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The city of Simpsonville will pursue a state-supported community block grant to underwrite expansion of water and sewer systems required to accommodate the outlet malls planned to be built south of Interstate 64.

The city and West Shelby Water, which serves the area, recently submitted Requests for Qualifications for an engineer to coordinate the grant project, and at Wednesday’s meeting, commissioners approved the selection of Derrick Engineering, a firm used in previous city projects.

As one outlet mall plan for Simpsonville still awaits approval from the Triple S Planning Commission, another seems to be on the cusp of clearing its last hurdle.

The Horizon Group Properties site, which sits on the west side of Buck Creek Road and south of the current location of Veechdale Road and the Interstate 64, is getting closer and closer to obtaining a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fill a 6.5-acre pond, which sits partially on the 50-acre building site for the proposed 355,000-square-foot mall.

Following the same pattern it used in July, Triple S Planning Commission on  Tuesday night tabled until Nov. 20 a zone change request for a second proposed outlet mall in Simpsonville.

A crowd of about 100 people turned out for at a public hearing at Stratton Center as the commission considered a request for a zoning change and the development plan from Trio Property Development and its partner, Paragon Outlets Development, for a parcel east of Buck Creek Road and south of Interstate 64.

The Triple S Planning Commission’s consideration this month of a proposed outlet mall for the south side of Interstate 64 in Simpsonville may be a little different public hearing than the first.

Steve Porter, a Louisville-based real estate attorney, has been hired by the Hunters Pointe subdivision homeowners association to represent its interests around the development.