A new shopping center may be on the way to Grovetown along Columbia Road, near the Four Oaks subdivision.
T Belair, LLC has submitted two rezoning and variance requests for parcels at 5233 and 5225 Columbia Road, totaling approximately nine acres. The Augusta-based developer is seeking to change the tracts from R-1 residential to CC Commercial.
The plans entail building a retail development, currently called McAlheny Square, comprised of four buildings and accompanying parking areas. Three of those — 5,400, 9,000 and more than 13,000 square feet — are to be retail and restaurant space. A 28,800 square foot grocery store would anchor the proposed commercial area.
The subject properties are adjacent to Four Oaks to the north, and Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church to the east. Along with the plans for the proposed retail development, the applicant included in its submission to the county letters from neighbors — including the governing body of Lewis Memorial UMC, the homeowner’s association of Four Oaks and two nearby residents — expressing approval and support of the project.
Ray Rays Car Wash is attempting again to rezone three acres along Rountree Way and Riverwatch Parkway, from R-2 single-family residential to C-2 General Commercial, to develop its express car wash project. The item first went before the Planning Commission in March of this year, when it was postponed a month and recommended for approval, before the Board of Commissioners voted it down in May.
Southern Civil Solutions has submitted a petition to rezone 216 N. Belair Road from R-2 to P-1 Professional with a conditional use for massage, with the stated intention of developing a medical spa and a crossfit gym.
All three items are scheduled to go before the Columbia County Planning Commission on Dec. 7.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
