Editing Kiawah Island, South Carolina (section)

==Development==
Long held by the [[Arnoldus Vanderhorst|Vanderhorst family]], Kiawah Island was purchased by C.C. Royal in 1950 for logging and timber; he went on to develop the first summer home neighborhood in 1954 along the beach and named the street Eugenia, after his wife.

In 1974 Royal's heirs sold the island to Kuwait Investment Corporation; soon after, a thorough environmental survey was conducted, and a master plan for Kiawah's development was produced with help from the [[Sea Pines Company]]. Two years later, in 1976, real estate sales commenced and the Cougar Point (formerly Marsh Point) golf course was opened.

The 1980s saw the opening of two of the seven golf courses associated with Kiawah-Turtle Point in 1981 and Osprey Point in 1988. That year also saw all resort assets and amenities, along with Kiawah's undeveloped lands, purchased by the development group Kiawah Resort Associates (KRA), owned by Charles P. Darby III and Patrick W. McKinney, et al. The Town of Kiawah was also established in the same year.

Following the impact of [[Hurricane Hugo]] in 1989, KRA sold resort assets to Landmark Land Co., which then sold the assets to William H. Goodwin in 1993. The 1990s saw the establishment of the Kiawah Island Club in 1993 and the addition of three more courses: the Ocean Course in 1991, the River Course in 1995, and Oak Point in 1997.
The last of Kiawah's associated golf courses, Cassique, was opened in 2000. Freshfields Village, a town-center-type mix of shopping, dining, and services saw ground broken in 2004. That same year, The Sanctuary hotel opened on the island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kiawah Island History |url=http://www.kiawahisland.com/about/history/ |publisher=KiawahIsland.com |access-date=February 9, 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, Darby and associates sold Kiawah Partners to the South Street Partners for an estimated $350 million. This transaction included Kiawah Island Club, Kiawah Island Real Estate, Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island Utility, and other domestic and international holdings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDermott |first1=John |title=Updated: Kiawah Partners' new owner talks about blockbuster real estate deal |url=http://www.postandcourier.com/business/updated-kiawah-partners-new-owner-talks-about-blockbuster-real-estate/article_0dab2b70-a4c4-59e5-9ccf-a979e9e71dc7.html |access-date=February 9, 2017 |newspaper=Post and Courier |date=June 2, 2013}}</ref>