See where new homes, retail and offices are planned near Rock Hill and Fort Mill
New homes, retail and business sites are planned across York County, including in busy spots near Rock Hill and Fort Mill.
The county Planning Commission sent several projects forward on Monday night for York County Council review. Land use changes needed to make them happen could be done by the end of the year.
Here are four of the latest projects proposed in York County:
Newport Commons mixed-use plan near Rock Hill
Rise Partners, Prestige Land & Site Works and Ivestor Group applied for a host of changes to create the latest version of Newport Commons. The 97-acre spot off Old York and Adnah Church roads near Rock Hill will combine hundreds of residences with retail and office space.
Two parcels will be added and one removed, with 11 parcels up for rezoning in the amended Newport Commons plan. A mostly wooded area with a few ponds and streams would become up to 247 homes and townhomes on 62 acres, and up to 300,000 square feet of commercial property with up to 95,000 square feet of office on 35 acres.
The latest plan is about 15 acres larger than a prior version from 2008. That initial plan allowed for 440,000 square feet of office or retail space. It would also allow for homes, townhomes and apartments. Earlier this year, the county approved a plan for 224 homes and 10 acres of commercial development, if the requested zoning changes don’t happen.
Submitted plans show the commercial portion off Old York Road, with residential areas to the south. Old York and Adnah Church roads each have frontage to the project.
The Planning Commission voted unanimously in favor of rezoning, with several specifications. York County Council will make the final decision.
Sunbelt plans retails, apartments in Fort Mill
Sunbelt Development Properties asked to rezone parts of six properties near Fort Mill to build a retail site with apartments above them. The area is east of Sutton Road, bounded by Grady Hope Road and Essie Circle.
The new construction will be more than 8,000 square feet.
“The first floor would have the six units that are for office and retail, and above that would be where the dwellings are,” said county Long Range Planner Thomas Newlin.
There would be 11 residences, up slightly from the six allowed on the separate properties now. The county Planning Commission voted unanimously in favor of the rezoning. York County Council is tentatively set to hold a public hearing Nov. 3, and hold a final vote as early as Dec. 1.
Tread Athletics baseball site on Deerfield Drive
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended rezoning for a 10-acre property near Fort Mill that would be used as a baseball training site. The 2203 Deerfield Drive property has a more than 100,000-square-foot warehouse and office building on it that’s used as a fireworks depot.
Pitch training company Tread Athletics bought the property last month for more than $12 million, The Herald reported. The company would upfit the building for its training services, and build an 80,000-square-foot field house beside it.
The property is surrounded by mostly vacant land, but it isn’t expected to stay that way. The Southbridge mixed-use site is planned in the area that once was home to the Charlotte Knights baseball stadium and Charlotte Hornets practice facility. Southbridge is a more than 350-acre project.
Now, though, the closest developed properties are Fort Mill School District offices. The baseball training site is right beside the end of Deerfield Drive, the road where the main district office is located.
“There are expectations that (Deerfield) will eventually connect to Hwy. 21 to the east,” Newlin said.
York County Council is tentatively set to hold a public hearing on the rezoning for the baseball property on Nov. 3. The council would have to vote three times to allow the rezoning, which could be complete by Dec. 1.
Maybree Meadows homes south of Rock Hill
York County approved plans for Maybree Meadows a few years ago, and the Planning Commission unanimously approved minor changes on Monday. The residential subdivision will add 35 lots on Saluda Highway south of Rock Hill, between Border Road and the Chester County line.
The changes mainly involve open space and areas for future development. The project shrinks from 87 acres to nearly 60 acres.
“Their (building) density is still well within requirements,” said County Planner Marion Ray.
