CONSTRUCTION THREAD: McBee Station

[erm1981]

The framing for the apartments should start next week. The store front for the publix is comming a long good and the metal studs are being installed. Brick work on those should begin before 2 long.

[Spartan]

According to the large orange sign on E Washington, McBee St will be closed starting this week. One can only assume something is going on with McBee Station...

[GvilleSC]

The framing for the apartments should start next week. The store front for the publix is comming a long good and the metal studs are being installed. Brick work on those should begin before 2 long.

Thanks for the update.

Will there be on-street parking on McBee when the shops/condos get finished?

Edited April 2, 2007 by GvilleSC

[erm1981]

There is going to be major road work going on. New curbs and road will be installed. Im sure it will look much prettier when done. I heard it will take them around 2 months to do all this.

[GvilleSC]

There is going to be major road work going on. New curbs and road will be installed. Im sure it will look much prettier when done. I heard it will take them around 2 months to do all this.

fantastic. I was wondering if they'd do this or just leave it in a state similar to Spring/Falls street.

[erm1981]

I would imagine the sections of road around the peacock will get redone also in due time. Probably when the peacock is finished. It will be worth the wait im sure.

[gs3]

There is going to be major road work going on. New curbs and road will be installed. Im sure it will look much prettier when done. I heard it will take them around 2 months to do all this.

I'm assuming the landscaping fronting the street is going in during this timeframe as well? If Publix is opening in June, seems the they would want the front facing McBee to be complete.

[erm1981]

Just wanted to update and tell you that there is now "MAJOR" activity on the apartments. The framing is going up very quickly. They already had a section done today about 200 ft long down the very back of the apartments. They are doing the first floor now. These are going to be pretty tall in their on right. Taller than i thought they were going to be. They will be taller than the elevator shafts that are sticking up there now. Good, good, good.

[GvilleSC]

The experience of driving across the Church Street bridge is going to be totally different now. It should make more of an urban experience and a unique one at that. Thanks for the update. I look forward to seeing it in person.

[TREY]

IMO this going to be a great looking place with the variety of roofs and storefronts.

The red crane is sitting in the center of the plaza between the Stapes and Publix.

Edited April 22, 2007 by TREY

[gs3]

^ Excellent shots of McBee.

[GvilleSC]

great shots indeed. This is really going to be a fantastic addition to McBee Ave. Are there any good sites that you can think of that are around and would be prime for renovation or redevelopment as a result of McBee? I want to see this grow!

Edited April 23, 2007 by GvilleSC

[RestedTraveler]

[GvilleSC]

McBee Station looks awesome! Downtown is going to change so much when McBee is completed. I cannot wait!

Great picture!

[gs3]

Don't know if any of you guys on here are members of the Urban Land Institute, but if so, ULI will be having a site tour of McBee Station (bring your own hard hat) on May 16th. Link below:

http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section...nferenceID=2548

[erm1981]

^^^Ill be there....just look for the brick mason in the blue hard hat. Ill be working though.

[GvilleSC]

McBee Station looks awesome. I love the presence it has on Broad Street looming from above. The Publix building looks great, too! Check it out if you haven't lately.

[Spartan]

It also looks nice from the Church St bridge. I'm looking forward to benig able to drive down McBee again.

[erm1981]

I took some pics today with my camera phone.

[RestedTraveler]

A couple of shots taken as I was driving out of the parking lot at 200 East Broad:

This place is starting to have a major presence.

[Greenville]

Wow, that does make quite a statement! Having not been in Greenville in a couple of months, I was not expecting McBee Station to make that sort of impact. It looks great!

[GvilleSC]

Wow, that does make quite a statement! Having not been in Greenville in a couple of months, I was not expecting McBee Station to make that sort of impact. It looks great!

Like it hit me when I got back to Greenville, you'll be amazed when you see it in person. There's really no way to describe the impact it's having.

[erm1981]

Well its a really dense spread out developement and there is still A LOT of work to be done before we get finished with it. Id say in a few more months it will start looking a lot better.

[Galley]

Wow, it really looks different from that perspective. I'm used to looking down on it from the Church St. overpass.

[gs3]

A couple of shots taken as I was driving out of the parking lot at 200 East Broad:

This place is starting to have a major presence.

Wow! Great shots. I didn't realize the apartment portion would be so large. Major impact.