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Principal Advisors is the local leader for commercial real estate leasing, management, sales and consulting in Beaufort and Jasper Counties.

10/02/2026

Six years. Never a problem with any tenant.

That is how Esther Shaver Harnett describes having Principal Advisors manage her properties. Service handled immediately, tenants vetted, and her rentals filled.

This is the day to day work of managing a building, and it is what we do across Beaufort and Jasper County every month. Thank you, Esther, for trusting our team.

Managing a commercial property yourself, or not hearing from your current manager? Let's Talk. Call (843) 380-2530 or visit principalrem.com.

10/01/2026

You know us for property management. But that's only half of what we do.

Two services many Lowcountry property owners and businesses don't realize we offer.

Swipe through to see everything that's included.

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Ready to lease your space or find a new one? Let's Talk.
(843) 380-2530 | principalrem.com

09/29/2026

🍽️ FOR LEASE | 1 Merchants Lane, Suite 101, Lady's Island

Restaurant space at the entrance to Newpoint 🌴

This ±2,175 SF second-generation restaurant space already has kitchen infrastructure, a walk-in freezer and two restrooms, so you can skip a costly ground-up buildout. It's a great fit for a restaurant, café, coffee shop or bakery, and the flexible layout works for other uses too.

📍 Great visibility and steady traffic on Sams Point Road
👥 Built-in Newpoint customer base
🚗 About 7 minutes to downtown Beaufort

Lease the whole space or just a suite:

Full space (±2,175 SF): $6,250/mo
Corner suite (1,615 SF, with freezer and kitchen): $4,500/mo
Suite B (560 SF, with kitchen): $2,500/mo
CAM included. Equipment list available on request.

Schedule a tour: Stuart Derrick, (843) 380-2530
🔗 https://principalrem.com/our-listings/listing/LowcountryMLS/197294/Beaufort/1-Merchants-Lane-101

09/25/2026

Tenants, a question for you 👇

What's one thing you wish you'd known before signing your commercial lease?

The most expensive lessons in a lease are usually the ones hidden in the fine print. We hear these often:

Your share of shared costs (CAM) can change every year.
The year-end reconciliation can bring a bill you didn't plan for.
The HVAC or roof may be your responsibility to repair or even replace.
A renewal option often requires written notice by a set deadline.

Miss it, and you may lose it.

A personal guarantee can follow you even after the business closes.

Share your answer in the comments and follow us for more commercial lease insights.

Your experience could save another local business owner from a costly mistake.

Have a lease question of your own? Call (843) 380-2530. Let's Talk.

09/23/2026

Every listing is written to sell you the building.

If you have been looking at commercial properties for a while, you know the feeling. The income looks clean, the cap rate looks attractive, and every offering memorandum makes the building look like an opportunity. But from the outside, there is no reliable way to tell a good deal from one that was simply priced to sell.

That is where most buyers lose money: buying on projected income instead of actual income, not planning for the balloon payment at the end of the loan, and underestimating how much a change in cap rates can move a building's value.

At Principal Advisors, we manage and lease over 250,000 square feet of commercial property across the Lowcountry. We see these numbers from the operator's side every month, not just at the closing table.

So we put what we know into one free resource: The Commercial Investment Starter Guide, written for investors in Beaufort, Bluffton, and the surrounding Lowcountry.

Click the link to download your free copy: https://principalrem.com/commercial-investment-starter-guide/

09/22/2026

📍 FOR LEASE | 611 Carteret Street, Downtown Beaufort

Your storefront in the heart of downtown Beaufort ☀️

This 2,640 SF first-floor space sits just off one of Beaufort's busiest corridors. A big glass storefront brings in lots of natural light and gives you great signage exposure.

✨ Works well as a café, coffee shop, spa, art gallery, boutique or professional office
🚻 3 restrooms, including 1 ADA-compliant
🚶 About a 6-minute walk to Bay Street

💲 $5,000/month · 3-year minimum lease

Schedule a tour: Stuart Derrick, (843) 380-2530
https://principalrem.com/our-listings/listing/LowcountryMLS/197548/Beaufort/611-Carteret-Street
🔗 principalrem.com

09/18/2026

Thinking about selling your commercial property?

Send us the address at principalrem.com/goals or call (843) 380-2530 for a written opinion of value, no obligation.

Waiting to find out what your building is actually worth is its own kind of risk. A lease rolling in 18 months, a refinance on the horizon, an estate to settle, or a partnership to unwind, whatever brought you here, guessing at your number isn't a strategy.

We manage and lease over 250,000 square feet of commercial property across Beaufort and Jasper County. Our read on value doesn't come from a database, it comes from operating buildings like yours, every day.

09/16/2026

Your building is full. Is your lease still losing you money?
Send us your lease at principalrem.com/goals or call (843) 380-2530 for a free comparison, no charge, no obligation.

We see it all over Beaufort: the space is occupied, rent arrives on time, and the owner assumes everything's fine. But a flat lease with no escalations, no CAM recovery, or a renewal option that gives the building away doesn't show up on a rent statement, it shows up when you try to refinance, sell, or get appraised.

The math is real: a 5,000 SF space at $18/SF with no annual increases can leave roughly $132,000 in rent on the table over 10 years, and cost the building around $366,000 in value at a 7.5% cap rate. Your numbers will differ, but the pattern doesn't.

We read leases the way we manage buildings, every day, across 250,000+ square feet in Beaufort and Jasper County.

09/14/2026

🏢 FOR SALE | 2728 Depot Road, Beaufort, SC

An excellent opportunity to own an income-producing flex/industrial property in Beaufort. This property offers approximately 5,050 SF of building space on 0.44 acres, with T4-NA zoning and an asking price of $968,000.

📍 2728 Depot Road, Beaufort, SC 29902
🏗️ ±5,050 SF | 0.44 Acres | Industrial
💰 $968,000
📋 MLS #192765

For more information or to schedule a tour, contact Reynolds Robinson at (843) 380-2530.

🔗 View Listing: https://principalrem.com/our-listings/listing/LowcountryMLS/192765/Beaufort/2728-Depot-Road

🌐 Website: https://principalrem.com/

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1011 Bay Street Suite 111
Beaufort, SC
29902

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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