Liberty Street Residential

[hub-city]

It is still at that stage where you can't see a lot of outside progress. The brick work seems to be done and they are putting on the finishing stucco work. You can see some stud walls inside the bottom storefront level, but not much else. I wonder how sales are going?

[Spartan]

I think they've only sold a few. I found a real estate site the other day that had over 40 units at varying prices up for sale. (48 total).

I think Spartanburg needs an infusion of a moderately large corporate business downtown. At least 500 employees. The target young professional market is still small in Spartanburg... so lets expand it.

[roads-scholar]

This impressive addition to downtown Spartanburg is nearly complete.

[Sparkleman]

It would be nice if we could lure a big insurance company or maybe a big engineering firm to downtown. I wonder if Lockwood Greene would ever consider moving their headquarters downtown? It would not necessarily mean more employess but it would mean more people downtown and I'm sure their clients would enjoy being closer to the firm from the Marriot.

[hub-city]

Looking at the picture, I wonder if the developers are still trying to get the old Carolina Cash garage. They sure haven't done much exterior work on that side.

[Spartan]

It would be nice if we could lure a big insurance company or maybe a big engineering firm to downtown. I wonder if Lockwood Greene would ever consider moving their headquarters downtown? It would not necessarily mean more employess but it would mean more people downtown and I'm sure their clients would enjoy being closer to the firm from the Marriot.

[hub-city]

I heard that they approached the owner a good while ago and expressed an interest in the property, but they couldn't agree on a figure.

[Spartan]

No surprise. I've heard that many people/landlords have overvalued their property and rents downtown to think that they can get more than its worth.

[Spartan]

Ok, I stand corrected. There have definitely been SOME units reserved, that just wasn't reflected in the MLS. There is a nice feel-good article in the HJ today about Library Commons. Apparently the units are about a month away from being move-in ready.

Right now I'm much more interested in what the retail tenants will be. Has anyone heard anything?

HJ Article

[krazeeboi]

Any new construction shots?

[Spartan]

Library Commons is officially open. They have already sold 7 units, and based on that article they will likely sell a few more soon. No word on who the tenants will be.

Article

[krazeeboi]

Found a pretty nice shot of the building in the photo gallery:

[roads-scholar]

Found a pretty nice shot of the building in the photo gallery:

[krazeeboi]

^I love it too!

[Spartan]

Spartan has to love all that ground floor retail!

[Spartan]

The Library Commons looks good now that its done. This is a great example of a building that was well designed in Spartanburg. We have future retail spots, and residential in the same building. I don't know about sales at this point, but I suspect given the general state of the economy they are not going well.

[krazeeboi]

That's definitely more of an urban intersection now.

[hub-city]

I saw a moving van there last week. Maybe they are starting to hey a few buyers.