Around Charleston
Restoration of the Wagener Building? Restoration Hardware signed a 15-year lease in the long-vacant building on East bay Street replacing plans for a new SOHO house.
$22 million brewery - Low Tide Brewing on Johns Island has announced they are building a new facility with 4 bars, new brewery system and event space!
200+ job up in the air - Boeing announced they are cutting over 200 jobs from their North Charleston plan. Layoffs are expected to begin in January.
Historic Home of the Week
Charleston Single with Income Producing Carriage House - 5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home in historic Ansonborough. The carriage house is a licensed and furnished bed & breakfast. Live in the main home, rent out the carriage house.
$4,195,000
An Inside Look at The Cooper
This week I was given a hardhat tour of The Cooper, the new waterfront hotel between Fleet Landing and Waterfront Park and only one word comes to mind…WOW!
I want to put aside any thoughts of “we have enough hotels” and just look at this for what it is and provide my insights from what I saw and heard and focus not so much on the hotel aspect of the project, but everything else.
The quick and dirty of the hotel is that it has 119 rooms and will have a very bed-and-breakfast-type feel. When checking in, instead of going to a desk, your point of contact will meet you to check you in and/or escort you to your room and do the check-in process there.
From what I learned however, is that it is so much more than just a hotel and will offer benefits for locals and non-hotel guests. While the pool, pool bar, fitness center and 3 private boats will be exclusively for hotel guests, the rest is designed to benefit the public.
Four Restaurants with harbor views open to the public:
The main restaurant (name yet to be released) is on the main floor, which is the second floor. A large space with open kitchen off the lobby/lounge area.
A cafe serving quick bites and wine on the ground level accessible from inside and outside.
A burger restaurant on the waterfront park side of the ground level.
A rooftop Mediterranean restaurant with nearly 360º views of the harbor and Charleston
More public space comes about on the front lawn. The grassy area will be open for hanging out or lounging, yet will also be available for events. Then along the water will be a walking path coming from waterfront park and eventually could connect to Union Pier when that project is finished.
For the event spaces, there are two ballrooms, with the grand ballroom having a capacity for 500 standing or 350 seated.
So love it or hate it for being a hotel, I think they are doing a great job of making spaces accessible to non-hotel guests to be able to enjoy the waterfront. Yet because it’s a hotel, it is a very polarizing development on the peninsula.
And don’t worry…Fleet Landing isn’t going anywhere! They’ve worked out a deal for them to stay!
4 Bed | 2.5 Bath | 2309 sqft
$480,000
This well-maintained home in North Charleston's Whitehall Community, part of the desirable Dorchester II School District, offers a private backyard oasis with an in-ground pool, outdoor fireplace, and mature trees for added seclusion. Inside, enjoy a spacious layout with an office, an arts-and-crafts room, an open kitchen/living area featuring a gas fireplace, and a screened patio overlooking the backyard. The upstairs master suite boasts dual walk-in closets and an oversized shower with dual heads, while three additional bedrooms, including one ideal for a game room, provide ample space. Whitehall's amenities include a pool, tennis court, play park, and sidewalks, with an ultra-low HOA under $350/year. Conveniently located near restaurants, shopping, parks, golf courses, and Joint Base Charleston, it’s less than 20 miles to downtown Charleston and under 30 miles to local beaches.
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