2026-09-09 - Board of Architectural Review

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; outcomes are not stated in it.

  • Conceptual approval requested for the new MUSC cancer hospital at 16 Sabin Street; see MUSC Cancer Hospital.
  • Final approval requested for an approximately 300-unit apartment building with ground-level retail at 295 Calhoun Street.
  • Conceptual approval requested for a new multi-family building at 989 Morrison Drive; revised conceptual and preliminary approval requested for two mixed-use buildings at 48 and 52 Line Street.
  • Preliminary approval requested for an addition to a Category 1 building at 649 Meeting Street.
  • Mockup panel approvals requested at 81 Gadsden Street and 56 State Street (site visits the day before); new fenestration and lanterns at 141 Meeting Street; after-the-fact signage at 150 and 152 Market Street.
  • Minutes of the August 12 and August 31, 2026 meetings up for review.

Agenda

A. Minutes

  1. Minutes of the August 12, 2026 meeting
  2. Minutes of the August 31, 2026 meeting

B. Applications

  1. 989 Morrison Drive - conceptual approval, new multi-family building
  2. 48 and 52 Line Street - revision to conceptual approval and preliminary approval, two mixed-use buildings
  3. 16 Sabin Street - conceptual approval, new MUSC cancer hospital (MUSC Cancer Hospital)
  4. 649 Meeting Street - preliminary approval, addition to a Category 1 building
  5. 295 Calhoun Street - final approval, approximately 300-unit apartment building with ground-level retail
  6. 81 Gadsden Street - approval of a mockup panel (site visit September 8, 8:00 a.m.)
  7. 56 State Street - approval of a mockup panel (site visit September 8, 8:45 a.m.)
  8. 141 Meeting Street - new fenestration and two in-kind replacement lanterns
  9. 150 and 152 Market Street - after-the-fact signage

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