Mount Pleasant waterfront, new proposal for Patriots Point
The Town of Mount Pleasant doesn't really have a downtown unless you consider Pitt Street in the Old Village to be downtown. At one time there was talk of building a new downtown near the Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. And Mount Pleasant, even though it is a suburb of Charleston, is actually one of the largest cities (or towns) in the State of South Carolina.
A design proposal was just released that would transform the Mount Pleasant waterfront into a mixed use development incorporating 2000 homes, a high end hotel, shopping and public areas and simultaneously help the financially ailing Yorktown military attraction at Patriots Point. Read more from the Post and Courier.