//Vacant industrial lot in downtown Spartanburg to be developed

Vacant industrial lot in downtown Spartanburg to be developed

More living space is coming to downtown Spartanburg according to city officials.The city says a 120 apartment complex will be built on a vacant industrial parcel by the intersection of Union and Kennedy streets. This was the largest vacant industrial parcel left in the downtown area without a construction plan in place, according to city officials. City officials say that 10% of the development will be leased at below market rate.”We’ve never done yet one of these developments that includes a requirement in the development agreement for a percentage of affordable units,” said Christopher George, Communications and Marketing Manager for Spartanburg. “It’s been something our council has really been wanting for a long time.”Spartanburg officials say developers will submit a design to the city.

More living space is coming to downtown Spartanburg according to city officials.

The city says a 120 apartment complex will be built on a vacant industrial parcel by the intersection of Union and Kennedy streets.

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This was the largest vacant industrial parcel left in the downtown area without a construction plan in place, according to city officials.

City officials say that 10% of the development will be leased at below market rate.

“We’ve never done yet one of these developments that includes a requirement in the development agreement for a percentage of affordable units,” said Christopher George, Communications and Marketing Manager for Spartanburg. “It’s been something our council has really been wanting for a long time.”

Spartanburg officials say developers will submit a design to the city.