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By Mark A Leon
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. — A major mixed-use development along Maybank Highway is continuing to move forward, bringing a new hospitality and commercial destination to one of the fastest-growing areas of Johns Island.
Known as Jubilee, the project encompasses approximately 13.3 acres near 2925–2935 Maybank Highway, close to Wildts Battery Boulevard. The approved Planned Unit Development calls for a combination of hospitality, accommodations, restaurants, retail and community-oriented open space.
The centerpiece is planned to be a 75-room boutique hotel, accompanied by 65 cottage accommodations, creating approximately 140 lodging units across the development. City planning records describe the cottages as individual accommodations that could be rented as whole units, while the hotel would provide the traditional boutique-hotel component.
A project that has already cleared a major planning hurdle
Jubilee is more than a preliminary concept. On July 17, 2024, the City of Charleston Planning Commission unanimously approved the request to rezone the approximately 13.3-acre property to the PUD–Jubilee zoning designation and approved the associated concept plan, with the vote recorded as 7–0.
The property had previously been zoned Commercial Transitional and Residential Office within the Johns Island Maybank Corridor Overlay District.
Since that approval, the project has continued through the City’s technical review process.
City records show an active preliminary plat, road construction and site-plan review for the Jubilee property at 2935 Maybank Highway. A March 2026 Technical Review Committee record identifies the site as 13.38 acres, with eight lots and 65 units, and describes the site plan as a proposed mixed-use development containing commercial and residential components.
What is planned?
The current vision for Jubilee includes:
- 75-room boutique hotel
- 65 cottage accommodations
- Restaurants and dining
- Retail space
- Green space
- Community gathering areas
- Internal roads and connections intended to integrate with the surrounding transportation network
The project is being positioned as a destination rather than simply another residential development, with hospitality, shopping, dining and public-oriented spaces incorporated into the overall plan.
The project’s own website describes Jubilee as a master-planned project coming to Maybank Highway on Johns Island, with a coastal-inspired hospitality concept.
The hotel design is still moving through review
There is an important distinction between the approved PUD/concept plan and the project’s individual building designs.
In June 2026, the Jubilee hotel appeared before the City’s Design Review Board as a proposed four-story hotel. That particular application, DRB2026-000346, was withdrawn by the applicant before the June 1 meeting.
That does not mean the larger Jubilee development was rejected. The PUD and concept plan had already received Planning Commission approval, while subsequent site, road and building components continue through their respective review processes.
Recent reporting indicates the hotel proposal is being revised and continues to move toward development.
Growth—and the questions that come with it
Jubilee arrives at a particularly consequential moment for Johns Island. The area around Maybank Highway has experienced substantial residential and commercial growth, while transportation capacity, flooding and infrastructure remain major concerns for residents.
Those issues were prominent during the 2024 public review of Jubilee. City records document 31 public comments submitted ahead of the Planning Commission meeting, with traffic, flooding and the pace of development among the concerns raised by residents.
The developer also addressed transportation concerns during the Planning Commission process, pointing to traffic modeling and proposed connections to the surrounding network.
For Johns Island, the significance of Jubilee may ultimately extend beyond the number of hotel rooms or cottages. If built substantially as envisioned, it would introduce a sizable new hospitality, dining and retail destination along a corridor already undergoing dramatic change.
For now, Jubilee is an approved development concept that remains in the design and technical-review stages—not a completed project and not simply an early idea.
Official project & approval documents
City of Charleston Planning Commission — July 17, 2024 approval:
Official Planning Commission meeting report — Jubilee PUD approval
City of Charleston Planning Commission agenda/application:
Official Jubilee PUD application — 2925 Maybank Highway
City of Charleston Planning Commission minutes:
Official Planning Commission minutes and Jubilee discussion
City of Charleston Technical Review Committee — March 2026:
Official Jubilee preliminary plat, road and site-plan review documents
City of Charleston Design Review Board — June 2026:
Official DRB record for the proposed Jubilee hotel
Jubilee official project website:
Jubilee official website
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