Daniel Island is beautifully master planned island town within the city of Charleston featuring 23 miles of rivers and creeks and hundreds of acres of parks. Downtown Daniel Island has an array range of shops and many businesses now call Daniel Island home. 8 traditionally designed residential neighborhoods encompass the residential community. While suburban by design, there is almost an urban flavor with condos and townhomes at the Island’s center and in many cases, located above businesses and shops. Developed as a self-sufficient, small town uniting schools, churches, shops, businesses and residences, meticulous planning provides Daniel Island a lively sense of community.
  
Set in a park by the Wando River is the 17 court Family Circle Tennis Center with a clubhouse, fitness facility and a pro shop. The Family Circle Cup, one of the top tournaments in women’s tennis is held every April. Blackbaud Stadium, adjacent to Blackbaud Software, one of the first businesses to move to Daniel Island, is home to Charleston’s professional soccer team, The Charleston Battery. Daniel Island is an outdoor sports lover’s dream with hiking and bicycle paths, boating, fishing, swimming and more. There are community boat ramps and crabbing docks and a private nature preserve.
Fine dining abounds with fabulous Italian at Sienna and Ken Vedrinski, the former chef at Woodlands in Summerville. The finest Chinese restaurant in the Charleston area, Dragon Palace, has décor to match the food and a great bar and grill, Queen Anne’s Revenge, is my personal favorite in the category.
On the northern end of the island is a special neighborhood called Daniel Island Park, the Island's private Country Club neighborhood. The Daniel Island Club offers 36 holes of championship golf designed by Tom Fazio and Rees Jones. The spectacular clubhouse offers indoor and outdoor dining and the Park Club, offers the perfect setting for the club's swim, tennis and fitness facility. The Daniel Island Club is also home to the most comprehensive golf learning center in the region, with an expansive practice area, video swing analysis technology and a team of professional instructors. Membership to the Daniel Island Club is limited to purchasers of homes within Daniel Island Park.
7 other traditional neighborhoods offer a variety of new and newer construction with homes ranging from the low $500’s to about $1 million. Townhomes and condos range from the high $200’s to $1 million and golf course and waterfront homes can reach up to $3 million. A limited number of homesites are offered each year and all builders on Daniel Island are carefully screened for quality and a strict architectural review board must approve all design plans. Where To Retire Magazine recently included Daniel Island in “America’s Top 100 Master Planned Communities”. |