Copyright Charleston Post and Courier
The days of homebuyers reaching out on Reddit and Facebook asking what neighborhood best fits your lifestyle could be behind you. Charleston real estate company, The Bovender Team at Compass, has partnered with a software app that matches buyers to their ideal neighborhood based on lifestyle choices. Unlike other apps that search by price and size, Kahmino finds homes based on personal needs like walkability, schools, weekend activities and local charm. Andy Bovender, leader for the team that serves the Charleston area, Greenville, Columbia, Charlotte and Wilmington, has already seen success with the app in the North Carolina markets. The app will be exclusive to his team in the Charleston market. “With it, people can buy more for lifestyle, which is really what most people buy for but don’t necessarily come in and talk to you about,” Bovender said. “They just say they want four bedrooms and three bathrooms and typically don’t dive into talking about how they live.” Kahmino can put any type of homebuyer in the right part of the Charleston metro area, Bovender said, whether it’s newcomers to the area or current owners looking to relocate or who’ve dealt with lifestyle changes and need to upsize or downsize. The app also provides itineraries for potential buyers who want to tour an area and get a feel for it — whether it’s West Ashley’s Avondale with its eclectic character, walkability and restaurants or maybe Carolina Bay with playgrounds, nearby schools, and Friday food truck events. Taylor Casey, founder and CEO of Kahmino, said launching the app in the Charleston market is a step towards expanding across the Southeast. “People don’t just want to buy a home, they want to belong somewhere,” Casey said. “When I started Kahmino, it was to make that feeling of belonging easier to find. Every Charleston neighborhood has its own rhythm, from downtown to Daniel Island, and Kahmino helps people discover the one that fits their lifestyle and who they are.” Row, row, row your townhomes As The Navy Yard Charleston project trucks along, a Charleston homebuilder has announced it will build 55 townhomes in the 85-acre site. DRB Homes will construct the ground-up development dubbed Marine Row at the Navy Yard, located along St. John Avenue — between the Navy Hospital and Storehouse Row in North Charleston. The townhomes will complement the property’s historic buildings with townhomes ranging from 1,600 to 2,000 square feet. Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2026 with the first home build starting in the second quarter of 2027. Bennett Rogers, division director of land development of DRB Homes, said the “long-term vision for the property” is what attracted the builder to the site. DRB Homes, founded in 1990, has projects along the East Coast and westward in Texas, Arizona and Colorado. The Navy Yard Charleston is a multi-phase redevelopment to transform the former Charleston Navy Base into a mixed-use neighborhood. Situated on 85 acres along the Cooper River in North Charleston, plans include the restoration and reactivation of historic buildings as well as new construction. Almost gone Three of six luxury condos on Meeting Street selling for upwards of $3 million have already been purchased — and the project still has months of construction to go before completion. The new construction project replaced a long-standing one-story brick building near the College of Charleston on Meeting Street that was previously an architecture office. Property owner and architect Joe Schmidt looped in The Cassina Group, a local real estate agency, and Bennett Hofford Construction Co. on the project after he decided to sell the building. It sits between the historic Noyer-Wildhagen House at 286 Meeting — built in 1807 — and The Bicycle Shoppe and upstairs neighbor Theatre 99 at 280 Meeting. The property had been hard to redevelop given its depth, but the new three-story building offers residential units on the second through fourth floors with retail on the ground floor fronting Meeting Street and a parking garage behind it. Each unit features 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, and ranges in size from 2,600 to about 3,600. All are one story, except for unit 202, which spans two floors and has a personal elevator. One unit was already purchased back in May when the project was first announced. The exterior of the building was designed with three-coat stucco, refined cast stone and insulated concrete form construction, which maximizes energy efficiency. There’s also a gated entry to ensure privacy and two assigned off-street parking spots for each property. A real estate treat Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic helped broker the sale of a downtown Charleston property on Oct. 24. The 3,859-square-foot residential property at 66 and 66 ½ Warren St. sold for full asking price of $3.695 million. “The home’s design, location, and income potential made it a highly desirable offering in today’s market,” said Kristen Krause, sales associate with Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic and who represented the seller. Per county records, Cozy 66 Warren St. is listed as the seller having purchased the property for $2.8 million in 2024. Information on the buyer was not readily available at press time. Individually, 66 Warren, built in 1852, is the main house and has 4 bedrooms 4 1/2 baths. Behind it, 66 ½ is the attached guest cottage with two bedrooms and 1 ½ baths. They are both under one tax ID.
