Crews have started clearing land and cutting down trees on a 38-acre tract on Rutland Drive, across from Aiken High School. A housing development is coming, according to the Aiken Standard.
“They are on track to start construction,” said Marya Moultrie, planning department director for the city of Aiken.
Aiken Rutland Place LLC bought the land in May 2025 for $2.79 million. In July 2024, Aiken City Council passed an ordinance that changed the zoning of the land and added 11 acres. It also approved a concept plan for a development called Rutland Place. That plan calls for 59 single-family houses and 210 townhomes in the residential part of the property…