Northside Developments

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ReGenesis Health Care has opened a permanent clinic at the Northside Health Center building (220 College St).  It has only been used as a COVID vaccine center until now.  Good to see a healthcare provider/facility conveniently accessible to Northside residents.

Also, here's an aerial photo of the completed Bon Haven Apartments from SeamonWhiteside's FB page:

Oh, and JHP Architecture has Northside Station up on their website now (with some nice photos).

Edited September 2, 2021 by westsider28

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A walk around the Northside on Saturday morning

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Ribbon cutting was held today for 500 Northside Station.  This is the 90-unit complex with 80 units for residents making 30-80% AMI (area median income); the remainder are market-rate.  Already, the building is 60% leased.

 

Edit: I also found that The Hub retail site (former Sunshine Inn) on N Church St was officially sold from NDG to "HUB DEVELOPMENT LLC" for $479k on October 6, so hopefully construction there will begin relatively soon.

Edited October 18, 2021 by westsider28

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On 7/6/2021 at 11:31 PM, westsider28 said:

The Northside commercial project at 578 N Church received final approval at tonight's DRB meeting.  In addition to the restaurant tenant (in slot D), it sounds like they also have a retail tenant (for slot E).

Edit: Some speculation on the restaurant tenant - I think it could be Moe's Original BBQ.  There's one at Westone in Greenville (another project by this developer), and the design team mentioned roll-up doors on the rear of slot D as a signature feature of the tenant (Moe's BBQ has them at Westone).  

Groundbreaking for The Hub retail development was today.  As predicted, Moe's Original BBQ will be a tenant, as well as the Wofford Bookstore (presumably moving from their current location).  Edit: They're projecting Summer 2022 for building completion, with businesses opening in Fall.  Excited to see this project progress!

Edit 2: H-J article

Edited November 11, 2021 by westsider28
Added info

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Robert Smalls update: all the townhomes along Wofford Street have been assembled.  Interior buildings and the community building are being assembled.  Some photos:

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I found that marketing has begun for "Aden Bonded", a renovation of the warehouse at 300 Aden Street (behind Star Mill, TK Gregg, Cleveland Academy).  It will be 97,000 sq ft total, with spaces available between 300 and 10,000 sq ft for primarily retail and creative office users, with some food/beverage also possible.  It will have several courtyards and outdoor spaces, including a bike/skate amenity.  Delivery is planned for Q4 2023. 

"This is the vision of the Aden Bonded redevelopment: to harness the power of the Northside and larger Spartanburg community and entrepreneurs, and to improve local amenities, support local employment, and to cultivate space for residents to be successful in their own backyard."

Looks really cool, and very similar to this developer's Hampton Station project in Greenville.  Some renderings:

[Spartanburg Dude]

1 hour ago, westsider28 said:

I found that marketing has begun for "Aden Bonded", a renovation of the warehouse at 300 Aden Street (behind Star Mill, TK Gregg, Cleveland Academy).  It will be 97,000 sq ft total, with spaces available between 300 and 10,000 sq ft for primarily retail and creative office users, with some food/beverage also possible.  It will have several courtyards and outdoor spaces, including a bike/skate amenity.  Delivery is planned for Q4 2023. 

"This is the vision of the Aden Bonded redevelopment: to harness the power of the Northside and larger Spartanburg community and entrepreneurs, and to improve local amenities, support local employment, and to cultivate space for residents to be successful in their own backyard."

Looks really cool, and very similar to this developer's Hampton Station project in Greenville.  Some renderings:

Cool reuse! 

[westsider28]

H-J story about the Aden Bonded Warehouse.  The article brings up the point that the Start: ME business accelerator has struggled to find physical spaces on the Northside for these entrepreneurs, so they hope the warehouse redevelopment provides that affordable retail space to allow program graduates to work and thrive.  Developers are promoting the spaces to prospective tenants as somewhere they "can be a part of a community, but in space less expensive than downtown."  They're also hoping to attract institutional tenants that could provide educational opportunities and job training.  The plan is to break ground in late-2022, with construction taking roughly 12 months. 

Another project this reminds me of is Poe West in the Village of West Greenville, because they have a Greenville Tech culinary training institute there (among other businesses).  I could see this development hosting something similar.

[westsider28]

One last Northside update for 2021:  Bon Haven was 39% leased as of Nov. 18 (leasing started in June). Seems decent considering this is one of the more expensive complexes in Spartanburg.

Post & Courier article about the Aden Bonded Warehouse redevelopment also compares it to Greenville's Hampton Station.  The goal is to prelease 20-30% so they can get a construction loan.  Again, Fall-2022 start with late-2023 completion is planned.  It's apparently a $20 million project.  There will be "space for artist studios, a barber shop, a pet store, incubator space for entrepreneurs, multiple restaurants, a craft-beer tap room and opportunities for a job training center."

The former District 7 office / NDG office in front of Cleveland Academy has been demolished.  Not sure what plans are for the site. (photo via Marcos Gomez - Dellfrio)

The Hub site is graded.  I'd expect utility installation in January, then slab pour. (photos via Hub City Bees)

Robert Smalls finally getting some curbing/sidewalks for the internal streets. (photos via Hub City Bees)

Edited December 30, 2021 by westsider28

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Post & Courier has an update about the Village at Creekside.  Site work is almost complete, and home construction should begin in February.  They'll start with the "brownstones" on College Street and the 4 townhomes closer to Brawley (dark blue below).  The homes will sell for about $200,000 and 20% of the homes will be reserved for low- to moderate-income families.  The developer expects 2-3 years for full build-out.

