The 53-acre development will be developed by Wyatt Development Company of Aiken, South Carolina. The Hendersonville City Council, on Thursday, July 6th,2000, approved the proposed as the anchor tenant. The Hendersonville City Council had, earlier this spring, tabled a request by Wyatt Development for the proposed development in order to allow public input. However, the City Council voted 3-1 to approve the development before a packed hearing. Before the final vote on the development, the City Council had to vote to amend its land development plan to allow for the new planned commercial district.
CAR stands for a conservation, agriculture and residential classification.
The land development plan had been in place for several years and was the result of extensive research and public input as to how the public wanted their county to grow. The City Council did not want to change the land development plan without public input. After receiving public input at two previous meetings, the City Council decided, based on their vote of approval, that the public did support the development and the subsequent changes in the land development plan. The amendment in the development plan allows developers to get an exception to the guidelines of the plan if the developer owns large tracts of land with frontage on major thoroughfares. The majority of the 53-acre tract can now be developed for commercial use.