royal garden. It’s been a tremendous families grow, they want to stay in Although it’s not in Park West,
success story ever since.” Park West, so they simply move to Wando High School, which opened
Bobo explains that he and his a bigger house in another neighbor- in 2004, is located next door, and
partner, Pat Tomlin, were working hood.” a road connecting Park West to the
in Charleston in the mid-1990s In many cases, LandTech sold Wando campus is now under con-
when Georgia Pacific decided to entire neighborhoods to builders, struction.
leave the real estate development Though Park West is zoned for
business. When the 1,700-acre par-
Nearly 6,000 people
as many as 5,281 homes, fewer
cel that is now Park West was made than 4,000 will be built, according
available in 1996, “We hopped on
now call Park West home,
to Jules Deas Jr., broker-in-charge
it.” They started developing Park with Park West Realty. Rather
West in 1997, and the first houses
and it’s population
than selling as many lots as pos-
rose in 1998 in Churchill Park, Park sible, Park West’s developers chose
West’s initial neighborhood.
will eventually
to build parks, sidewalks and six
Nine years later, Park West
approach 10,000.
miles of biking and jogging trails. In
residents live in neighborhoods of many areas of the community, they
single-family homes, town homes, which, in turn, marketed homes to decided to let Mother Nature have
patio homes and condominiums in potential buyers. However, the com- her way–the community includes
a wide variety of sizes, styles and pany ensured the family-oriented 550 acres of saltwater marsh and
price ranges, from around $260,000 nature of Park West by donating fresh-water wetlands that will for-
to more than $3 million. Many land to the town of Mount Pleasant ever remain untouched by man or
families start out in the less-expen- for a recreational complex that now machine.
sive neighborhoods and eventually offers swimming as well as softball, In addition to the bounty of
upgrade to larger homes in other baseball, football and soccer fields nature, Park West residents enjoy
sections of Park West, according to and to the Charleston County the convenience of having a wide
Park West Real Estate Sales Manager School District, for the construc- array of retail businesses and pro-
Kirby Baker. tion of Laurel Hill Primary School, fessionals nearby, including a large
“Lots of young families move here Charles Pinckney Elementary and Publix grocery store, restaurants,
for the schools,” Baker says. “As the Thomas C. Cario Middle School. boutiques, doctors, dentists, attor-
neys, veterinarians, a bank, a fitness
center and a child-care facility. The
amenity center features a communi-
ty clubhouse, swim and tennis club,
volleyball court, summer kitchen
and playground.
“Park West is like a small town,”
Deas says. “Kids can walk or bike
to school without worrying about a
busy highway. It’s a fully contained
community, with schools, shopping,
restaurants, doctors’ offices and just
about everything you need.”
He adds that an assisted-care facility
is under construction inside Park
West and that Roper St. Francis
Healthcare is building a new hos-
pital just north of the community.
Before long, his claim that “You
In addition to the bounty of nature, Park West residents enjoy the convenience
can be born here and die here” will
of having a wide array of retail businesses and professionals nearby.
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