Developers revise plans for 340+ unit apartment complex in West Ashley
VIDEO: Developers revise plans for 340+ unit apartment complex in West Ashley By Live 5 Web Staff | January 28, 2021 at 6:00 AM EST - Updated January 28 at 6:54 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Revised plans for a new apartment complex in West Ashley slightly reduce the number of new homes that would come to the area.
The Founders Yard complex will be just off the corner of Glenn McConnell Parkway and William E. Murray Boulevard, which is adjacent to West Ashley High School.
Plans include four buildings, all four stories high, across approximately 13 acres of land.
People relocating from other states have ballooned South Carolinaâs population, and towns and cities popular with newcomers have scrambled to meet the costly demands that inevitably follow rapid growth.
Traffic congestion, school crowding, loss of green spaces, increases in stormwater flooding, rising rents and home prices, and a broad need for more public services are all predictable results of this growth. Towns, cities and school districts have been seeking and testing solutions, with mixed results.
Often, local governments that once encouraged growth and benefited from its arrival have seemed unprepared for the day when it would become too much, too fast.Â
EDITORâS NOTE: This story is part of the Pulitzer Centerâs nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
Turbocharged by a warming climate, rain bombs and rising seas swamped the South Carolina Lowcountry this year, sending murky floodwaters into streets, businesses and homes.
At the same time, developers continue to transform forests and wetlands into even more homes and shopping centers â destroying acres and acres of spongy land that could help sop up these rising waters.
A new analysis requested by The Post and Courier for the Rising Waters project shows how the Charleston areaâs unprecedented building boom made us more vulnerable amid the accelerating forces of climate change.