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Developer Of Epps Bridge Centre Submitted Rezone Plans for $55 Million Expansion
The existing mall is "substantially complete," according to the documents filed for the rezone request.
The developer of Epps Bridge Centre filed paperwork last month with the Oconee County Planning Department to rezone 54 acres of land from agricultural use to business use for a $55 million expansion of the existing shopping mall.
The land is currently owned by the Evelyn and Frank Gordy Family and lies across the Oconee Connector from Epps Bridge Centre.
The existing mall is “substantially complete,” according to the documents filed for the rezone request with the county on Jan. 19, and the mall’s expansion “will provide additional retail, entertainment, and dining services to the area.”
On Wednesday, the county issued a build-out permit to the developer of Epps Bridge Centre for a Subway sandwich shop in the existing mall, leaving only six small stores in the 400,000-square-foot mall core available for lease.
The rezone request for the new shopping center is scheduled to be before the Oconee County Planning Commission on Feb. 15 and before the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on March 1.
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Pictured: Future home of Subway.