Without the Panthers, the new road into the failed Rock Hill HQ site will still be built
The road that was supposed to bring Carolina Panthers players, staff and fans to the team’s new home in Rock Hill will still be built. But without the team, it won’t share part of their name.
The city planning commission has a request in from the city to change what would’ve been One Carolina Drive to Palmetto Parkway. The new road runs from Mt. Gallant Road, across Interstate 77, to Paragon Way.
Area planning commissions hear occasional road name change requests, typically with changes to new developments or when new names can help with emergency response.
The request comes as a new interchange off the interstate in Rock Hill nears completion. The change would allow for correct signage to be installed.
Construction on the interchange and what likely will be Palmetto Parkway continued despite the Panthers pulling out of the Rock Hill plan for new headquarters and training facilities. York County, Rock Hill and companies representing the team remain in legal disputes related to the failed project.
Initial road name approval in August 2020 included not only One Carolina Drive, but internal roads Tepper Way (Panthers owner David Tepper), Hiram Way (former property owner Hiram Hutchison), Keep Pounding Way, Blue and Black Boulevard, Relentless Drive and Blue Granite Place.
It’s uncertain now what the final development will be on the site or how internal roads might serve it.
More issues for the planning commission
The city planning commission meets Nov. 1 to hear the road name change proposal. Several other items that night relate to growth projects in the city.
York County Adult Day Care Services applied to rezone almost an acre at 359 Park Ave. to allow construction of a new adult day care. The property is at the corner of Union Avenue and Park Avenue, just south of Winthrop University.
Strategic Capital Partners applied to annex and rezone about half an acre at 221 and 239 Cel-River Road.
The property would be added to the Rock Hill Commerce Center industrial park. The site is part of a larger plan that includes a more than 190,000-square-foot industrial building.
INTEC Group applied to rezone more than an acre at 1904 and 1920 Dutchman Drive, and 2259 Rosewood Drive. The site between Celanese Road and Westminster Catawba Christian School. Plans are to develop the site for three buildings of retail or service uses.
