Overview

The Kiawah Partners team is led by Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Charles "Buddy" P. Darby III and Executive Vice President Leonard L. Long whose long-term strategic vision has made the Company an industry leader. Our brand is built on environmental care and a family legacy of achievements in the real estate industry for almost 100 years. These solid results were achieved with careful planning, and keen vision for potential — then working hard to get every detail correct.

The combined skills of a dedicated team of perfectionists can create a formidable force. Such fundamental commitment has guided each task and every challenge. Indeed it has become who we are, how we work and what we stand for.

This approach to development and the team’s expertise in master planning, real estate sales and marketing, architectural design, land planning, engineering and financial management has earned Kiawah Partners prestigious awards and accolades including the Urban Land Institute Award for Kiawah, the 2010 European Golf Resort of the Year for Doonbeg and a host of others. From that, the Company is able to continue to enhance existing projects and capitalize on future ventures.

Kiawah Partners is the master developer of Kiawah Island, a 10,000-acre barrier island located 21 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. The company’s subsidiaries include Kiawah Island Real Estate; The Kiawah Island Club, which encompasses the Tom Fazio-designed River Course, the Tom Watson-designed Cassique, The Beach Club by Robert A.M. Stern, Sasanqua, the Members-only spa and the Sports Pavilion within Cassique; Freshfields Village; St. Johns Properties; The Lodge At Doonbeg in Ireland and Christophe Harbour in St. Kitts.