Here is a recap of the April 18 meeting of the city of Greenville’s Design Review Board.
Deferred: Site plans for Gracie Plaza (Greenville Gateway)
The board chose to defer the updated site plans for Gracie Plaza, the mixed-use development on Greenville’s Gateway corridor.
Miami-based NR Investments and Greenville’s Johnston Design Group have worked together to redesign the project after previous plans became unfeasible to develop. Updated designs feature a single tower that will sit on the old Greenville Memorial Auditorium site at 250 N. Church St.
Read more on Gracie Plaza’s redesign
The project’s developers submitted new site plans to the board that showed the building’s footprint, vehicle and pedestrian circulation, open space locations and landscape areas.
Separate plans for the buildings’ mass and scale were proposed to be reviewed at the board’s May meeting. Daniel Suarez de Puga with NR Investments explained they decided to submit the site plans and building’s mass separately to accelerate the permitting and entitlement process.
The board decided to defer the site plans to the next meeting, stating the building’s mass and scale would need to be considered when reviewing the site plan. The next DRB meeting will be May 16.
If the site plan is approved, the project’s architectural designs will then be submitted for the board to review.
Approved: The Matador’s rooftop dining
The board approved design plans for a rooftop patio at The Matador, a new Mexican restaurant and bar coming to Greenville’s West End. The restaurant will be located in the former Husk location at 722 S. Main St.
Seating will be available on the patio, decorated with string lighting, umbrellas and custom-made ironwork handrails. Renovations for the restaurant are expected to take eight weeks to complete and is hoped to open in August.
Read more on The Matador’s new Greenville location
Deferred prior to meeting: Wyche Pavilion plans
Proposed design plans for the Wyche Pavilion in downtown Greenville were deferred before the board’s April meeting. The Peace Center owns the site and the pavilion renovations are part of its $36 million campus redevelopment project.
City staff said the applicants decided to defer the project to a later meeting because they wanted more time to review alternatives to the proposed screening of the structure’s openings. The next opportunity to appear before the board is May 16.
Read more about the proposed plans for Wyche Pavilion.
