Baxter Village Breaks Ground on 90-Acre Town Center In Heart of Traditional Fort Mill Neighborhood
April 12, 2002

Within the heart of Baxter Village, a traditional neighborhood modeled after the small-town life of yesteryear, a transformation is underway to create a 90-acre Town Center that will bring restaurants, streetside offices and retail shops to the village.
When completed by the end of 2004, Baxter Town Center will fulfill a vision by the Close family to create a neighborhood where neighbors can walk or bike to parks, restaurants, shops, offices, the public library an elementary school and a medical campus.
Don Killoren, CEO of Clear Springs Development Company, said “Baxter Town Center will be quaint, charming and very much like the vision conjured up by the words ‘small town living.’ It will be a departure from the typical ‘power center’ with anchor stores,” Killoren said.

Total square footage of Baxter Town Center will be over 500,000 square feet. In addition, over 200 homes will be built within a five minute walk of Market Street, the core street through the town center. Baxter Town Center will include about 130,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and commercial space. This is in addition to an existing public library, Neighborhood Information Center, an elementary school, and an Urgent Care Center operated by Piedmont Healthcare Services. Baxter Town Center also includes a 7,000 square foot office building under construction by S.E. Miller Construction and home to the Raymond James Financial Service and a 7,500 square foot office building and home to the Brian Wilson Law Firm.

“Baxter Town Center will offer a diverse mix of commercial and retail space and residential living that will benefit not only the residents of Baxter, but Fort Mill as a whole,” said Alan Marshall, Director of Commercial Sales and Leasing for Clear Spring Development. Marshall oversees all retail and commercial property in the Fort Mill area owned by the Close family, including Baxter Town Center.

Clear Springs Development Company will break ground on its’ first commercial building in Baxter Town Center this summer. Sales and leasing efforts are underway, and the first commercial and retail tenants are expected to be announced in the next several months. Retail sites are currently being graded in anticipation of the tenant announcements.

Prospective tenants inside Baxter Town Center include a mix of upscale and family restaurants, streetside cafes, mid-sized professional offices, and retail service providers. “We envision a lively, pedestrian-friendly center that offers a number of dining, shopping and entertainment opportunities,” Marshall said. “We want Baxter Town Center to be a place where neighbors can buy a newspaper, a cup of coffee or a good deli sandwich within walking distance of their home,” Marshall said. “We also envision Town Center offering other day-to-day amenities, such as a full-service copy center, neighborhood hardware store, a bank and possibly a specialty produce store or farmers market.”

In keeping with the meticulous planning of the entire neighborhood, Baxter Town Center will be developed with the same traditional architecture used throughout the neighborhood.

The Village of Baxter is a mixed-use neighborhood being developed by Clear Springs Development Company. The 1,033-acre development will include approximately 1,325 homes at build-out, as well as more than 400 acres of open space. Baxter also includes a public library, elementary school, medical campus and retail and commercial development.

For more information on Baxter Town Center, call Alan Marshall (803) 548-8696 ext. 32, or toll free (877) 570-HOME. Baxter Town Center is located at the neighborhood’s entrance off Highway 160 and Interstate 77 at Exit 85.