Saturday, May 29, 2021
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Converse Mill to be converted to 173 Loft Apartments by the end of 2022!
So glad they did not tear this old mill down! My mother started her working career as a stand by worker at the Converse Mill pictured here - on US 29 at the Pacolet River. She had to show up each day to find out if they needed her to work or not - if not, she went back home. A friend of the family took her and brought her home each day. She was glad when she was able to get a job at the Pentex Mill in Cowpens. She retired from there.
from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal:
After almost 50 years since operations stopped at the former Converse Mill along the Pacolet River, the site is being converted into 173 loft apartments.
The project has been in the works for the last several years but ran into some delays. Developer Britt Weaver said the $50 million project is set to be finished by December 2022.
"The deal was ready to close in 2019 and was HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) approved when the general contractor pulled out. So we had to start the whole thing over again," Weaver said. "It's been challenging and expensive but we got it done."
A chain-link fence is set up around the property and construction trailers are installed at the site.
When developers announced the project in May 2017, it was scheduled to be completed by late 2018 or early 2019. The project, called Converse Mill Lofts, on Highway 29 received state income and historic tax credits.