Developers enter final stretch of Aiken Towne Park project
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - We are checking in on the construction of Aiken Towne Park.
We last updated you back in February about the work being done on the apartments and businesses coming to the area.
The developers said new businesses were expected to be open by the summer.
This is a look from Wednesday at the progress.
From a dead mall to a destination, this area of Aiken is growing roots again, and developers say the project is nearing its end.
Turning memory into momentum, Aiken Towne Park isn’t just a development, it’s a destination.
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“When I first moved here, it was a very vibrant mall. But as the economy changed, the developers had to change, and I think some of their plans are rather innovative,” said Dick Dewar, lives in Aiken.
”You can walk out of your front door and go to a restaurant, walk out of your door and sit in the park and listen to live music, have shopping available with us from a department store or a boutique retail. There’s a walking trail around the perimeter of the property,” said Jason Long, Southeastern senior vice president.
The park is keeping up with Aiken’s growth.
”I’m of the opinion that we’ve grown too much. There’s no problem with growth being able to the Aiken Town Park. I mean, that’s a given. But with the entertainment area, with the track and all of the restaurants, it will be very attractive to people,” said Dewar.
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“Instead of just a traditional retail center where you may drive to the individual shop that you want to go, and get back in your car and leave, people want to stay, enjoy the park, listen to live music or just enjoy green space,” said Long.
The project is entering its final stretch.
“With the venue, the amphitheater is going in the middle of the park. We’re nearing completion, the structure is vertical, and what’s coming next will be primary landscaping and hardscape around it. So that will happen over the next month or two, and then we’ll be done with the park and the amphitheater and will be ready. So we’re very close to opening that apartment-wise. We will deliver the clubhouse with the pool and come and two buildings later this year, so we’ll be able to open up by the end of the year units for leasing,” said Long.
The new restaurants are getting to move in too.
”Behind the tropical smoothie, there is a restaurant, a chicken restaurant that’s going in there, and then the building that’s on the park, we have an Asian restaurant, which is here in Augusta. Just mirin and they are going to open,” said Long.
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So where concrete once sat silent, life is ready to sing.
“One of the attractions to these apartments is you really don’t need a car, except maybe to go to church, because you’ll be able to do all of your shopping. You can walk to Publix, you can walk to all of these restaurants, you can get your eyes examined and so forth,” said Dewar.
Of course, the project is being done in phases.
Again, the first unit of apartments will be open later this year.
They say they hope to open the park and new businesses together, and within a couple of months.
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