Carolina Park taking shape

REAL ESTATE

The residential portion of Mount Pleasant's massive Carolina Park subdivision is slowly taking shape.

Brentwood Homes recently committed to building 128 homes in the development, near Wando High School off U.S. Highway 17. The agreement makes Charleston-based Brentwood the dominant residential builder in the master-planned community so far.

Earlier this summer, Advanced Builders, Allen Custom Homes, Nielsen Construction and South Atlantic Builders agreed to build a smaller portion of residences.

Workers are currently preparing the 1,708-acre site's infrastructure at Carolina Park, where Roper St. Francis Healthcare is building a $143 million, 85-bed hospital. It's unclear when the first homes will rise, but the sales center is expected to open sometime this winter.

Selling green

Doing what's best for the environment and what's best for your business will make a rare intersection during a course for local real estate professionals.

Fortune Academy in Mount Pleasant plans to host a three-day course about environmentally friendly practices that will help participants understand green building techniques, easy upgrades and the latest energy efficiency programs.

Agents who complete the course will earn the National Association of Realtors' "Green Designation," which was unveiled earlier this month at the group's annual conference in Orlando.

"What we're seeing in all the surveys that NAR has done has shown that the consumer is more and more interested in ecology and things we can do to preserve our natural habitat," said Hugh Ryall, a Columbia-based real estate instructor who will teach the course.

Information will include the top trusted green Web sites and what type of tax credits a homeowners can secure for making improvements.

Ryall added that the designation could help agents come out on top of the market downturn.

"None of us really anticipated this slowdown to be as dramatic as it is," he said. "I've always felt that you build your market during the downturn — that's the time to start building an identity and reinventing yourself."

Reach Katy Stech at 937-5549 or kstech@postandcourier.com.

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