A pair of construction projects are poised to change the look of Springdale.

The small town located between Cayce and West Columbia in Lexington County is set to be the home of the new combined district office and Performing Arts Center for Lexington County School District 2.

The final project from a $225 million bond referendum passed in 2014, its arts center portion is set to include a two-level balcony with seating for about 1,550 along with four meeting and event breakout spaces. The estimated cost for the combined office and arts center is $52 million.

Construction, which started in December, is set to take about two years to complete.

The other project has been taken up on the part of the town itself. This spring, the town purchased the former site of Jewelry Warehouse, next door to its current town hall, to turn it into the new Town of Springdale Municipal Complex. The added building will house a new town hall with the old town hall set to become a community center. The reported cost of the building and remodel is $2 million.

“We’ve really outgrown where we’re at.” Mayor Juston Ricard said. “I think it’ll be a huge boost for not only our administrative staff, having plenty of space to work and grow and also our public works and police department. I think everybody’s just about busting at the seams. So this will be a great opportunity to capitalize on this now.”

Ricard said the demo to take down the old interior of the building started recently, the first step in what should be an eight-month project. He’s hopeful that by the middle of next year they should be close to moving into the new space.

At a Town Council work session Sept. 19, Ricard, council and members of the town’s administrative staff discussed what to do with the safe that was left behind by the former jewelry store, with Police Chief Andrew “Bear” Richbourg saying his department could use it if they could get it working.

As to the Lexington 2 project, the district last posted a construction update for the week of Sept. 12-17, which stated that roofing is slated to start Oct. 3 and the average number of workers on site that week was 61.

Ricard said that while the town hasn’t talked directly with the district about possibilities for the town utilizing the space, he’s hopeful those opportunities will be made available. He also expressed enthusiasm for the traffic the arts center on Platt Springs Road could generate, which he hopes could help draw some restaurants and other businesses to the area.

“We haven’t seen that kind of growth or construction — I don’t know if ever,” the mayor said. “So that’s super exciting.”

Turning to other projects, the mayor said the town is working to expand sidewalks on Kitty Hawk Drive and to add street lighting to some existing sidewalks to increase pedestrian safety. The town has also applied for funding to help with sewer improvements, he said.