Fort Mill looks to add about 275 homes and apartments, and new shopping, food sites
A new retail site, downtown apartments and new homes are nearing construction in Fort Mill.
The town Planning Commission meets Tuesday to hear a plan for the new homes, and requests for appearance review for several other projects. Appearance review is one of the final town requirements before projects start construction.
Details on project costs weren’t available, but requests submitted to the Planning Commission offer several details about the next wave of construction in town.
Mattamy Homes building 200 new homes in Fort Mill
Mattamy Homes applied for a subdivision plat, or map to lay out a property for construction, to build Williams Reserve. The 77-acre site is on the southwestern corner of Williams Road and Fort Mill Parkway. The property that’s gone through several versions is now a three-part plan.
Three “villages” will combine for 113 homes and 80 townhomes. One section, Townes at Williams Reserve, is listed as a retirement facility with townhomes. Two parcels have frontage along both the parkway and Williams Road. A third piece will have its access off Williams.
Retail center at Elizabeth
Charlotte developer MPV Properties will get an appearance review for a new 12,000-square-foot retail center at the corner of Fort Mill Parkway and Hillside Roll Road. That’s between the parkway and homes in the Elizabeth subdivision.
The retail site will be similar to one in front of the McCullough townhomes in Pineville, North Carolina, according to the developer’s application.
That strip mall has an Asian restaurant, coffee shop, dentist, pharmacy and nail spa. No tenants were listed for the Fort Mill project.
“The hope is to build a project that will provide Elizabeth with retail, medical, restaurant and other neighborhood services that are upscale yet convenient,” the developer said in its application to the town.
There’s a patio on the Hillside Roll side, allowing for a restaurant. The project has a 45-foot buffer along a stream bed toward Elizabeth homes, and a meandering trail on the parkway side. There will be pedestrian access to the neighborhood and the town trail system in the area.
The project is across the parkway from the nearly 300-apartment Elizabeth Commons that’s under construction, and beside the South Mill at Elizabeth retail site that’s adding tenants.
Fort Mill downtown apartment building
A four-story apartment building near downtown is also up for review. It’s part of the redevelopment of one of Fort Mill’s oldest mills, on Williamson Street.
Willamson Mill will repurpose the mill into apartments, while adding a new apartment building with 25,000 square feet of retail on the first floor.
The new building will have 80 apartments. A new parking deck is coming beside the building. Plans show the new building on the opposite side of a rerouted Watson Street. The overall project will bring 225 apartments, The Herald previously reported.
McDonald’s at Catawba Ridge Market
The Harris Teeter shopping center under construction on Fort Mill Parkway, Catawba Ridge Market, has its McDonald’s restaurant up for appearance review on Tuesday.
The more than 3,800-square-foot fast food restaurant will have two drive-thru lanes. It’ll go across from Whites Road, where it intersects the parkway. Plans show a sign for McDelivery, a McDonald’s direct delivery service, along with parking spaces for couriers.
McDonald’s will go between the Harris Teeter parking lot and a Chick-fil-A restaurant. Catawba Ridge Market also will have a Fifth Third Bank and a Harris Teeter gas station. Several large outparcels and retail strip center spaces will be available, but developer Aston haven’t named tenants.
This story was originally published January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM.
