Carolina Coastal Review

Own Your Own Charleston Airport Parking Spot

The Post & Courier reported today that a  Colorado-based company plans to build a 210-unit garage complex near the airport and plans to sell parking spaces to frequent Charleston visitors so they never need to pay for parking again.  The purchase comes with access to a clubhouse that will offer updated flight schedules and beverage service, as well as the ground transportation.

The concept is aimed partly at second-home owners who have property in places such as Kiawah Island, downtown Charleston and Isle of Palms, said Scott Rotermund, one of the partners in Airport Garages.

Prices range from $39,900 for a single stall to $109,900 for an 18-by-50-foot space that can hold about six sport utility vehicles. Owners also would pay a monthly maintenance fee of about $40.  The company compares its airport parking concept to the "dockominium" trend at places like Wild Dunes in which marina owners have sold off boat slips instead of renting them.

Wild Dunes Executive on the Move

Terri Haack, the person in charge for Destination Wild Dunes, is taking a job in California after five years at the helm of the Wild Dunes Resort.  She will leave at year-end to head up Terranea, a property being built by the company that owns Wild Dunes, Destination Hotels & Resorts, a 6,500-employee branch of Lowe Enterprises.

Erosion Control Bags a Float

The newest concern over beach erosion at Wild Dunes Resort  is the hundreds of five-gallon sandbags used as emergency erosion fighters have been seen floating at sea and in estuaries. Property owners who used the bags are being fined, but they say regulators told them to use the bags.  Environmentalists worry the bags will be mistaken as food by turtles and other marine life, leading to deaths.

Property owners were cited Friday for violating an enforcement order to remove the smaller bags by the state agency that regulates their use. Homeowners say the state Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management is the agency that told them to use the bags in the first place.