Retirement Information for the Charleston, SC Area

The well-known retirement community of Del Webb has arrived in the Charleston area at the Cane Bay Plantation, located near Summerville. The Del Webb community at Cane Bay Plantation is their first project in the Charleston area.

Cane Bay Plantation - Berkeley County, South Carolina Cane Bay Plantation is a planned 10,000 home community in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Grambling Brothers Real Estate and Development Inc. is the impetus behind this 4500 acre development. It includes schools, churches, a hospital, an extensive trail system and a 120 acre lake. The first phase of the project plans for 5000 homes to be built on about 2000 acres. Construction of residential and commercial units are anticipated to be be spread over 30 years. Cane Bay will be larger than the Charleston peninsula and Daniel Island. Cane Bay High School is now open. Trident Hospital also purchased property in the development. Centex, First Coast Homes, and Sivica Homes plan building in the first phase of the 4500 acre site. Each residential neighborhood has it's own greenspace and no lots directly back up to another. Each neighborhood is also interconnected by a paved trail system linked to the master trail connecting the schools and commercial areas. As in most developer-planned communities, the commissions for sales are set in advance. Either the sales person takes all the commission or it is split with an agent who brings a buyer. If you have an agent representing you, the agent is doing just that. The agent on-site represents the seller or developer. Buyers' agents know what incentives are being offered by the developer and can assure you that you will receive them, so make your first visit represented by an agent working for you. If I cannot help you, I can direct you to an agent who is familiar with working with the Cane Bay community. Please e-mail me for more information. Think you prefer to only work with the Del Webb representatives. Trust my judgement to connect you with my favorite agent there. Del Webb plans to build 1000 homes for adults 55 years and older. The community will have a resort style amenity center as well as a life style director.   Homes range in size of between 1000 and 4000 sqft. with 10 floor plans available.The community is open to couples in which one is at least 55. Residents will generally shop in Summerville with rather short trips to Charleston. The community will have a clubhouse, fitness center and indoor pool as well as tennis courts, outdoor swimming pool and bocce courts.

Spring of 2009 PHOTOS of nearby neighborhoods and the high school and shopping center of Cane Bay Plantation:

Del Webb model almost complete at the end of July 2007.

Centex has already begun to build homes in the $200,000+ price range.It offers three neighborhoods named Salt Pointe, Marsh Grove and Sweetwater within it's Old Marsh Retreat parcel.The buyer will have more affordable homes, incuding Charleston single homes in Marsh Grove and Salt Pointe with the Sweetwater neighborhood featuring larger executive style homes. Centex is also planning on building townhomes near the new Cane Bay High School. FirstCoast purchased 500 lots, and Sivica purchased 740 lots where homes will be built in a neighborhood called The Sanctuary at Cane Bay. Sivica Homes and FirstCoast Homes offer plans with large porches with the Craftsman look at an afforable price. The Sivica and FirstCoast Home neighborhoods share a 5000 sqft. pool and a beach area around a lagoon. Yard maintainence in The Sanctuary will be handled by the home owners association.

Cane Bay High School

Del Webb offers peek at Cane Bay homesites By Jim Parker The Post and Courier Saturday, June 2, 2007 Possible, probable and expected buyers at Del Webb's first neighborhood in the Charleston area for active adults will get a chance to see available homesites today and Sunday at Cane Bay Plantation in Berkeley County. The company is calling the event "Homesite Preview Day." It is already a hit, with close to 900 people locally and from outside the region signing up. There will be morning and afternoon tours 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. today and Sunday. Attendees will travel the grounds in golf carts to get a first glimpse of future sites. They also will get a chance to learn more about the 360-acre Del Webb community and meet the staff, including lifestyle director Jennifer Burton. "We have been building active adult communities for over 46 years. We are excited to bring this pioneering spirit to the area of Charleston," Burton said. "Active adults who become residents of a Del Webb community understand that it's not just about purchasing a home, it's about participating in an active lifestyle and living among peers." According to Del Webb, the new development will generate an estimated $22.6 million in tax revenue upon the completed sale of 1,000 homes, the maximum number proposed. In addition, an estimated $3.9 million in property tax revenue will be generated yearly for Berkeley County. Del Webb Charleston, the division in charge of marketing locally, is expected to open for sales this summer. In an active adult community at least one resident of the household must be 55 or older. For more information on the preview days and the community, go online to www.delwebb.com/charleston or call toll free at 877-432-4326. The neighborhood is in Cane Bay Plantation, a master-planned community near U.S. highways 17A and 176 north of Goose Creek. It's about 25 miles from downtown Charleston. Del Webb is the nation's largest builder of communities for people 55 and older. Its communities in South Carolina include Sun City Hilton Head, which is in Bluffton. The company is a brand of Pulte Homes Inc., one of the nation's largest home builders. Pulte Homes, based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has operations in 52 markets and 27 states. The company, formed in 1950, closed on sales of 41,487 homes in 2006 and had revenues of $14.3 billion. Reach Jim Parker at 937-5542 or jparker@postandcourier.com. Copyright © 1997 - 2007 the Evening Post Publishing Co.