Renaissance Park Projects & Developments

[westsider28]

As a follow-up on the apartment complex approval: the site plan was tweaked a bit from the previous plan.  The car entrance on Liberty St was removed, so the entrances are on Silver Hill St and Daniel Morgan Ave (and off the Silverhill development - see 2nd pic).  Also instead of parallel parking, there will be angled parking on both sides of Silver Hill St.  The Rail Trail extension is now planned to go between the apartments and Silverhill neighborhood rather than follow the sidewalk on Silver Hill St and Liberty St. 

The rendering of the apartments is below for reference.  It's still a mix of brick and siding, and will apparently be almost entirely white (which seems very bland to me).  Still a solid project on a very challenging site.  January is the planned start, as they need to complete the VCC process and finalize financing.

[roads-scholar]

9 hours ago, westsider28 said:

As a follow-up on the apartment complex approval: the site plan was tweaked a bit from the previous plan.  The car entrance on Liberty St was removed, so the entrances are on Silver Hill St and Daniel Morgan Ave (and off the Silverhill development - see 2nd pic).  Also instead of parallel parking, there will be angled parking on both sides of Silver Hill St.  The Rail Trail extension is now planned to go between the apartments and Silverhill neighborhood rather than follow the sidewalk on Silver Hill St and Liberty St. 

The rendering of the apartments is below for reference.  It's still a mix of brick and siding, and will apparently be almost entirely white (which seems very bland to me).  Still a solid project on a very challenging site.  January is the planned start, as they need to complete the VCC process and finalize financing.

What is the “VCC Process” ?

[westsider28]

12 hours ago, roads-scholar said:

What is the “VCC Process” ?

Voluntary Clean-up Contract (I posted about it on the last page).  It's an agreement with the State (DHEC) because the site was contaminated.  A VCC absolves the owner of responsibility for that past contamination.  Basically just a legal protection mechanism to encourage redevelopment of brownfield sites.

[westsider28]

Looked like there was utility work underway at Converse and Silverhill today.  Survey stakes were also around the apartments site.  Hopefully work will begin soon on the apartment and SFH projects here.

[Spartan]

Thanks for the update!

[westsider28]

Much of the Converse Street block by Barnet Park is closed for what looks like waterline work.  It also looks like site clearance for the Silverhill SFHs has begun.

Edited July 22, 2019 by westsider28

[gman430]

Any word on the office building for this area or is it still on hold? 

Edited July 22, 2019 by gman430

[westsider28]

13 hours ago, gman430 said:

Any word on the office building for this area or is it still on hold? 

Nothing solid.  I found this listing on BidClerk a few weeks ago that looks like it could possibly be this project.  Square footage and uses seem to match up, but who knows.

[westsider28]

Retaining wall at the back of the new Silverhill housing development

[westsider28]

Found a few of the Silver Hill homes listed on Realtor.com.  The duplex townhomes are going for $225k-235k.  And 2 free-standing homes (3200 sq ft) are going for $550k-555k!  That seems quite pricey for Spartanburg.

[Spartanburg Dude]

13 hours ago, westsider28 said:

Found a few of the Silver Hill homes listed on Realtor.com.  The duplex townhomes are going for $225k-235k.  And 2 free-standing homes (3200 sq ft) are going for $550k-555k!  That seems quite pricey for Spartanburg.

Awesome! I hope they sell quickly. This will bring much needed $$$ into the city core. 

[Spartan]

I realize that's a huge house, but I can't imaging people will want to pay that much money to live in that specific area. Prove me wrong though!

[westsider28]

Foundations are in place for several of the duplexes (photo is looking up Silver Hill toward Dean).  Lots of dirt-moving still happening closer to Converse.

[westsider28]

Framing going up on the 2 duplex buildings closest to Dean Street:

[westsider28]

There's been a sign up on-site for a while, but now there's an online for-sale listing on Colliers for the site between the Montgomery Building and The George.  It's 0.7 acres and is being called "Montgomery Courtyard".  The listing mentions the potential for up to 6-stories and 120,000 sq ft, with 39 parking spots reserved in the St John deck.  All the typical uses are mentioned as possible: office, residential, hotel, retail.  Hopefully a competent developer will purchase the site and develop something high-quality that will continue the momentum in the area.

Edited December 12, 2019 by westsider28

[Spartan]

Aw man, when I saw that image I thought it was a Marriott Courtyard for a split second. Glad they are marketing that site more aggressively though.

[westsider28]

The 3 duplexes closest to Dean Street are on their 2nd floors.  The main housing area near Converse Street looks like grading is almost complete, so hopefully houses will start there soon.  Nothing happening on the apartments site yet.  Should get going within the first few months of 2020, I believe.

[westsider28]

The Silver Hill duplexes are actually looking like houses now

[westsider28]

Saw in today's Planning Commission meeting agenda that site and landscape plans for the Liberty Street Apartments were recently approved, so it appears that the project is continuing to move forward behind the scenes...

Edited February 20, 2020 by westsider28

[westsider28]

Looks like the streets (or at least curbing) within the Silverhill project will be going in pretty soon.  From Sunday:

[roads-scholar]

1 hour ago, westsider28 said:

Looks like the streets (or at least curbing) within the Silverhill project will be going in pretty soon.  From Sunday:

Remind me...is the “Silver Hill Project” the high density apartment complex or the single family homes?

[westsider28]

15 hours ago, roads-scholar said:

Remind me...is the “Silver Hill Project” the high density apartment complex or the single family homes?

Single family homes.  No movement on the apartments yet.

[Historyguy]

I think I learned at the February Planning Commission meeting that the Liberty Street Apartments project - has had its site plan and landscaping approved by the planning staff.  If I get a copy I'll share it.  

[westsider28]

Curbing is in for the Silverhill single-family pocket neighborhood.  Not sure if you can see in pic 2, but there is an open-ended connection with the forthcoming Liberty Street Apartments, as the site plan showed.  Good to see that's there.  Third pic is utility work on Liberty Street (for the apartments perhaps?)

[westsider28]

Minor progress update on Silverhill homes, plus some interesting views of the Marriott: