Charleston Happenings Vol. 43
Only a week later for this issue? Well, a few of our stories felt kinda “hot-off-the-presses”, and we wanted to get them right out to you. We’ll be back to every few weeks after this issue.
Isle of Palms Residents Say NO To Short-Term Rentals Ban
This Tuesday, a referendum was on the ballot for IOP residents. Support had grown over the summer from some homeowners to cap the STR licenses under the current number. The proposal was defeated.
Smartly, we’d add. We recognize that getting around IOP during peak season can be a hassle. This didn’t happen overnight, though. IOP’s been a destination for short-term visitors for years. And those visitors support local businesses in a big way while they’re here.
Proposed Charleston development to include retail, offices and apartments
The Cainhoy Peninsula—a sizable land area across Beresford Creek just beyond Blackbaud’s headquarters all the way up Clements Ferry Road nearly to Mt. Pleasant, between the Wando and Cooper rivers—flies just a tad under the radar when it comes to discussions about the highest growth areas around Charleston. Summerville, Nexton and Cane Bay may get most of the pub, but this article in May of 2022 telegraphed what was coming to the close-in Cainhoy/Wando area, not far from Daniel Island.
Now comes news of a mixed-use development that will serve all of the homes planned for the Cainhoy area. Retail, medical and apartments will be developed on 30 acres.
5 New Charleston Restaurants To Try This November
The Post & Courier’s food editor started a series recently highlighting 5 new restaurants to try. His recent article reminded me of the embarrassment of riches we have in Charleston.
All 5 of the new restaurants that were profiled would stand out in any of the most sophisticated culinary destinations in America. That means large metro areas like New York, San Francisco and Chicago.
Kultura even made the Eater 2023 Best New Restaurants list.
Charleston’s long-planned Magnolia project is a study in persistence
For over 20 years, a 189-acre site on the northwest part of downtown has been planned. The Magnolia project will one day look like the rendering above, but for many years businesses operated there and disposed of some nasty environmental contaminants onsite. The result was placement on a list nobody wants to be part of, the dreaded “Superfund National Priority List” in 1994.
Since then, tens of millions of dollars have been spent on clean-up. Last week, Mayor Tecklenburg and the CEO of the development company planning Magnolia met on site and celebrated the incredible amount of work that’s been done to prepare the site for infrastructure construction.
This project may be several years off, but we’re excited to learn this will be a dense development. Over 4,000 housing units—you read that right—and 1.2 million square feet of commercial space will be built.
