GREENVILLE NEWS: Magnolia Park project secures 2 tenants

By Rudolph Bel l• Staff Writer • Published: January 16. 2011 2:00AM

The developers of Magnolia Park Town Center say they are poised to break ground on four buildings along Woodruff Road — nearly 45,000 square feet of retail space — and they named tenants for two of the buildings.

Marc Yavinsky, executive vice president with Menin Development Inc. of Palm Beach, Fla., which plans Magnolia Park at the former Greenville Mall site, said a Cheddar’s Casual Café will go in one of the buildings and a La Parrilla Mexican restaurant in another.

The restaurants would front Woodruff Road on either side of the main entrance to Magnolia Park, between the Rooms to Go furniture store and McDonald’s. The locations will be the first in South Carolina for both chains, Yavinsky said.

He didn’t name any tenants for two other buildings near the Magnolia Park entrance that Menin is seeking approval to build from Greenville's Planning Commission.

“We have other tenants that we are negotiating leases with, negotiating deals with, at various stages, that we'll continue to announce as we're able to announce them,” Yavinsky said.

He said Menin also plans to extend an interior road from the Costco Wholesale store at Magnolia Park to the Regal Hollywood 20 movie theater.

Menin announced plans for Magnolia Park after buying the former Greenville Mall in 2007. So far, however, Menin's plan for a big, mixed-use development, with high-end shopping and a hotel or two, hasn't materialized.

Jean Pool, planning and development manager for the city of Greenville, chalks it up to the economy.

“We're just glad to see activity there,” she said.

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