CLEMSON, S.C. (WSPA) - A major housing development in downtown Clemson is moving forward, but not without pushback.

In a 5-2 vote, Clemson City Council voted Monday to move forward with proposed development on 398 College Avenue. They were met with nearly a dozen Clemson residents speaking out against the development.

"It doesn’t preserve the feeling of Clemson," said one resident. "I keep losing neighbors.”

"They [neighbors] just don’t want additional buildings and we have to stop sometime," another resident said. "We have to have a backbone to say 'no'.”

As currently proposed, an eight-story mixed-use mid-rise residential building and a five-story mixed-use apartment building will be constructed on seven parcels, totaling approximately 3.76 acres near 398 and 400 College Avenue.

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