Downtown Greenville Conference Center
At a glance
- What: City project to build a downtown conference center on land the city has been assembling for decades.
- Where it stands: Land closings finishing by end of 2026; Design Review Board first review of massing and scale on 2026-10-15. Council meetings move to the convention center in November. On October 26, 2026 the consent agenda carried second reading of an ordinance appropriating $10,766,957 from the Parking Fund to the project (outcome not yet posted).
Sources
- Agenda, City Council formal meeting, October 26, 2026: https://greenvillesc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5228,plainText=false)
- City Council work session minutes, September 14, 2026: https://greenvillesc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5173,plainText=false)
- 2026-10-12 - City Council Formal Meeting
Discussion time
About 2 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 - City Council Formal Meeting | 2 |
Log
2026-09-14 - City Council Work Session
Council went into executive session during the work session for a contract status and economic development update on the Downtown Greenville Conference Center (S.C. Code 30-4-70 (a)(2) and (a)(5)). No action was taken on return to open session.
- 2026-10-12 - City Council Formal Meeting — Parking-fund transfer to the capital projects fund voted; city manager said it lets final land closings continue (three of four done, all by end of 2026). Design Review Board first review of massing the following Thursday.
- 2026-10-27 - 2026-10-26 - City Council Formal Meeting: consent agenda listed second reading of an ordinance appropriating $10,766,957 from the Parking Fund to the conference center project; no vote recorded in the sources read. A closed session on an economic development and legal briefing was held at the preceding work session (2026-10-26 - City Council Work Session Meeting); no action was listed.