Also, it appears concrete footers are in for The Hub.  First pic is my drive-by photo, the second is an aerial by Marcos Gomez (dellfrio on Instagram):

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The City is soliciting bids for the TK Gregg "Greenspace" / Trails.  Not sure why it isn't just being called a "park".  But anyway, the full scope looks like it includes paths, benches, bike racks, small soccer fields, new playgrounds next to Cleveland Academy, and streetscape improvements to Preston Street.  Screenshot below, design doc here: TK Gregg Park specs.pdf

Townhomes seem like they've been progressing VERY slowly:

Sidewalks for the Village at Creekside:

No pic, but The Hub looks like it has utilities in-place and that the floor slab could be poured relatively soon.

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Floor slab poured for The Hub:

Rear of the furthest along townhomes:

Random other photos:

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Steel going up at the Hub.  I’m terrible at posting pictures so hopefully Westsider can go by this weekend.  Love looking forward to the pics each week.

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On 2/24/2022 at 5:05 PM, hub-city said:

Steel going up at the Hub.  I’m terrible at posting pictures so hopefully Westsider can go by this weekend.  Love looking forward to the pics each week.

Ask and you shall receive, haha.  Steel framing is not quite complete.  The southern end (the tallest portion, which will house the Wofford bookstore) has yet to be erected.  But you can get an idea of the street presence.  Not bad for a single-story building.  It has pretty high ceilings.  From Church:

From Magnolia:

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Brick going up on the townhomes facing Howard Street:

Steel framework complete for The Hub:

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Roof is on The Hub.

Brick is complete on the Howard Street townhome units.

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NDG has put out an RFP for several blocks in the Northside (website link, RFP doc PDF direct link).  You can see the blocks in the image below, which also appears to have many SFHs planned that aren't part of the RFP.    Block 1 is envisioned as multi-family or mixed-use, Block 2 is intended to be a mix of townhomes and a commercial or mixed-use site on the corner (with another stream daylighting / natural area), and Block 3 is recommended as mixed-use.  IMO, commercial development is very important to create a truly walkable neighborhood, so I hope that happens.

Seems NDG is pursuing a pretty aggressive schedule once they sell the land: "Construction must start on any proposed development within 9 months of the contract date...and complete within 24 months".  Residential developments also must contain a mix of affordable and market-rate units (as has been the case with every NS dev so far).  I'll be interested to see what proposals they get.  Thoughts?  What would you like to see on these sites?

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Progress continues on the Northside townhomes. RIP historic granite curbing on Milan Street.  I don't know what became of it, hopefully repurposed and not just thrown away...

Construction moving pretty quickly on The Hub:

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The Village at Creekside continues to move VERY slowly, but they've at least recently prepped this portion of College Street for future parallel parking in front of the future townhomes.

The Hub progress continues:

Lots of azaleas blooming at Magnolia Cemetery:

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On 12/14/2021 at 1:06 PM, westsider28 said:

I found that marketing has begun for "Aden Bonded", a renovation of the warehouse at 300 Aden Street (behind Star Mill, TK Gregg, Cleveland Academy).  It will be 97,000 sq ft total, with spaces available between 300 and 10,000 sq ft for primarily retail and creative office users, with some food/beverage also possible.  It will have several courtyards and outdoor spaces, including a bike/skate amenity.  Delivery is planned for Q4 2023. 

"This is the vision of the Aden Bonded redevelopment: to harness the power of the Northside and larger Spartanburg community and entrepreneurs, and to improve local amenities, support local employment, and to cultivate space for residents to be successful in their own backyard."

Looks really cool, and very similar to this developer's Hampton Station project in Greenville.  Some renderings:

Aden Bonded Warehouse renovation is going before the DRB at their May 3 meeting (5:30 pm in-person at City Hall) for preliminary/conceptual approval.  From the document (DRB - 300 Aden Street - FINAL Design - 221020 Aden Fully Bonded_DRB 220425.pdf), the main thing I notice is them squeezing-in parking literally everywhere possible.  I counted a total of ~280 spaces for ~91k SF of leasable space.  At least the parking next to the future park behind TK Gregg is serving dual-purpose for this development and the park (though this parking needs an exception as "front-yard" parking, and must be screened from Preston).  It is nice that there will be a 12ft sidewalk on Preston with street trees.  Some screenshots:

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Some photos from Saturday.

Model home for the forthcoming Village at Creekside:

Four home sites on Folsom Street (being built by James White Enterprises, I believe):

Brick going up on The Hub:

View of Howard Street from across Butterfly Creek:

[NotNotSanti]

I attended the meeting tonight, and, as it turns out, the only thing that was presented to the DRB for approval was the parking lot situation. Everything else, it seems, needs to go through the board handling historical sites as the warehouse counts as one.

It was actually funny for even the DRB members to realize halfway into the presentation that they were only granting approval for the parking lot.  To be fair though, it wasn’t really brought up at the beginning of the presentation. I’m glad though they explained the other aspects of the project until they got to that point, as it helped me to have a better understanding of what the project entails. 

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According to their brochure, which was updated four days ago, the total number of parking spaces is planned to be about 350. Westsider, I’m actually amazed you counted up to 280. I would have given up after ten.

[Spartan]

Its amazing to see the the progress on the Northside. Really appreciate the pics!

[westsider28]

Quick update: Sully's Steamers has been added as an additional restaurant tenant for The Hub.  That leaves 2 spots (~5400 SF) remaining, most likely for retail tenants.

Also, the Northside Townhomes now have a website with floorplans and rent (~$1900/mo for 1800-2200 SF).