US architecture practice MHK Architecture is proposing a four-storey mixed-use building on a 0.09-acre triangular plot at the junction of Academy and North Markley streets in Greenville, South Carolina, adjacent to the railroad tracks in the city's West End district, as reported by Upstate Business Journal.

The proposed 8,900 sq ft (827 sq m) structure will place parking and office space on the ground floor, with three upper floors dedicated to residential use. Each residential floor will contain a single two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom condominium unit of approximately 2,000 sq ft (186 sq m).

A 300 sq ft (28 sq m) office is planned for the ground floor, with off-street parking also provided for that occupier. An architect's studio has expressed interest in leasing the office space, though no tenant decisions have been finalised.

The design approach was shaped by the discovery that an unidentified commercial building occupied the same site as late as the 1950s. Jeremy Driskell, one of the architects on the project, said the team drew on that history in developing the scheme's material palette and character.

Driskell described the site as automatically challenging and automatically fun, adding that the team was trying to put something on it that was hopefully nice for the city. He said the concept was to imagine the building as if it had been there many years ago and had since been added to, bringing in rough materials such as steel, concrete, and old brick.

The building design is scheduled for review by Greenville's Design Review Board in August or September, with MHK anticipating a construction programme of less than two years from approval.

The West End district has been one of Greenville's most active zones for commercial and mixed-use development in recent years, with the area's proximity to downtown and its rail-adjacent character attracting infill projects of increasing architectural ambition.