Myrtle Beach area projects to bring thousands of new homes. Here are some of 2025’s biggest

Whether it is new hotels slated to change the Myrtle Beach oceanfront or revitalization projects of former area landmarks, developers aim to add new cornerstones to Horry County in the new year.

This rush to build runs the gambit from smaller projects to new residential communities with hundreds of planned units. During the 2023-24 fiscal year, Horry County issued 17,522 permits, up by more than 4,000 compared to 2018-19. The permits issued in 2023-24 had a construction value of $1.54 billion, and many of these permits include massive projects that contributed to that estimation.

Given the pace of building and development throughout the Grand Strand, these are five notable projects worth watching in 2025.

Is a new hotel opening on the Myrtle Beach oceanfront? Here’s what to know

In the coming years, another high-rise hotel will reside along the Myrtle Beach oceanfront. Next to the Hilton Grand Vacations Club Ocean 22 Myrtle Beach at 2200 N. Ocean Blvd., the new property along 23rd Avenue North will also be a Hilton property.

Called Ocean 23, the timeshare hotel will have 227 units — including 113 one-bedroom, 79 two-bedroom and 35 three-bedroom offerings. With the property’s boulevard-facing side being a maximum height of 253 feet, the new property will also feature a park.

Previous renderings for the project shows two pools at the hotel, including a 520-square-foot pool and bar on the rooftop.

Developers received approval for the hotel from the Myrtle Beach City Council in January 2025.

Is U.S. 501 between Carolina Forest and Conway getting new mixed-use development? Here are the details

Along U.S. 501 near Gardner Lacy Road and Carolina Forest High School, the Myrtle Beach area could see its newest mixed-use, residential and shopping area open.

Developers plan to build a massive new complex slated for completion in 2027. The Sun News obtained the plans via a Freedom of Information Act request for a traffic study commissioned to analyze the plan’s impact on U.S. 501 traffic. The project includes:

• About 30 buildings, including seven parking garages

• 1,890 new apartment units

• 6,300 square foot medical-dental office

• 267,800 square foot shopping center

• 139,100 square foot home improvement store

• 3,000 square foot drive-in bank

• 5,000 square foot gas station and convenience store

• 20,200 square foot restaurant space

• 2,500 square foot coffee shop with drive-thru

The development could bring more cars to an area prone to traffic. Conducted by the consulting firm Kimley Horn, the traffic study for the project estimated that the new mixed-use development creates 26,572 new daily trips at several intersections and roads along U.S. 501. While developers plan to finish the project in 2027, work will occur while Horry County completes road improvements to U.S. 501.

The project includes completing a six-lane widening of U.S. 501 from S.C. 31 to the S.C. 544 interchange as part of its Ride III road infrastructure upgrades. The county estimates the work will cost $50 million and finish in 2026.

More than a thousand homes are under construction near Conway as part of a massive development. Here’s what to know

At Teddy Bear Circle near Highway 90, more than a thousand homes for prospective residents moving to the Conway area are planned.

Auberon Woods is a 1,100-home community planned for a 758-acre land parcel. It will include amenities like a pool and clubhouse. The D.R. Horton project intends to build 194 single-family homes in 2025 and finish the project in 2027. The project isn’t the only massive development arriving in Conway.

In January 2024, the City of Conway approved the construction of more than 3,300 single-family, townhomes and multi-family dwellings along Highway 701 South in a community called Warden Station.

Myrtle Beach’s now-closed speedway will be turned into a new community. Here’s the plan

The Myrtle Beach Speedway closed in 2020, and developers want to turn the old racetrack into a new community of townhomes and other units.

Developers split the speedway into two separate parcels. The national homebuilder Lennar owns part of the closed speedway. Horry County Land Records’ map of the property shows Lennar’s plot divided into about 175 parcels.

Trilogy Investment Company owns the other part of the speedway. In a June 2024 interview, the company’s CEO Jason Joseph told The Sun News that Trilogy’s community will include 226 townhomes, with units ranging from 1,200 square feet to 1,400 square feet.

The Trilogy community will be called Rêve at Champions Point, and the first townhomes will be finished in 2025. Joseph added that the community will be built-to-rent, meaning residents cannot purchase their property outright.

He added that built-to-rent appeals to residents 55 and older.

“People are moving there and renting by choice not because of affordability necessary of buying but because they want the flexibility of movement,” Joseph said in a June 2024 interview. “You’re creating community; you have the benefits of home life. (Built-to-rent) give you the lock and leave flexibility as well.”

Why were trees cleared in Carolina Forest? Will it close an area golf course?

River Oaks Drive in Carolina Forest looks different in February 2025 than it did one year ago. Dense trees previously lined the road near the World Tour Golf Links and River Oaks Golf Club.

Now, the trees sit in dense stacks on dirt-covered land prepped for development. According to Horry County Land Records, developers plan to build a new community called North Cove. The project is part of a larger plan to close River Oaks Golf Club and replace it.

The Sun News reported in February 2024 that developers bought the course and will add 220 lots to the property. It’s unclear when the golf course will finally close.