After nearly 60 years as a downtown Greenville landmark, the former Cline Hose & Hydraulics buildings at the corner of Buncombe Street and Butler Avenue are being demolished to make way for a potential multifamily residential project.
According to the Greenville County public records, the 2.4-acre property was purchased in October 2022 for $3 million by Atlanta-based P&L Buncombe Land LLC. industrial hose
Demolition work began in June and is part of a voluntary cleanup contract between the new owner and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control as part of that agency’s brownfields program. County records indicate the work is for demolition and asbestos abatement and is being overseen by Brasfield & Gorrie LLC.
Although the public notice at the property and on DHEC’s website indicate plans for a multifamily housing project, the new owner has not settled on what type of project will be developed on the property, according to Frank Hammond with Colliers International, which handled the sale.
The property is zoned PD-planned development and occupies a prime corner near Heritage Green and the city’s College Street Cultural Corridor.
“The buildings have served their useful purpose and are finally coming down,” Hammond said.
He added the environmental cleanup on the site was minor and the bulk of the work now being done is demolition.
The buildings were constructed in the early 1950s by Nesbitt Q. Cline , founder of Cline Hose & Hydraulics. The business moved to a new facility on Verdin Road in Mauldin in 2015.
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