Starbucks location coming to Lady's Island

Photo byCarolina Retail Experts, Charleston SC

Lady’s Island has been growing quite a bit over the past few years, and even in 2024. Now the Island will be growing even more as a new stand-alone Starbucks is planned for a site along Sea Island Parkway.

Yes. Starbucks. On Lady’s Island. Sounds weird, and a bit out of place, doesn’t it?

Not these days.

There’s been lots of growth. First, Publix moved across the street a few years ago. Then WalMart and its adjacent shoping center happened. Then Wendy’s appeared. Then Harris Teeter started building in the old Publix spot. Then an Auto Zone popped up, followed by a discount tire store going in right next to it.

Now, a Starbucks.

Carolina Retail Experts, a Charleston-based commercial real estate company, said on Twitter that they represented Starbucks in securing the new location at Sea Island Parkway and Ferry Road on Lady’s Island in Beaufort SC.

There is no time frame on the construction of the new spot. Reports form the Island Packet say that Beaufort County’s Planning and Zoning Department have given conceptual approval to the site plan and final approval is still needed before construction can begin.

Details from the site plan are:

This project will be developed on three lots that will ultimately be consolidated into one lot and consists of constructing a 2,497 SF one-story coffee shop with dual rear-loaded drive through lanes for a 22 space queue. The coffee shop building has an attached 821 SF covered patio on one end and a covered 300 SF service yard on the other end and also includes a separate 200 SF one-story employee station, two pergola structures on the property corners, landscaping, raingarden, lighting, decorative walls, dumpster enclosure, parking & services drives and associated infrastructure.

This will be one of (soon to be) three Starbucks locations in the Beaufort area. One is located at Beaufort Town Center, at 2007 Boundary Street, and another will be inside the new Harris Teeter supermarket, less than a 1/4 mile from this newly planned location.

Photo byExplore Beaufort