Greenville council schedules vote on abandoned textile-mill certification for Water Tower Crossing redevelopment

City staff recommended that the Greenville City Council place on its June 9 agenda a request to certify the Water Tower Crossing redevelopment at 1007 Hampton Avenue as an abandoned textile mill, a designation the developer says would allow the project to use historic-preservation incentives and a 20-year special tax assessment.

The recommendation, presented at a June 2 work session, said the $21,000,000 project would renovate a locally designated historic building into a mixed-use development with 52 multifamily units (including 11 affordable units), renovated office space, and neighborhood-serving commercial space. Sam Condors, representing the city’s economic development interests, said the developer, PHI Realty, has sought certification through the city’s economic development corporation and that the project has already received certain…