By Jim Parker | jparker@postandcourier.com

Homes, apartments and condos are springing up in the Charleston area as shoppers tour the region to hunt bargains and check out what’s on the market.

In some cases, those property hunters are in their 20s and 30s attracted by the Lowcountry’s warm weather and tech jobs.

They’re eyeing master-planned communities notably in the growing corridor north of Summerville. Even as people land enriching employment at major car companies and computer businesses, they can’t always find homes that they can swing price-wise.

Still, metro Charleston continues to shine as a place to live, play and earn a paycheck.

4,500-home community quietly rising near Charleston

The 2,300-acre Carnes Crossroads development in Goose Creek will include a hospital, medical offices, retail and apartments.

By the numbers

3 : The number of Rite Aid stores closing in Charleston area in May.

9 : Number of Piggly Wiggly stores owned by franchisee Lynn Willard of Mount Pleasant.

204,432 : Amount in dollars for the impact fee on a 7,500-square-foot restaurant in Mount Pleasant, starting July 1.

+   Millennial magnet : Charleston among eight cities considered as housing destinations for buyers and renters in their 20s and 30s.

+  New downtown office building : A rooftop hospitality venue highlights a three-story, mixed-use structure at 83 Mary St. in Charleston.

+  Affordable housing : Advocacy groups seek to promote construction of less-expensive residences in the greater Charleston area.

+  So many new apartments: A new report finds that C h a r l e st o n ha s s e e n $2.7 b i l l i on in mul t i f a m ily construction from 2000 to 2016. That's the 14th most per capita of all of the top 100 metros.

Deep in the woods of Johns Island is a 2,393-square-foot eco-friendly home for sale, priced at $649,000. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house at 2495 Eden Forest Road includes bamboo and cork floors and geothermal cooling system on 8.3 acres.

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