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Charleston Retirement Communities

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McLendon Hills

November 15, 2008

McLendon Hills is a 600-acre, gated equestrian community in the Sandhill region of central North Carolina. Here, a strip of ancient beach dunes decorates the landscape with rolling sand hills and long-leaf pines. Just west of Pinehurst (site of the 2005 US Open), McLendon Hills is close to golf, shopping and dining.
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Heritage Wake Forest

November 15, 2008

If you are looking for a North Carolina retirement community with a lot of variety, Heritage Wake Forest may be an option. Developers have created a community with more than 20 different neighborhoods.
Heritage Wake Forest is designed to appeal to singles, families and retirees, with industry and technology, top-rated schools, outdoor recreation and entertainment, shopping [...]

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Dolphin Shores

November 12, 2008

“Discover Your Coastal Retreat” is the motto for the Dolphin Shores gated condominium community in the small town of Holden Beach.
Located in the fast-growing southeastern section of North Carolina, Holden Beach is part of the Brunswick Island chain, and has been touted as one of the top “family Beaches” in the U.S.
The town has its [...]

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Brigadoon Equestrian Community

November 12, 2008

Brigadoon is a gated equestrian community in Aiken South Carolina. The Brigadoon website makes one thing clear…this community is about horsing around! In all seriousness though, the community has been designed around the love of horses. If you own horses or wish to realize your dream of owning and riding horses in retirement, Brigadoon would [...]

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Cummings Cove

November 12, 2008

Cummings Cove Golf and Country Club is located in the mountains of Western North Carolina in Hendersonville. Cummings Cove is a gated community surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. This community is an ideal setting to plot out your North Carolina retirement.
Cummings Cove has an 18-hole golf course with clubhouse, restaurant, grill and bar. In [...]

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Berkshire Myrtle Beach

November 11, 2008

Berkshire is a community in Myrtle Beach developed by Centex Homes. You probably don’t need to be told that Myrtle Beach is home to the most golf courses per square mile, and there are about 120 within easy driving distance. If you are looking for a peaceful South Carolina retirement community in a convenient location, [...]

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Crow Creek

November 9, 2008

Crow Creek is a golf course community located in Calabash North Carolina, conveniently between Wilmington NC and Myrtle Beach SC. Crow Creek is just minutes from the beach and there is quick access to the intracoastal waterway and rivers in the area. If you’re looking for a leisurely community for retirement in North Carolina be [...]

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Grande Dunes

November 9, 2008

Grande Dunes is a resort lifestyle community in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Many boomers are turning to resort lifestyle communities for South Carolina retirement because of the level of amenities these types of communities have to offer.
Amenities

The amenities available at Grande Dunes are top notch. There is a private ocean club with beach and pool [...]

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Chinquapin

November 9, 2008

Chinquapin is a North Carolina community located in Cashiers, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Chinquapin is a sister property to, and built by the same development company, as Trillium which we reviewed here before. Either property provides the perfect setting for a North Carolina retirement community lifestyle.
Amenities
The amenities at Chinquapin are in line with what [...]

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Chincoteague

November 8, 2008

Chincoteague is located in the Northwest corner of North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains bordering Tennessee and Virginia. Once completed this gated community will offer the kind of lifestyle that retiring boomers are looking for in a North Carolina retirement community.
Amenities
Chincoteague is slated to have an Equestrian facility including a horse barn with multiple [...]

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Tradition Hilton Head

November 7, 2008

Tradition Hilton Head will be a South Carolina retirement town filled with active adult retirees living in their town, rather than a retirement community. Tradition is located near Hardeeville, South Carolina’s Lowcountry, 20 minutes from Hilton Head Island and Savannah, Georgia. The Lowcountry has been a vacation destination area since the 1950s. Tradition Hilton Head [...]

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Mountain Air

November 7, 2008

Mountain Air is situated on Slickrock Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Selected by Barron’s magazine as “one the top twenty places to retire in the world,” Mountain Air epitomizes southern charm as one of the favorite retirement communities in North Carolina. It is also one of just a handful of communities [...]

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Charlestowne at Bradford Creek

November 4, 2008

Charlestowne at Bradford Creek is located in the Greenville NC area, also known as the “inner banks” of North Carolina. Charlestowne at Bradford Creek is in a very convenient area and offers an active lifestyle with all the amenities you’d expect in a North Carolina retirement community.
Amenities
Boomers looking for an active retirement lifestyle will find [...]

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Trillium

October 30, 2008

Trillium is a community located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountain area. Trillium offers a good mix of the mountain, lake, and golf course lifestyle baby boomers are looking for in a North Carolina retirement community.
Amenities
Trillium’s Morris Hatalsky designed golf course has everything you’d need. Great views including dramatic elevation changes keep the course interesting [...]

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Carolina Colours

September 15, 2008

Carolina Colours provides a genuine sense of community as it is set in the midst of several historic coastal towns. It is one of the most ideal North Carolina retirement communities as it offers great natural beauty and a perfect setting for residents to become special southern friends. Time-honored qualities of traditional living are woven [...]

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