A developer wants to modify his plan to remake the Lewis Plaza Shopping Center on Augusta Street.
Developer Tex Small said he’s bought an office building at the site that houses an internal medicine practice called Woodward Medical Center.
Small said he plans to tear down the building along Aberdeen Street and build a new two-story, 15,000-square-foot building for the doctors that would be incorporated into the remade Lewis Plaza.
“We’re going to build them a brand new facility right across the entryway into Lewis Plaza and then demo their existing building and make it parking for their patients and employees,” Small said.
Small said he’d tear down a 7,500-square-foot retail building to make way for the new medical office building.
His company, Avtex Commercial Properties, presented the plan to the city of Greenville’s Design Review Board on Thursday night. The proposed modification is scheduled to be taken up by the city’s Planning Commission on Oct. 20.
Small’s previously approved plans for the 68-year-old shopping center call for a 60,000-square-foot Harris Teeter as the anchor. The developer just completed a 2,900-square-foot building at the site to house a Wells Fargo branch.
Including the proposed modification, the shopping center would have a total of 102,950 square feet of office and retail space when completed.
Avtex Commercial Properties has offices in Greenville and Mt. Pleasant.
