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Final vote on Central Mount Pleasant project rescheduled
By Daily Journal Staff
Mount Pleasant Town Council on Tuesday agreed to defer until next week the second and final reading for a mixed-use plan in the heart of Mount Pleasant.
Central Mount Pleasant, a 110-acre project by Mount Pleasant-based McAlister Development Co. and joint venture partner Greystar Real Estate Partners, would be a master-planned downtown area to include mixed residential uses, shops and restaurants, a Class “A” hotel, a new Whitesides Elementary School along with parks, lakes and canals. The development, on a tract between Hungryneck Boulevard and Rifle Range Road, would have about 400 homes and about 34 acres reserved for commercial use.
Keane & Co. is the urban planning consultant for the project, which is based on New Urbanism concepts that create walkable communities with less impact on roads and residential space above retail and office space. The development would include an extension of Hungryneck Boulevard, which Mount Pleasant had budgeted for two years ago.
Mark Fava, the attorney for McAlister Development, said the developers were requesting an additional week in order to finalize the terms of funding the Hungryneck Boulevard extension, which would be a public-private partnership between the developer and the town. The developer is asking the town to put in the $4 million it had budgeted for the project two years ago, Fava said, while the developer expects its share of the costs to be about $11 million.
Fava said Mount Pleasant’s planning staff had recommended giving the developers another week to work on the agreement in order to get it right. He also said the developer’s plans for the Hungryneck extension would keep the road farther away from existing neighborhoods and provide more commercial space for the town.
“That is where we think they’re going to get their return on tax revenue,” Fava said. “Our route is costlier, but we think at the end of the day it’s the most resident-friendly one.”
Town council voted to hold the next reading on the plans at 11 a.m. May 17. All the proposed ordinances needed to facilitate construction passed April 10 during a first reading of town council.
Also during last night’s meeting, attorneys for Snee Farm Country Club requested a deferral on their rezoning request. The proposed rezoning on parts of the country club would allow new homes and a new clubhouse to be built on acreage surrounding the present clubhouse. Attorneys requested the deferral because of unfinished title work, Councilman Joe Bustos said.
Next month, a public hearing is expected regarding the budget proposal for redeveloping Johnnie Dodds Boulevard. On Monday, the Mount Pleasant budget committee made recommendations to send to council in June.
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