Mauldin City Council voted unanimously to give final approval to annex roughly 9.07 acres at 707 E. Standing Springs Road, clearing the way for a prospective manufacturing facility tied to automotive parts supplier PK U.S.A. Inc. The site includes a 140,000-square-foot flex industrial building, and the company is expected to invest $30 million and create 85 jobs over the next five years.
The council's vote, taken on Oct. 19, finalized an annexation request that had moved through city review in recent weeks, according to Greenville Journal. PK U.S.A. Inc. is listed as the prospective owner of the property and plans to use it to produce metal body parts, chassis parts and plastic injection parts for automotive companies including Isuzu, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan and Dana, per the same report. As Greenville Business Magazine notes, PK U.S.A. Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier that builds those components for the auto industry.
What the Annexation Ordinance Required
A special-called council agenda dated Oct. 5 laid out the specifics of the request: the roughly 9.07-acre tract at 707 E. Standing Springs Road would be annexed and assigned I-1 industrial zoning, according to the City of Mauldin. The petition to annex the tract was submitted by ALEXRULES, LLC on Sept. 30, the city's agenda shows, and the ordinance was written to become effective once the sale of the property to PK U.S.A. Inc. or its assignees is completed within 12 months of the ordinance's second reading. City staff recommended approval of the annexation petition, per the agenda.
City planning documents classify the surrounding area for mixed employment and industry, a designation meant to integrate office, industrial, research and development, and logistics operations on the same land, the city's agenda states. That framing lines up with how city officials have described the site's intended use going forward: a mix of office, industrial, research and development, and logistics activity, according to the agenda. The comprehensive plan also identifies the surrounding area among the city's potential annexation zones and flags industrial and commercial properties as priorities there, per the same document.
Other Industrial Growth Moving Through City Hall
The Standing Springs Road annexation was not the only industrial land-use item before the council this month. The same meeting saw the council grant initial approval to a pair of annexation requests covering 23.5 acres on Kemet Way, where the prospective owner plans to develop 300,000 square feet of industrial flex space, Greenville Journal reported. Separately, the owner of a parcel near West Butler Road and Laurel Meadows Parkway is exploring a small shopping plaza that could include an international food market along with two commercial-development outparcels, according to the outlet's coverage of the same council session.
Taken together, the items reflect a broader push in Mauldin to convert annexed land into industrial and mixed-use development, a pattern consistent with the city's comprehensive plan priorities. The Standing Springs Road project stands out for its scale: an 85-job, $30 million commitment tied to a single flex industrial building serving established automotive manufacturers.
