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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.

SIMPSONVILLE – Only one more vote will be required for Horizon Group Properties to receive the zone change it had requested for a parcel just south of Interstate 64 where it is planning to construct an outlet mall.

Despite continued concerns from area residents, the Simpsonville City Commission on Tuesday night passed on first reading an ordinance that would make the required zoning change from agriculture to commercial for about 24 acres that last month had been OK’d by the Triple S Planning Commission.