Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach

The original developer, London-based Rank Development, Inc. (later sold to Felcor Inc.), demonstrated profound respect and sensitivity to preserving the natural environment while creating an upscale, fun and diversified real estate investment opportunity. No other gated master-planned destination offers a full-facility lakeside$5 million Sport & Health Club, spa therapy, nine tennis courts, 11 pools, Splash waterpark, garden walking paths, a 20-story Embassy Suites Hotel that provides 'room service' anywhere in the plantation, and 70,000 square feet of convention space.

For completely furnished one-bedroom villas with fireplaces, wooded or lakeside, to townhouses with garages, to oceanfront towers. The North Hampton Tower offers 42 different floor plans, and there are many condos with winding staircases, two-story ceilings and balconies. Kingston's five oceanfront towers include The Margate, the tallest oceanfront condo tower between Baltimore, Md., and Jacksonville, Fla. furnished "to the nines." The 24-story Grande Palm state-of the-art tower is set for a 2006 closing and is sold out.

Map of Myrtle Beach, SC