The West End

[vicupstate]

Not exactly West End but not sure where to put it. 

 

122 Westfield Street

[ausrutherford]

2 hours ago, vicupstate said:

Not exactly West End but not sure where to put it. 

 

122 Westfield Street

That could probably go with the park thread basically. 

[vicupstate]

On 3/19/2017 at 10:43 AM, vicupstate said:

Not exactly West End but not sure where to put it. 

 

122 Westfield Street

Office building planned at 122 Westfield

[SVL]

Blue Ridge Brewing Co. : https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/news/blue-ridge-brewing-co-reopen-greenville/

[gman430]

I see that the Balletine Equipment and Piedmont Electrical Distributor buildings on Rhett Street are both for sale. They're located right next door to each other.

[btoy]

Ballentine has been on the market for years.  Part of their property was what brought us the Rhett St. apartments (forgot the name).  They just haven't had a sign up in the past.

[johnpro318]

Wider sidewalks, mid-block crosswalk, trees will definitely help this area some. They are keeping all of the parallel spots: https://greenvillejournal.com/2017/04/28/wider-sidewalks-coming-augusta-street-make/

[SVL]

The S.C. Children’s Theatre could break ground in September on its new multimillion-dollar campus.

https://greenvillejournal.com/2017/05/02/south-carolina-childrens-theatre-unveils-plans-much-anticipated-new-home/

 

[GvilleSC]

This should be nice! Yay for no red brick! 

Edited May 3, 2017 by GvilleSC

[gman430]

On April 30, 2017 at 11:32 AM, btoy said:

Ballentine has been on the market for years.  Part of their property was what brought us the Rhett St. apartments (forgot the name).  They just haven't had a sign up in the past.

Ahhh...gotcha. I see Phillips Heating & AC next to Rhett Street Brownstones is also for sale.

[ausrutherford]

This should look really good on Augusta!

[gman430]

[gman430]

Looks like the old run down homes along Payne Street next to Academy Street are being prepped for demolition.

[ausrutherford]

19 minutes ago, gman430 said:

Looks like the old run down homes along Payne Street next to Academy Street are being prepped for demolition.

Once that area got zoned C4, it was only a matter of time. 

[vicupstate]

Children's Theater DRB application 

[vicupstate]

County approves funding agreement for West End garage

Looks like the West End garage will be about 1,000 spaces. That would be the largest in the city. I have to wonder if it won't end up being TWO smaller garages instead since it would be a big footprint to do only one.

It would seem to be a safe bet that some sort of project would be built with the garage, to provide a primary user of all those spaces during the week.   

The Transit property would be a good candidate but 1,000 spaces there plus other buildings would be many stories taller than the surroundings.  

Anybody hearing what the plans might be?  

[johnpro318]

1 hour ago, vicupstate said:

County approves funding agreement for West End garage

Looks like the West End garage will be about 1,000 spaces. That would be the largest in the city. I have to wonder if it won't end up being TWO smaller garages instead since it would be a big footprint to do only one.

It would seem to be a safe bet that some sort of project would be built with the garage, to provide a primary user of all those spaces during the week.   

The Transit property would be a good candidate but 1,000 spaces there plus other buildings would be many stories taller than the surroundings.  

Anybody hearing what the plans might be?  

I think that location is most likely. Could do between Vardry, Field and Augusta as well. Somewhere along Wardlaw would be good because that road has access to a light at Academy. 

[SVL]

Maybe on Rhett between Wardlaw and Oneil? Transit property makes sense also.

[ausrutherford]

Im guessing they will do County Square to go with the redevelopment. A good pedestrian connection can be made with Augusta during the new road construction connecting University Ridge and Vardry.

[vicupstate]

53 minutes ago, ausrutherford said:

Im guessing they will do County Square to go with the redevelopment. A good pedestrian connection can be made with Augusta during the new road construction connecting University Ridge and Vardry.

The new garage being funded cannot be within the County Square site. 

[transplant08]

On 5/19/2017 at 8:48 PM, ausrutherford said:

Im guessing they will do County Square to go with the redevelopment. A good pedestrian connection can be made with Augusta during the new road construction connecting University Ridge and Vardry.

How are they going to connect University Ridge and Vardry?

[vicupstate]

On 5/14/2017 at 4:43 PM, gman430 said:

Looks like the old run down homes along Payne Street next to Academy Street are being prepped for demolition.

Bulldozers and dump trucks doing this work today. 

[ausrutherford]

5 hours ago, transplant08 said:

How are they going to connect University Ridge and Vardry?

Its been in the GPATS long range plan for years. A couple of buildings will be sacrificed in the process. 

[chuckyvt]

My drive home in the evening would be so much better if University Ridge aligned with Vardy.  If you take the building at 120 Howe St out, looks like you might have a corridor to come out beside Brick Street Cafe.  There is room on the other side to do a bit of a realignment of Vardy.  Also, you would want to do it somehow so there isn't such a drop off after the railroad track.  

[transplant08]

18 hours ago, ausrutherford said:

Its been in the GPATS long range plan for years. A couple of buildings will be sacrificed in the process. 

Would love to see it. Odds of it happening in the next 10 years?