Beaufort Real Estate Blog

Another Chamber of Commerce weekend - the weather was ideal and ther were many ways to spend it outdoors. On Saturday I paddled in the annual Paddlefest Kayak race at the Sands in Port Royal where local kayak machine Pete Green took the crown. At the same time Port Royal hosted a 5K road race and for those who prefer to drive, the Concour’s de Elegance car show was held in Bluffton. To round out the activities, architecture buffs who were quick enough to score a ticket where able to tour the grounds and many of the buildings at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Auldbrass Plantation in Yemassee. Auldbrass’ owner generously opens up the property every couple of years to benefit the Beaufort County Open Land Trust.

On to local real estate and related topics - The Red Carpet Inn in downtown Beaufort has been purchased and is being redone and converted to a “Condotel” - the location is good, so we will keep an eye on it.

Other goings on include a story in the Beaufort Gazette about a redevelopment/ infill project on Bladen Street in downtown -The city block sized site was a construction yard for many years and is now proposed to be a high density neo traditional neighborhood - this is a great location about a block from the bay - lets hope this one moves ahead soon - good for Beaufort and good product.

On Lady’s Island, developer Dennis Green is moving ahead with Celadon, planned by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. They are offering a very nice club setting with the nicest workout room north of the Broad. ( when someone uses the phrase “north of the broad” or “south of the broad” they are refering to how things are depending on which side of the Broad River you are talking about. If someone uses the phrase “South of Broad” in Charleston - they are referring to Broad Street - I am not trying to confuse anyone.  The Broad River serves as a natural barrier between the very different cultures of Beaufort, Buffton and Hilton Head -more on this later - I digress )  In addition they have a pool, spa treatment rooms, tennis, a bocci court? ( sounds kind of SOB to me ), etc. They hope to have the club open at the end of the year. Currently they have a few spec home and a wide selcton of lots available - Carriage homes start in the mid $300’s, courtyard style condos in the mid $500,000 range.

Thanks for reading - next time I hope to have news on condo boatslips and the lastest on the Port project.

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Posted by Edward Dukes in real estate development |