About us

Kassinger Development Group is a privately owned real estate development company formed in 2004 and based in Charleston, South Carolina & Asheville, North Carolina. The company develops and owns upscale, environmentally friendly, energy-efficient multi-family communities in unique locations within the Southeastern United States.

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Edward T. "Chip" Kassinger, Jr., began his career in 1979 as president and principal of E.T.Kassinger, Inc., a luxury homebuilder/developer specializing in the design, renovation, and construction of homes ranging from 3,500 to 20,000 square feet in Georgia and South Carolina. In 1996, Chip became a Development Manager and Vice President of Merry Land Investment Co., and its successor, Merry Land Properties, Inc., based in Augusta, GA. They acquired or developed and operated 135 communities with 35,000 apartment units throughout the Southeast and Texas. It was the largest owner and operator of upscale apartments in the Southeast before being acquired by Equity Residential in 1998. Between 1996 and 2003, Chip and Merry Land Investment Co. completed over 5,000 multi-family units with total project costs over five- hundred million across the Southeast and Texas. Chip Kassinger founded the Kassinger Development Group in 2004 as a private real estate group and works with select partners. From 2004 to the present, the Kassinger Development Group has Developed over 5,000 units with project costs totaling over five hundred million. Currently, Kassinger Development Group has over 500 proposed units and 276 units under construction. In 2013, Kassinger Development Group formed a larger team to oversee current and future projects.