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Woodfield Development, one of the nation’s top 20 developers of Class A multifamily communities, celebrated the completion and opening of The Ames, an upscale multifamily community in Downtown Nexton. A mixed-use community located in Summerville, Nexton is recognized as the No.1 master-planned community in the U.S. by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and is currently one of the Top 30 best-selling communities in the nation.

Woodfield’s history as a development firm is deeply rooted in the Carolinas. The Ames represents Charleston-based Woodfield Development’s seventeenth development in South Carolina, having delivered over 4,300 units totaling over $1 billion in the state over the past 15 years. Having announced leasing in February, the response to The Ames has been nothing short of extraordinary, with over 50% of the community leased.

The unparalleled living experience continues with a two-story club building with a large fitness area, dedicated yoga and cycling room, club kitchen and dining space, rooftop patio, business center with co-working spaces and work pods, and multiple outdoor green spaces, plus a movie projection lawn. The Ames also includes a dog park and pet washing station, two pickleball courts, an outdoor amphitheater, and electric vehicle charging stations.

Recognized as South Carolina’s most innovative and walkable community, Nexton is comprised of 5,000 acres of housing, destination dining, retail, commercial, and office space. Located in the buzzing epicenter of Downtown Nexton, The Ames is an easy walk or pedal from all the best that Nexton has to offer – from South Carolina’s finest dining options like Poogan’s Southern Kitchen and Hall’s Chophouse, to Nexton Square’s boutique shops, and a myriad of opportunities to experience vibrant culture, such as the Jazz Music Festival at Brown Family Park.

The project team for The Ames included CF Evans, Housing Studio, Seamon Whiteside, Shah Architecture and Interiors, S Wilkins Interior Design, PGIM Real Estate, and BMO Harris Bank.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Some Summerville residents say many subdivisions off Nexton Parkway deal with delays and safety issues on their everyday commute out of their neighborhoods.

One resident tells us with no stop light and the constant flow of speedy traffic, taking a left-hand turn on Nexton Parkway is not only difficult but unsafe.

She says she is now advocating traffic lights to be installed at the intersection of Nexton Parkway and Midtown Avenue, or at least other areas of Nexton Parkway to slow down the traffic.

Susan Engelmann says she usually can not take a left onto Nexton Parkway to get to I-26 and downtown Summerville, so she must travel several extra miles and take right-hand turns out of her neighborhood just so that she doesn’t get stuck at that left turn.

“It’s dangerous. It’s dangerous to try and get out of your own community.” Nexton resident Susan Englemann says.

Englemann says Nexton Parkway is not sustainable with the amount of traffic coming through the area. She says the population has outpaced road development, especially with a new school being built close by.

“The roads are not built for the number of people that are here and the number of people that are coming here,” Englemann said. “Why wouldn’t you have those safety measures in place before you have all those people?”

Engelmann is now advocating for a stoplight at Nexton Parkway and Midtown Avenue if not at other locations on Nexton Parkway. She hopes they will slow down the traffic coming through before someone gets hurt.

“We need traffic lights and we need them now,” Englemann says.

Berkeley County spokesperson Jenna-Ley Walls said there are plans in place to install a stop light at Nexton Parkway and Midtown Avenue in 2025 before Nexton Middle School opens. But the school project and the relevant improvements are the responsibility of the school district and the developer, Brookfield Development.

Brookfield Development has not yet responded to a request for comment.

There is also no clear answer yet on why the stoplight could not be installed sooner to improve traffic flow.

What’s driving you crazy on the roadways? Be sure to tell us about your traffic issues here.

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Nexton announces swift leasing on Publix-anchored mixed-use center

Leasing and development are progressing at One Nexton, a Publix-anchored mixed-use development situated on 23.66 acres at the northeast corner of Brighton Park Boulevard and Nexton Parkway in Summerville.

Developed by Branch Properties and Charlotte-based Crosland Southeast, the community’s first phase, expected to be completed this fall, features 32,000 square feet of retail space as well as two corner outparcels and 351 Class-A apartments. The retail shop spaces are 100% leased, with confirmed retail tenants such as Catrina’s Cantina, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Swamp Fox Agency, The Packie Wine and Spirits, Roper St. Francis, Dulce Churros, Ice Cream and Cocktails, Heartland Dental, Woodhaven Pizza, Ruby’s Bagels, Noire Nails, Basecamp Fitness, Naan Appetit and Fifth Third Bank.

Upon the full buildout of its multiple phases, One Nexton will offer its green space for year-round programming and activities and additional parks and trails connecting to the greater community. All of these are walkable and bikeable to the 7,500 homes in Nexton.

“One Nexton seamlessly epitomizes all that our community strives to accomplish by creating a dynamic and vibrant environment for residents to live, work and play,” said Brent Gibadlo, senior vice president of development at Nexton. “By prioritizing thoughtful commercial and residential additions, we can fulfill the desires and needs of our residents while cutting down on commute times and improving quality of life.”

Less than a mile from the nearest major commuting route along Interstate 26, One Nexton will provide approximately 150,000 square feet of shopping and dining space throughout its multiple phases. Future phases include a hotel, office space, and additional retail and services.

