Greenville County Square redevelopment

[gman430]

Work looks like it’s starting up. Construction workers, equipment, and surveyors on site. 

Edited January 21, 2021 by gman430

[cabelagent]

16 minutes ago, gman430 said:

Work looks like it’s starting up. Construction workers, equipment, and surveyors on site. 

Whew....crisis is averted....anxiety is gone. For the present...

[SVL]

15 minutes ago, cabelagent said:

Whew....crisis is averted....anxiety is gone. For the present...

Unless they're at the wrong jobsite....

[motonenterprises]

5 hours ago, cabelagent said:

Whew....crisis is averted....anxiety is gone. For the present...

[goodbye]

14 hours ago, gman430 said:

Work looks like it’s starting up. Construction workers, equipment, and surveyors on site. 

Unless we see aerial photos (***HINT***) of the site, then it didn't happen. 

[Spero]

18 hours ago, gman430 said:

Work looks like it’s starting up. Construction workers, equipment, and surveyors on site. 

Not so fast, I drove by at 2am and again at 4am and didn’t see anyone on site - is this stalled?

[I’m sorry, I had to]

[apaladin]

Went by today a couple of times. Absolutely no one there, nothing going on. I will say the grass is coming up nicely and I hope they keep it cut and dont just let it grow wildly. The grass and tiered surfaces would look nice if they keep it up. They should take the fence down, move some nice playground equipment in and let peeps enjoy the area. 

[gman430]

16 minutes ago, apaladin said:

Went by today a couple of times. Absolutely no one there, nothing going on. I will say the grass is coming up nicely and I hope they keep it cut and dont just let it grow wildly. The grass and tiered surfaces would look nice if they keep it up. They should take the fence down, move some nice playground equipment in and let peeps enjoy the area. 

You jinxed it.    

[gman430]

21 hours ago, Spero said:

Not so fast, I drove by at 2am and again at 4am and didn’t see anyone on site - is this stalled?

[I’m sorry, I had to]

Maybe they got the sites mixed up and they were supposed to be at the I-85/I-385 project instead.  

[gman430]

Well, I guess it was drainage work they were doing that one day I saw the workers there. No movement on site at all since. Apaladin is right. This project is dead. Sad times.  

Edited February 3, 2021 by gman430

[apaladin]

Went by yesterday and there were a couple of backhoes and 3 peeps. Looked like they mau be starting to install the playground equipment. 

[distortedlogic]

Maybe they're about to start the 5 story "tower!" 

Edited February 10, 2021 by distortedlogic

[NewlyUpstate]

I haven't seen an updated from the pessimistic crowd on this one, but there's been quite a lot of activity - workers and equipment - at the site the past 3 or 4 days.  Kind of hard to see exactly what they're up to with the way the site is configured

[gman430]

Site grading permit issued last week so it’s definitely moving forward now. 

[Danmire]

Looks like another construction entrance has been added to the low point of the site along Church Street.

[gman430]

14 minutes ago, Danmire said:

Looks like another construction entrance has been added to the low point of the site along Church Street.

That’s actually gonna become an entrance/exit for the parking garage once complete. 

Edited February 26, 2021 by gman430

[Cityplanner]

It would be nice to have a tribute page to Bell Tower Mall.  It was certainly part of my childhood and surely the lives of a lot of people then, soon to be no more.

[gman430]

http://www.greenvillecounty.org/Council/_Agenda///Meetings of 2021/Joint Meeting - University Ridge Public Facilities Corporation & University Ridge Redevelopment Management Committee/2021.03.17/agenda.htm

Very impressed with the planning behind this project: 

https://www.greenvillecounty.org/Council/_Agenda/Meetings of 2021/University Ridge Public Facilities Corporation/2021.03.17/URPfc - urrmc.pdf

Edited March 15, 2021 by gman430

[GVLer]

I appreciated the comment on power lines.....West End area in particular would benefit greatly if all overhead lines were buried.

[apaladin]

So it looks like after the County office building is built no other construction for at least 5 years. 

[gman430]

1 hour ago, apaladin said:

So it looks like after the County office building is built no other construction for at least 5 years. 

Five years? That’s wrong.  

More like ten years instead.  

Edited March 17, 2021 by gman430

[gman430]

Big update on the development. A lot of demolition to occur later this year:

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2021/03/17/greenville-county-square-construction-largest-redevelopment-in-greenville-sc-history/4703727001/

 

"We're being approached by an awful lot of outsiders right now wanting to be in the project. It's getting a lot of good publicity," he said. "And people appreciate the location and what it could be, and I think, come later this year, we'll have a lot of good options on what we want to do with our land." 

While the county will wait to demolish the current building until offices have moved to the new space, the other buildings will be demolished later this year. Leonard estimates the county and developer will approve the demolitions in the third quarter of 2021.  

A timeline of anticipated moves includes: 

• The DMV moving out in second quarter 2021. 
• Family court moving out in third quarter 2021.
• The health department moving out fourth quarter 2021. 
• County administration moving out in 2023. 

Edited March 17, 2021 by gman430

[vicupstate]

Where is DMV going to? I was thinking they were not going to Halton Rd. but I could be wrong on that. 

[gman430]

14 minutes ago, vicupstate said:

Where is DMV going to? I was thinking they were not going to Halton Rd. but I could be wrong on that. 

That’s a good question and I am not really sure.  I know the EMS is planning to relocate to the old Bi-Lo at Pleasantburg Drive and Mauldin Road though. 

Also, I wonder if the lack of development announcements downtown lately has anything to do with developers wanting to be a part of this project and them waiting on it. 

Edited March 17, 2021 by gman430

[gman430]

Here is the last update regarding the DMV from September : 

“The latest possible is an 8,000-square-foot office building at 122 Edgeworth Street just off Pleasantburg Drive. Less than five minutes east of downtown and close to a bus line, the location is also walking distance from the Greenville Housing Authority, the United Way, the state Department of Transportation and CommunityWorks.”