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  • EARLIER: Horizon is first to file its outlet mall plan

    It appears that Horizon Group Partners has taken a big lead in the outlet mall race.

    Horizon, a Michigan-based company, on Monday submitted its planned unit development (PUD) to the Triple S Planning Commission, meeting the deadline to be on the commission’s agenda for its meeting on March 20.

    Triple S Executive Director Ryan Libke said the company’s PUD is very similar to the preliminary plan that it submitted last year with its zone change request.

    “There were no real changes other than removing one outlot,” he said.

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  • EARLIER: Analyst: Outlet malls are hot

    Simpsonville apparently isn’t the only place that the outlet mall trade is growing.

    “It seems to be a pretty good, healthy market [across the nation] at this point,” said Carol Kemple, a vice president for Hilliard Lyons in Louisville who is a research analyst for Real Estate Investment Trusts, a category that includes mall builders. “It doesn’t seem to be overbuilt, and there is room for the market to grow.”

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  • EARLIER: Simpsonville outlet malls: How malls would go with flow

    The planned outlet mall developments south of Interstate 64 in Simpsonville have had one recurring condemnation from residents who live in that area: They don’t think adequate traffic studies were completed during the zoning application process, and they repeatedly have implored Simpsonville officials to require another independent test.

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  • EARLIER: Simpsonville gives incentive ordinance for mall an initial OK

    If Horizon Group Properties does indeed build an outlet mall in Simpsonville, the company may not have to pay for an expansion of the city’s sewer system required to accommodate that mall.

    The Simpsonville City Commission on Wednesday morning approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow the commission to offer breaks in sewer fees as incentives to new companies that might want to build or open in the city.

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  • EARLIER: Horizon gets final approval for outlet site

    Horizon Group Properties finally has cleared the last hurdle standing in the way of its planned 9-building, 364,000-square-foot outlet mall development in Simpsonville.

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  • EARLIER: Outlet malls: Army Corps nears sign-off for Horizon

    Horizon Group Properties soon may have no more impediments to its plan to build an outlet mall in Simpsonville.

    An official with the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday said that Horizon awaits only a final signature to gain permission to fill a pond on its building site south of Interstate 64 and west of Buck Creek Road.

    Carolyn Labashosky, a public affairs officer for Army Corps, said the permit is in the final stages of approval.

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  • EARLIER: Trio/Paragon gets its nod for outlet mall in Simpsonville

    SIMPSONVILLE – Representatives of Trio Properties and Paragon Outlet Partners were out in full force at the Simpsonville City Commission meeting Wednesday morning, and they heard what they were hoping to hear.

    Commissioners unanimously and perfunctorily approved on second reading an ordinance requesting a zone change and formal plans for the companies to build an outlet mall south of Interstate 64 and east of Buck Creek Road, much to the audible frustration of several residents of that area who attended the meeting.

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  • EARLIER: Outlet mall opponents continue to question approvals

    The word “lawsuit” entered the dialogue Tuesday between the Simpsonville City Commission and a group of residents opposed to the construction of two outlet malls on the south side of the city.

    Ron Pottinger, who lives in Hunters Pointe, introduced the idea of filing suit to stop the development of malls on Buck Creek Road during a public comment portion of the city’s consideration of a zone change request from Trio Property and Paragon Outlet Partners for its planned mall site south of Interstate 64.

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  • EARLIER: Simpsonville to accept public comment on 2nd outlet mall

    There will be different players, but likely the same script will be followed by the Simpsonville City Commission on Tuesday night, when plans for a second outlet mall in the city gets first review for final approval.

    That’s when commissioners could consider the first reading of an ordinance to grant zone changes and approve plans from Trio Property and Paragon Outlet to build a mall on the southeast corner of Interstate 64 and Buck Creek Road.

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  • EARLIER: Paragon officials ready to get started

    Paragon Outlet Partners and Trio Property officials said they were elated and relieved on Tuesday after the Triple S Planning Commission voted to recommend the zone change and preliminary planned unit development to the Simpsonville City Commission.

    After the vote, the group stepped out in the hallway at the Stratton Center, and Trio Managing Partner Stuart Flowers let out a big “whew,” but the group seemed fairly confident going in.

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