The Woven project is headed back to Greenville City Council after the planning commission approved changes at its Nov. 29 meeting that were made by developers to address concerns City Council members raised in October.
Nick Myers and Brian Schick presented the updated plans to the board and explained how the new plans addressed council’s comments and concerns.
Changes include reducing the units from 254 to 214, removing the top floor from both buildings, except along Pendleton Street, removing a level of the parking deck, and architectural refinements.
City Council members had sent the Village of West Greenville project back to the planning commission to be further analyzed for a variety of factors, many of which were raised by West Greenville community members. Council asked the planning commission to review the project based on the following factors: density, mass, scale, height across the project, open space transition, connectivity with surrounding communities, traffic mitigation and affordable housing.
Myers and Schick explained additional changes involve adding sidewalks where none currently exist on Traction Street, plus sidewalks on both sides of Smith Street, Seiko Street, and a “very wide” sidewalk on Pendleton Street. There will also be a 7,500-square-foot plaza, which will be open to the public.
For affordable housing, if the 214-unit project is approved, it is to be placed in a multicounty industrial park, and the share of affordable units would see eight units set at 80% Area Medium Income (AMI), 26 units at 60% AMI, and 9 units at 40% AMI.
After the applicants presented the changes, community members shared their thoughts.
Despite the changes, some residents still raised concerns the project would not benefit area residents.
“We want you to recommend to city council that this is the right kind of development for Greenville, but the wrong kind of development for the place they are trying to build it,” Joshua Blankenship said.
Other residents expressed hope the project would boost traffic to local businesses in the Village and provide more affordable housing.
Planning commission reviewed the changes and approved the application with staff conditions and comments. The revised plans include additional conditions for providing site plans, elevations, renderings, and architectural preliminary design.
Planning staff will compile a report based on the commission’s recommendations before forwarding the revised plans to City Council for second reading.
