GREENVILLE, S.C. — Two infill townhome projects, including a mixed-use development that pairs 35 homes with a small office building along Laurens Road, were presented during the city of Greenville’s Oct. 27 project preview meeting, according to the Upstate Business Journal.
The larger of the two, called Park Vue, would rise on 2.6 acres at 803 and 809 Laurens Road, next to Holland Park and the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail. Charleston-based STYO Development is behind the project, which calls for 35 three-story townhomes, a 4,500-square-foot office building facing Laurens Road, outdoor amenity space and a pedestrian link into Holland Park, the Business Journal reported. A home builder has not yet been chosen.
Both Park Vue parcels carry the city’s Mixed-Use 2 (MX-2) zoning, which the Business Journal said typically limits buildings to two stories. The developer plans to set aside 10% of the townhomes as affordable units, which qualifies the project for Greenville’s height bonus and allows the third floor. Synchronicity Land + Architecture is handling landscape and commercial architecture, and BlueWater Civil Design is the civil engineer. The team hopes to break ground by the end of 2026, according to the report.
The second project, from DRB Homes, would place 18 townhomes and one single-family detached house on 1.34 acres at the corner of Anderson Road and Martin Row, just outside downtown. Greenville City Council approved annexation of the site at its Oct. 12 meeting, the Business Journal reported. The three-story units would each have three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-car garage. Pricing has not been finalized, though comparable homes typically sell for $500,000 to $600,000, according to the report. Groundbreaking is expected in 2027, with homes ready in 2028. Chad Carson of DRB Homes said the builder is working with the Sterling neighborhood on a name for the community, the Business Journal reported.
Before construction can begin on either project, city staff must approve a minor subdivision application, according to the Business Journal.
For brokers, developers and investors, the two proposals show builders pursuing density on small, close-in parcels of under three acres each. Park Vue in particular shows Greenville’s affordability height bonus being used to add a third story to a trail-front project that mixes for-sale townhomes with ground-level office space on the Laurens Road corridor, while the Anderson Road project brings new for-sale townhomes to an annexed site near the Sterling neighborhood.
Sources: Upstate Business Journal
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