A new mosque, shopping centers and homes are planned across the Rock Hill region
A new mosque in Indian Land, shopping in Rock Hill and homes in Fort Mill are among the latest projects gearing up for construction across the Rock Hill region.
Some of those projects, including the mosque, still need approvals from various county boards to happen. Others just got a green light.
Here’s a look at the latest development proposals across the region:
Lancaster County plans include a mosque
Plans have been submitted in Lancaster County for a new mosque in Indian Land. The nearly 5-acre property at 10935 Harrisburg Road needs a county permit to allow a mosque to operate there.
A company called Waxlan Investments bought the site in January for nearly $750,000. The property has a home and a pool on it. Built in 1969, the home is about 2,000 square feet.
Submitted plans show a 3,400-square-foot building that’s listed as both residential space and a mosque, and a 1,200-square-foot building farther back off Harrisburg Road for the same purposes. Several small buildings are shown on the fenced-in property. The pool and driveway there would be taken out, and a parking lot added between Harrisburg Road and the larger mosque site.
Mosques aren’t common across the Rock Hill region, but Muslim faith sites aren’t unprecedented either. The Islamic Community Center of South Charlotte, also in Indian Land but listed with a Fort Mill address, has had a school and regular prayer gatherings for many years. Holy Islamville is a Muslim community in rural York County that’s been worshiping for more than 40 years. Rock Hill has Masjid Al Salaam.
The Planning Commission in Lancaster County will hear the mosque permit request. As of mid-Tuesday, an agenda hadn’t been posted for the April 21 Planning Commission meeting. The request is likely to be heard then.
York County plans include shopping areas, new homes
York County’s Planning Commission approved plans Monday for the Newport Commons project just outside of Rock Hill. The 97-acre mix of commercial and residential construction at Old York and Adnah Church roads will have 138 homes and 57 townhomes. There are eight commercial outparcels, plus an area marked for a large anchor store.
Plans shared by the county don’t name any of the retailers, but the Herald reported in February that Target bought 15 acres within the development. That $7.3 million deal happened in December. In all, a third of the Newport Commons property will be commercial and the other two-thirds residential.
In a separate move, the Planning Commission approved plans for a new road to allow a new home subdivision in Fort Mill. Mattamy Homes will build 50 homes off the 1443 Williams Road site, as part of Williams Reserve.
The county portion is part of a larger Williams Reserve project that is a 76-acre plan off Fort Mill Parkway, with three separate areas combining for 113 homes and 80 townhomes.
The Planning Commission also approved plans that will allow for a nearly 6,000-square-foot commercial building off Gold Hill Road. The retail building will go in behind Ace Hardware at 1785 Gold Hill Road, using the same parking lot. The Planning Commission denied a convenience store and retail center on Chapel View Court near Rock Hill, though it could return if traffic issues are resolved. The Planning Commission approved changes to allow a machine shop on Grayson Road near Rock Hill.
The convenience store and machine shop decisions are rezonings that still need York County Council approval. The other decisions fall to the Planning Commission.
Chester County sees apartment, commercial projects
The Planning Commission in Chester County meets April 21. Apartment and commercial plans are on the agenda.
A company called Eureka Mills Apartments submitted plans for 60 apartments off Parkway Drive in Chester. The Greenville company bought more than eight acres there last June for nearly $325,000.
In another request, the owner of two acres at 1143 Coleman Dr. in Chester submitted a rezoning request to switch that property from a rural to a commercial listing.
Like other counties in the region, Chester County’s Planning Commission also will discuss where and how data centers are allowed as those proposals have become more common nationwide.