicer retail offerings, and new restaurants for the area will be able to coincide with stuff like Rooms to Go and Superplay USA, but hey, if they can pull it off more power to 'em. I just have to wonder if the developers are looking at ways to bail on these nicer/more lifestyle-friendly aspects of the development as well.

While this sounds exciting on the surface, let's not forget that the City was touting the most recent development proposal for the Gateway site with equal vigor, expressing much greater confidence in the potential success and impact of the project than any of the preceding proposals. Let's also remember the excitement and anticipation following the demolition of the old Kress building, followed by the Firestone service station on McBee Avenue. One development never materialized after several years of marketing. The other became an urban memorial to the financial collapse of the decade and will undoubtedly be almost impossible to redevelop in the near future.

Let's hope the Mayor isn't bluffing this time around. Promising/teasing words are a cheap way to reassure doubters that everything is alright, even if it isn't. Development announcements are better, especially if they include detailed renderings and financial plans, however as we have seen numerous times recently, even the most promising plans have the potential to be completely changed or scrapped for various reasons.

Hope is our friend yet again.

It appears as though the Charleston skyline is getting an addition, the only kind it could really get. The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Broad Street is getting a new steeple. Of course, the plans for the addition breezed through the Board of Architectural Review pretty easily. While construction could begin in the middle of next year, the price tag for the project isn't known yet.

The article has a rendering of how the church would look with the new steeple.