Massive 8-story mixed-use development coming to the corner of S. Tryon and West Boulevard

Common Square, an 8-story mixed-use development from Beacon Partners, is coming to the corner of S. Tryon Street and West Boulevard.

The site is bounded by West Boulevard, Tryon, Hawkins and the future Wilmore Park. It’s is the current site of Sauceman’s but don’t panic; the barbecue restaurant is relocating to a bigger space.

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Beacon Partners to redevelop key intersection near South End

The intersection of South Tryon Street and West Boulevard in Wilmore, and the current home of Sauceman’s, will soon be redeveloped with a mixed-use project.

Charlotte developer Beacon Partners said early Wednesday that it will develop an eight-story, 130,000-square-foot office building with 10,000 square feet of retail on the first floor in addition to multifamily units, potentially a boutique hotel and a large outdoor plaza connecting West Boulevard to the future Wilmore Centennial Park.

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4-level luxury townhomes with elevators and rooftop terraces are renting for $3,800+ on South Boulevard

Camden Grandview unveiled the first wave of its new luxury townhome development with a grand opening over the weekend.

The project adds 28 2- and 3-bedroom townhomes to the formerly vacant property adjacent to the existing Camden Grandview apartment community.

You’ve probably seen it under construction at the South Boulevard bridge over I-277 just outside Uptown.

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LMC’s apartment division to build first SC complex in Charleston

One of the nation’s largest home builders is planning a huge new apartment development on Charleston’s upper peninsula, its first in South Carolina.

Miami-based Lennar’s LMC apartment division recently bought 2.82 acres at 1304, 1312 and 1330 Meeting St. from the owners of Charleston’s Marine

and Rigging for nearly $10.5 million, according to Charleston County land records.

The developer plans to build 303 units in an eight-story structure, said Jeff Harris, division president of Charlotte-based LMC.

The building will include two ground floors of retail and commercial space with public courtyards. Higher tiers of the structure will offer private courtyards for residents, Harris said. The parking deck is three levels. The building’s design provides some apartment units from the ground up while others are above parking and commercial space.

The project does not have a name yet.

“We still have some branding exercises to do,” Harris said.

The tract, just north of Santi’s Restaurante Mexicano, sits where Morrison Drive meets Meeting Street Road. The hardware business, owned by brother and sister Skip Sawin and Jessica Sage, moved to Truxtun Avenue on the former Charleston naval base in North Charleston earlier this year.

Sawin sold a 1.64-acre tract for $6.1 million while his sister sold two smaller adjoining parcels totalling 1.18 acres for $4.394 million. Combined, that comes out to about $3.7 million an acre.

Construction could begin as early as next summer, Harris said.

LMC operates in 51 communities in 17 states, according to its website.

The proposed development is one of many others marching up the peninsula, along King, Meeting, Huger and Brigade streets and other areas north and south of the Ravenel Bridge ramps.