Charleston Multifamily & Affordable Housing Summit

Why You Can't Miss This CRE Charleston Multifamily & Affordable Housing Summit

Why This Matters: 

After several years of rapid deliveries, Charleston's multifamily market absorption has outpaced new supply for the first time since Q2 2022, according to Colliers, signaling a tightening pipeline just as population and job growth remain among the strongest in the country. With 2,768 units absorbed in the first half of the year — the highest demand since 2021 — long-term fundamentals remain strong, but the margin for error is shrinking. As job growth continues at 2.9% year-over-year, Charleston is drawing sustained in-migration, reinforcing demand across market-rate, workforce, and affordable housing. At the same time, tight cap rate spreads, uneven occupancy, and rising development costs are moderating transaction volume and forcing owners, developers, and investors to rethink strategy. This Charleston Multifamily & Affordable Housing Summit brings together the region’s most active stakeholders to unpack where the next opportunities — and challenges — are emerging

What We’ll Cover: 

- Market Fundamentals & Submarket Opportunity: Where multifamily absorption is strongest — and which Charleston submarkets are primed for acquisitions and new development

- Capital, Financing & Investment Strategy: How investors are navigating tighter cap rate spreads and evolving return expectations, as well as using creative financing strategies to support both market-rate and affordable housing Charleston development

- Affordable & Workforce Housing Solutions: Addressing Charleston’s growing affordability gap amid continued in-migration, and how developers and owners are making workforce and mixed-income projects pencil

- Development, Construction & Operations: Managing costs and timelines in a changing construction environment, while designing and delivering housing that meets Charleston’s evolving residential demand

Why You Should Attend: 

Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us! Connect with Charleston CRE leaders, including owners, operators, developers, lenders and capital markets experts, at this CRE event to benchmark the Charleston multifamily market and explore the Southeast multifamily outlook.

For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Director of Production, Elizabeth Baker at liz.baker@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact sabrina.cole@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.