Old Knights Stadium site, Nichols Store and more. See what York County plans are next
Two well-known York County properties are up for development decisions, while another would allow new senior apartments.
The York County planning commission meets Monday. On that agenda are changes for the Southbridge project where the Charlotte Knights used to play in Fort Mill. Also, a proposed expansion of commercial property at Nichols Store in Rock Hill.
Here are the plans submitted:
▪ Cato Land Development applied for changes to the massive Southbridge project at the former Knights Stadium site in Fort Mill. The property at Deerfield Drive and Springfield Parkway would take out a planned internal roadway to serve the property, and update language requiring more pedestrian access throughout it.
Southbridge is a 355-acre mixed-use development project. A 2016 change to the site allowed for up to 5.2 million square feet of office space, 600 new residences and 400,000 square feet of retail and service uses. Most of the property remains wooded and vacant. A three-story office building, at 150,000 square feet, is built. Townhomes are under consideration for development, according to the county.
▪ Plans to expand Nichols Store in Rock Hill were submitted, though county planning staff recommends against the requested zoning change needed. Nichols Store sells a variety of hunting, fishing, outdoors and other items.
The property owner of three parcels at 1956, 1962 and 1980 Mt. Holly Road applied to change almost 7 combined acres there to general commercial use. The plan involves a new parking area and almost 12,000-square-foot building for storage, office or retail use. The two parcels that don’t include the current store have homes on them. The existing commercial buildings at the store combine for 28,000 square feet.
▪ The owners of almost 8 acres between Pleasant and Gold Hill roads in Fort Mill applied to rezone the property to allow for a 134-unit senior apartment facility. Calamar and RM80 are the applicants. The property is at 2625 through 2655 Pleasant Road.
Two of three involved land parcels are vacant. Another includes a home. The vacant sites are heavily wooded with a creek along their border. A site plan shows the single access to the site would come off Pleasant.
▪ May Green Properties applied for a change to the Edmunds Farm subdivision plan approved late last year. A county change to open space requirements for some development types led to a plan for the owner to sell a portion of the property.
Edmunds Farm is a proposed 58 lots on 123 acres on Hines Road, near South Main Street and Filbert Highway in the Kings Mountain area near Clover. Lots will be an acre or more, and there still will be more than 20 acres of open space.