“We are thrilled to welcome a strong mix of local and national retailers to One Nexton,” said Jesse Shannon, president and chief investment officer at Branch Properties. “Upon completion later this year, the center is poised to become the premier retail hub for the ever-growing Summerville community.”

Charlotte-based Shook Kelley was selected as One Nexton’s master designer, Charleston-based SGA Narmour Wright Design is the multifamily architect, and Alpharetta-based Hiscutt & Associates Inc. is the phase-one retail architect.

Jeff Yurfest, executive vice president with TSCG, is responsible for One Nexton’s outparcel and retail leasing activity. Greystar manages the multifamily real estate component.

The cult classic gas station Buc-ee’s owns land in Anderson County but don’t expect to see the Texas icon anytime soon.

Major improvements — as in a whole new configuration of the access ramps — must be completed before there’s any thought of the gas station being built.

Steve Newton, Anderson County’s governmental affairs director, said traffic is already bad at the Interstate 85 interchange with Liberty Highway and improvements are needed whether Buc-ee’s was coming or not.

Buc-ee’s opened in Florence in May 2022, South Carolina’s first. It was such a big deal Gov. Henry McMaster showed up for the grand opening.

Buc-ee’s founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin told The State the company received 6,000 applications for 300 jobs in Florence, where the minimum pay is $18 an hour and nearly $30 for managers.

Alpin told WYFF recently construction in Anderson wasn’t planned to start for more than a year with a 2026 opening.

Spokesperson Rachel Austin said Alpin confirmed the Anderson store is being designed to be 74,000 square feet, among the largest in the chain. The largest now is in Sevierville, Tennessee, at 74,000 square feet.

“This spring Buc-ee’s will be opening a travel center in Luling, Texas, that will reclaim the title, sitting at 75,000 square feet.,” she said.

Newton said vehicles back up on the ramps now, especially during rush hour and on the southbound ramp which comes from Greenville. The backup sometimes extends onto the highway.

South Carolina Department of Transportation engineers say the current standard ramp design is outdated. Some 22,000 cars flow through there daily.

Newton said a two-lane double diamond configuration is needed to spread the traffic out.

It will cost $60 million to $70 million. The county had hoped to receive funds from the state Infrastructure Bank to bear most of that cost, but herd Thursday they won’t be able to assist in the upcoming funding round.

The funding this year will only be for rural areas and that exit doesn’t qualify.

“We are actively pursuing other funding sources and are confident we can secure the funding we need in a timely manner,” Newton said..

Newton said the interchange includes two manufacturing plants, residences and an under development business park. The land Buc-ees owns is undeveloped.

Alpin started Buc-ee’s in 1982 as a typical small convenience store in his hometown of Lake Jackson an hour south of Houstin. The name comes from his childhood nickname and his dog Buck. Alpin is known as Beaver.

In Texas, where Buc-ee’s has 34 stores, its economic impact is $641 million with 5,000 employees. The company now has 47 stores in the Southeast and Missouri.

Bon Appétit magazine deemed it “the best rest stop in America,”

In 1985, Aplin and Don Wasek joined forces. In 2006, the big stores — 17,000 square feet or so — began and a key advertising slogan was clean restrooms — “cleanest restrooms in America!”

Their motto remains “clean, friendly, and in stock.”

This story was originally published January 25, 2024, 8:45 AM.

Nexton is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use development next to Summerville between Interstate 26 and U.S. Highway 176 in Berkeley County. With more than 2,500 homes already sold, the development is expected to have 7,500 residential units at full build-out.

It also could house as many residents as the current populations of Clemson, North Myrtle Beach or West Columbia, roughly between 16,000 and 20,000. That would make it as big as Moncks Corner and Georgetown combined.

Now open

A new pizza restaurant is now open in Mount Pleasant.

BarPizza opened May 12 at 656-G Long Point Road in the revamped former Kiki & Rye space.

It's part of Free Reign Restaurants owned by Ryan and Kelleanne Jones. They also operate the recently opened Southbound on the Charleston peninsula and Community Table in Mount Pleasant.

Stepping in

A new retail shop that incorporates a clothing item in all of its wares is close to opening in downtown Charleston.

Respoke hopes to open by the weekend at 377 King St. in the former location of Simply J Boutique.

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The shop will offer shoes, clothing and other items that are made in part by repurposing different sections of scarves. Hours will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, but they could change after the shop opens, according to store manager Joseph Fennell.

New threads

Also, coming to downtown Charleston is a new women's clothing store, now with a shop in Asheville.

Hazel Twenty owner Lexi DiYeso plans to open in August at 73 Wentworth St., formerly part of 269 King St. that was used as back-of-house storage for the former Gap store. The front section houses Aerie, also a clothing shop.

The 3,641-square-foot space is currently under construction behind clothing store Collared Greens and next to The Port Mercantile, part of The Restoration Hotel, according to Blair Hines Gearhart of Oswald Cooke & Associates, who represented the tenant. Charles Constant with Constant Properties represented the landlord.