Market Common could be getting a new shopping complex. Here’s what we know.
A new shopping complex comprised of eateries and retail is being proposed in Myrtle Beach’s Market Common area.
Plans submitted last week by architecture firm Miller Design Services call for the construction of a dual commercial shopping complex on a 1.2-acre vacant plot on Cottage Drive, bordering Farrow Parkway. The two buildings — one 6,600 square feet and the other 9,000 square feet — would include restaurants, retail, parking lot and site landscaping.
Tom Miller, owner of Miller Design Services, said if approved, construction of the two-building complex would happen in phases, with the larger building being constructed first. Miller said construction would begin after Labor Day, with the first phase aiming to be completed next spring.
“We’ll do the larger of the two buildings and get that up and established before starting the second building,” said Miller, who’s firm helped construct other area locations, such as Nacho Hippo in North Myrtle Beach. “Optimistically, they might have the first building done just before Memorial Day next year.”
Construction of the second building would happen soon thereafter, Miller said, adding that the buildings would house a total of four restaurants with the remaining space designated for retail.
The proposed project, called Pyade Market Common Commercial Center, would be adjacent to The Lively at Market Common Apartments, The Cottages at Farrow Parkway and several other housing developments, parks, restaurants and retail establishments that make up the popular tourist spot.
The application is scheduled to go before the Community Appearance Board on Thursday. The board will meet via conference call that will be live streamed on Myrtle Beach’s city government Facebook page.
The proposal is the latest project in the Market Common area to go before CAB. The board recently approved two projects at Farrow Commons, a shopping center that is currently occupied by Walmart Neighborhood Market and about a dozen other retail shops and restaurants.
One project will construct a 17,000-square-foot Goodwill on Agnes Lane, bordering Fred Nash Boulevard. The building will include a parking lot, loading deck, site landscaping, a career opportunity center and a covered drive-thru donation drop-off area.
Robert Smith, president and CEO of Palmetto Goodwill, previously said the project is striving to be completed by March 2021.
With Goodwill retail stores providing education, training and employment services to more than 20,000 people, assisting over 4,600 obtain jobs, Smith said the company has been eager to expand those services along the Grand Strand, adding aspirations of opening an adult high school for those who have aged out of the school system and want to obtain a high school diploma.
The other is a 7,000-square-foot two-tenant shopping complex bordering Farrow Parkway that will house a Dunkin’ Donuts and a veterinarian office. Construction is currently underway, with completion expected by the end of the year. The development will be open for business at the start of 2021.
This story was originally published July 13, 2020 at 1:07 PM.
