Real Estate Matters in Charleston SC – Gena Glaze

Switchyards Charleston will open on Monday, April 28,2025.

The neighborhood work club is launching its first Charleston location on Rutledge Avenue, next to Hampton Park. The space will feature high ceilings, skylights, and a library. The 5,000-sqft building was once a supermarket back in the 1970s.

Quick facts:

• 250 memberships will be available.
• Members will have 24/7 access to the space.
• A membership will grant access to all work clubs across the country.
• Phone booths and meeting rooms on-site will also be available.
• Memberships are $100 a month + you can cancel at any time.

CEO and Founder Michael Tavani said “There’s a growing need for that ‘third place for work’ in this city and beyond — a space that’s not your home or office, but somewhere to mix it up. Charleston is one of our favorite cities in the world, chock full of iconic neighborhoods, so it was an obvious choice for us to plant a flag here.”

Memberships go live on Thursday, April 24, at 10 a.m.  Sign up for early access to memberships and sneak peek invites.

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The Long Savanah development will be broken up into three main parts: a city park, a county park and a 1,200-acre residential area. The development agreement allows for 4,500 residential units, with 675 allocated to the workforce housing.

Other developments, within a five-mile radius of the development, along Bees Ferry Rd and Glen McConnel Parkway are being planned. The total housing units in this corridor will top 6,000 once completed

Other Developments include:

The Davis Development: 337

The Davis Development that is currently clearing the corner of Bees Ferry and Sanders roads for a 337-unit multifamily complex. The Plans call for eight buildings with a maximum height of 55 feet, with each containing 30 to 80 rental units.

Ashley Walk Townes: 57

Ashley Walk Townes, The new Beazer townhome community has already sold out phase one, but a second is now open with homes starting at $404,990. Two floorplans call for three- and four-bedroom options spanning 2,100 to 2,300 square feet. 

Affordable housing: 180

Charleston City Council approved rezoning a 17-acre property by Verdier Road to accommodate 180 affordable housing units . The project is still in the works and now includes a commercial aspect, including a potential daycare within the parcel. 

Verdier Pointe: 101

Pennsylvania-based builder Toll Brothers is in the midst of constructing 101 single-family attached homes in the Verdier Pointe. The neighborhood runs along Claret Cup Way and Verdier Boulevard, which intersect with Bees Ferry Road. Four floorplans range from 1,500 to 2,000 square feet with prices starting at $452,000.

WEM Apartments: 250

A North Carolina developer is in the approval process with the city to build a nine-acre parcel at 3950 William E. Murray Blvd. The site, near West Ashley High School and the Spinx convenience store on Glenn McConnell Parkway, would have 250 rental units. 

Gateway Apartments: 69

A senior housing complex is under construction at 2280 Henry Tecklenburg Drive.

Once completed, Gateway Apartments will offer 69 units for residents 55 and older on 4.4 acres just down the road from Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital.

More at Post and Courier

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Atlanta-based PulteGroup‘s Del Webb unit has broken ground on its 55-plus Cainhoy peninsula project. The neighborhood sits on a 502-acre parcel along Beech Hill Drive. It’s within the 9,000-acre master-planned Point Hope development.

Plans for the golf-cart friendly community, Del Webb Pointe Hope is aiming to open by early next year.

Pointe Hope is Del Webb’s third 55-plus housing project in the Charleston region, all in Berkeley County. The first, in Cane Bay, has sold out. Another in the Nexton development in Summerville includes 1,400 homes. Del Webb has sold almost 900 homes in the last eight years.

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 HII (NYSE: HII), a global defense provider, announced it selects Berkeley County to establish the company’s first South Carolina operation through the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of W International SC, LLC and Vivid Empire SC, LLC (collectively, “W International”), a South Carolina-based complex metal fabricator specializing in the manufacture of shipbuilding structures, modules and assemblies. Through its investment, HII anticipates creating over 250 new jobs.

Headquartered in Virginia, HII manufactures naval ships and defense technology solutions for customers including the U.S. Navy. The company has over 135 years of experience and currently has 44,000 employees nationwide.

In connection with the transaction, which was completed on Jan. 22, 2025, HII will invest in new equipment as well as retrofit the acquired facility, located at 2040 Bushy Park Road in Goose Creek, to meet HII’s manufacturing requirements. The renovated facility will operate within HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division and serve as a manufacturing center in support of Virginia-class, Columbia-class and aircraft carrier programs.

The Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits related to the project. The council also awarded a $750,000 Set-Aside grant to Berkeley County to assist with the costs of building improvements.

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