Along Wade Hampton Boulevard, a new 131,000-square-foot shopping center is taking shape at the former K-Mart plaza. The Piedmont Marketplace shopping center’s main tenant will be a 66,000-square-foot Kohl’s department store.
Also located in the shopping center at 1320 Wade Hampton Blvd. will be a 21,500-square-foot Tractor Supply Company.
Developer Marty Navarro of Navarro Real Estate says that phase one began in 2010 and “after demolition and redevelopment of all site work improvements and completion of Tractor Supply relocation and improvements, we halted the project until Kohl’s was ready to open.”
The Kohl’s store has been under construction since early March 2014 and is scheduled to open this fall.
An additional 43,586 square feet of co-anchor and shop space will be completed in a second phase. Navarro said he is “currently in negotiations with other prime national and regional retailers to anchor Phase II.”
Several small-shop-space lease opportunities will also be available. Spaces will range from 2,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. Rents will be in the mid-teens for larger spaces and mid $20s for smaller spaces said Navarro.
Construction on phase two is expected to begin late 2014 with delivery to tenants in summer 2015.
“We feel that Greer has strong demographics that match up well with the Kohl’s customer,” said Navarro. “We expect Piedmont Marketplace to be the dominant retail center in the market. We are blessed with a great location in Greer, near the intersection of Wade Hampton Boulevard and South Buncombe Road, adjacent to Lowes, Home Depot, Target and BI-LO. Kohl’s is a great retailer and a tremendous anchor tenant.”
