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Old Posted Aug 24, 2006, 2:00 AM
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Verdae will be a place that will truly add quality to lifestyle for many years to come. This 1,100-acre master planned development will offer a mix of residential, corporate and professional office sites, retail, a retirement community and so much more.

Verdae Development, Inc. will act as the master developer in the project and will carefully implement the best plan that will add quality to the community and its residents.

The Master Plan is a 20 to 30 year project that will be implemented in phases. The elements identified for Phase 1 are based on market studies of the Upstate area and will help meet the needs of the growing labor force that will be entering the marketplace as a result of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) and the Millennium Campus. Phase 1 will include emphasis on a retirement community and residential housing based on a Traditional Neighborhood Development concept with a range of price points, from estate-size lots to starter homes. The development of Hollingsworth Legacy Park is also planned for Phase 1 and will be the recreational centerpiece for Verdae.


Does that sound like sprawl, especially if it's right in the heart of the city of Greenville. A guy named Hollingsworth owned of all of this land where this, ICAR, Millennium Campus, and South Financial Group's headquarters are being built. He didn't want to sell his land, but he said when he died they could sell it off and all of the proceeds would have to go to charities like the YMCA. He died in the year 2000 and they began selling all of the land. That's one reason sprawl is kind of bad here, because development went all around this empty land until now.
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