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Work under way on Greenville Highway townhome development

Site prep is under way for 50 townhomes on Greenville Highway between Brookdale Avenue and Balsam Road.

By Bill Moss, Published: March 27, 2024

A developer has started clearing the site in the 1200 block of Greenville Highway for a 50-unit townhome project that won the Hendersonville Planning Board’s blessing last September.

After neighboring homeowners in August 2022 vigorously opposed plans by Lock7 Development LLC to build a 185-unit apartment complex on the 6.9-acre site, the developer pivoted to a significantly scaled-down version.

The planning board’s unanimous vote to recommend denial of the rezoning “helped us reimagine the project into something that we think is a great fit for this site,” developer Eric Mioduski told the planning board in September. “We’ve scaled the density down 70 percent from 185 units to 50 units. That decrease in density will also lessen the traffic impact, which was the No. 1 concern from that previous proposal.”

Lock 7’s revised plan for the tract between Brookdale Avenue and Balsam Road proposed 50 three-bedroom two-story townhomes in 11 buildings ranging from 7,549 to 9,923 square feet. The “by right” development — the existing Greenville Highway Mixed Use zone allows 50 townhomes — awaits a final site plan review by city planners. Over the past two weeks, excavators have cleared a footprint for 105,000 square feet of new construction.

Styling itself as a boutique real estate development firm, Lock7 has 13 years of experience of residential, commercial and mixed-use projects in Washington, D.C., and North Carolina.

“We create unique and exciting places to live, shop and work with a strong emphasis on creative design and environmentally-friendly building techniques,” it says in its website.

The website calls the new project 1202 Greenville Highway and says the townhomes will be completed in 2025.