Six Mile MarketplaceView Larger Map | By Ashley Fletcher Frampton Construction has begun on a new shopping center in Mount Pleasant that will be anchored by a Harris Teeter grocery store, the developer said. Six Mile Marketplace, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 17 and Six Mile Road, will eventually include 99,000 square feet of retail space, according to developer Gary Shahid. Construction began last week on the project’s first phase, which totals about 71,000 square feet, he said. That portion is scheduled to be built by August 2010. So far, Harris Teeter is the only confirmed tenant, Shahid said. The store will occupy 53,000 square feet. Shahid said that the recession hasn’t slowed the first phase but that the remainder of the project will unfold as the economy recovers. Moving ahead now will give the project an edge when that happens, he said. “The way that we look at it is that this is a great time to be doing construction because we’re going to be positioned to take advantage of the economy when it does rebound,” Shahid said. “Where other projects will take a considerable amount of time to get started, we’ll be way ahead of them.” The project site totals about 12 acres, according to The Beach Co., which brokered the land assembly. Four parcels were combined, including a former mobile home site. Mobile home residents were relocated, Shahid said. A small strip shopping center already sits at the front of the site, Shahid said. Existing tenants are a Lord & Evans Paints store and a gas station. Six Mile Marketplace is in the path of two major road projects. Hungryneck Boulevard is to be extended from the Isle of Palms Connector to Six Mile Road. Also, U.S. 17 is slated to be widened between the Isle of Palms Connector and Wando High School. Shahid said the road projects are critical to his development. |
