Kiawah Island is in its 41st year of development with 4,800 properties sold to-date, setting South Carolina records two out of the last three years for selling homes worth more than $20 million.© 2023 Charleston Trident Multiple Listing Service, Inc. There’s a natural, still wild feeling here even though we’re very much developed.” “People come here to truly get away, but you’re only 30 minutes away from Charleston if you want to get back into the mix. There’s a real difference between coming to Kiawah versus other places where it’s ‘see and be seen’,” Randolph explains to Forbes. “Kiawah at first blush is known as a golf destination, but it’s really the concept of unplugging here that people really enjoy, and it helps us market against destinations like the Hamptons or Nantucket. The obvious challenge is how to market such an exclusive, members-only community known best as a golf haven to potential buyers, but Chris Randolph, Partner of Kiawah Partners and South Street Partners claims that these challenges are actually their significant advantage. While Kiawah Island can thank its award-winning golf for many of its faithful residents and star-studded clientele (Bill and Hillary Clinton, Richard Gere, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney, and even Donald Trump), the island’s mystique is in its natural beauty, deluxe yet family-friendly amenities, and southern hospitality, making it the belle of South Carolina.ġ00 Flyway Drive, private home on Osprey Beach listed for $7,950,000 Courtesy of Kiawah Island Real Estate / Photography by Patrick O’Brien If you’re not an intense golfer, there are plenty of opportunities to work on your skills at The Golf Learning Center at the Cassique Golf Course, built to breed the next Dustin Johnson with state-of-the-art technology for lessons at every level. With The Sanctuary as the only option for non-residents, tourists have successfully been kept off the island, but a second boutique hotel with 150 rooms will be finished just in time for the 2021 PGA Championship. The Ocean Course at Kiawah hosted the 20 PGA Championships, and soon the host of 2021’s tournament. Kiawah Island Courtesy of Kiawah Island Real Estate / Photography by Patrick O’BrienĪbove all, the island’s main attraction is golf, drawing enthusiasts to tee off on its seven championship courses designed by architects Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Gary Player, and Clyde Johnston.
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