Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group, Inc. v. Greenville County (Owens Glen Vested-Rights Reversal)
Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group, a D.R. Horton subsidiary, sued Greenville County, South Carolina after the county moved to reverse a vested-rights approval for its roughly 300-lot Owens Glen subdivision in rural Piedmont, well after the 30-day appeal window on that approval had closed. Circuit Judge Jessica Salvini heard oral argument on July 9, 2026 and took the matter under advisement; no ruling has issued.
Why it matters
The case tests how much protection a vested-rights or other final land-use approval actually gives a developer once a local government faces political pressure to undo it. A ruling against the county would reinforce that approvals become genuinely final once a statutory appeal window closes; a ruling for the county would signal that local governments retain broader latitude to revisit development approvals under public pressure, a risk relevant to developers well beyond South Carolina.
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