Back in February 2008, we reported on the mixed-use real estate development on the Charleston peninsula known as Midtown. A partnership of developers had purchased a block between Upper King and Meeting Streets and planned to build a 235-room luxury hotel, 200 or so condominiums and 40,000-plus square feet of retail and meeting space. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in 2004 to 2007 or so, you didn’t have to think all that hard about buying real estate. Essentially, it was the thing to do. Loans were easy to come by, and real estate was gaining value by the hour it seemed. Homeownership came with an attractive set of tax incentives not available to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Charleston, SC, doesn’t have skyscrapers. Our streets are a little tricky to navigate for large trucks. And many brick buildings here are held together by iron earthquake bolts from 1886. Obviously, the city has long held historic preservation in high esteem — even before formal preservation plans were set into action. And it’s pretty safe […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Does the time change and the warmer weather have you thinking about vacation? Easter and Spring Break are just around the corner, and the same warm weather that has brought blooms to azaleas and robins and cardinals to yards all over the Charleston area will soon usher in many vacationers and tourists. There is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Boeing continues to make strides in Charleston towards more 787 production, as they assembled their first new plane this week. The Charleston plant was just building parts of the plane, and then shipping to Seattle for final production The Boeing to Charleston move hasn’t been all smooth sailing as the union dispute and the lag […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The plan for the revitalization of Charleston’s midtown has been unveiled. The project will include the addition of 235 luxury hotel rooms, 140 to 205 condos, 35,000 square feet of retail space, 8,000 square feet of meeting space built across 4.3 acres of land that sits on Spring, Meeting and King Streets. Just like the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Magnolia development company plans to develop 216 acres of wasteland on the Charleston Neck. A ccording to state regulators, the project will be the largest redevelopment project of its kind in the state. State regulators said it would be the single largest redevelopment of its kind in South Carolina. The new neighborhood will include […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is official…Google is here (in Charleston, South Carolina). The company is expanding and purchased 514 acres in Berkeley County–the Mount Holly Commerce Park. This is about 20 minutes from downtown Charleston. The company purchased the land last December for around $16.9 million. The property was deeded in as a LLC (Maguro Enterprises LLC) so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Effectively immediately, Charleston City Council reduced the allowable height of new commercial buildings located outside of the historic downtown Charleston area. Although there are exceptions, the new height limit is 55 feet. The old “3X rule†allowed buildings to be as tall as three times the distance from the edge of the building to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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