Drawing from extensive experience in urban and mixed use development, LS3P proposed that this parking deck be configured to facilitate shared site-development with residential/retail buildings at the Washington Street and McBee Street ends of the site. This strategy offers immediate financial return to the City through private residential investment while allowing the design team to concentrate architectural facade treatment on the main Spring Street face of the building.

The architectural design reinforces the red-brick character of the historic center of Greenville, providing a street-level arcade and giving vertical emphasis to an otherwise horizontal building. The facade treatment successfully masks the sloping plates of the parking ramps. The brise-soleils add textured shadowing to the exterior, while the glazed stairway enclosures act as nighttime lanterns and draw visual emphasis to pedestrian access points. The vehicle entrance is expressed as a portal with a deck layout that accommodates access from multiple streets with revenue control systems for both card access and pay-per-visit customers.

To assist the City of Greenville in soliciting development proposals, LS3P also prepared conceptual designs for multi-level residential/retail buildings on the Washington and McBee development parcels.