GREENVILLE — The renderings hint at a combination of stone and brick, but also something far less tangible — a confluence of the modern and timeless. Because while the type of multi-story, luxury townhomes like those envisioned for the corner of Pearl Avenue and Biltmore Drive may be new to Greenville, they’ve long been a coveted residential standard in larger cities like New York. And indeed, it’s the brownstones of Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood that serve as design inspiration for Biltmore Walk, a 44-unit luxury townhome complex planned for a vacant lot south of downtown Greenville.
It’s one of two such projects being undertaken by developer Kyle Keene, also behind The McDaniel, a 30-unit complex off McBee Avenue whose limestone exteriors evoke the townhomes of Paris. Together, the two projects bring a type of sophisticated urban townhome design not typically seen in cities the size of Greenville. Plans for Biltmore Walk, for instance, call for three- and four-story units with brick and limestone exteriors, lush landscaping, fountains, walkways and green spaces.
Tom Marchant “A lot of what you see downtown, and have been seeing for the past maybe 10 years or so, has been a little bit more on the contemporary side — a vertical box with the complete top floor open as a rooftop,” said Tom Marchant of Marchant Bateman and Company, a Blackstream Christie’s affiliate, who is listing Biltmore Walk units along with partner Kendall Bateman. “And we wan.