Reports of multiple parked cars being towed off the 208 S. Cedar St. lot during the recently-concluded Flowertown Festival had some unnamed community members demanding answers on a form of enforcement deemed by some Summerville citizens as a tad excessive.
Mount Pleasant-based speculator Jeffrey Roberts responded to those gripes by telling The Journal Scene that the private property in question has been “significantly abused” of late in justifying recent car removals by area tow trucks and/or flatbeds.
Currently, he added, his vacant parcel isn’t insured against a community member hurting themselves by slipping or getting their feet entangled in one of several ruts of unleveled grass and dirt at the downtown site that’s slated for major construction in the very near future.
Roberts mentioned one case of a woman who had her vehicle towed this past weekend as the result of a misunderstanding on her part due to a large truck concealing a “do not park” sign from her immediate sight.
The principal of JJR Development LLC of Charleston affirmed that he helped the driver get her car back from the towing service at no charge, while adding: “We pride ourselves on being civic-minded.”
The signage, it was noted, has been out on the property for the past four or five months.
As reported last August by The Journal Scene, the approximately 2-acre lot is projected to accommodate 33 condominium residences with individual roof decks, ringed by a park with tiered landscaping and a commercial promenade activated by 10 businesses and/or shops at the ground level.
What’s more, the mixed-use complex will include a 2.5-story, 7,000 square-foot hospitality venue and a smaller 2,000 square-foot commercial space, where the South Cedar entrance will be situated.
