NEWS - Residential Real Estate

SBJ Staff Report

Jan 23, 2012 - Greenwood Communities & Resorts, owner of Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, has acquired Dunes Marketing Group, one of the oldest and largest real estate companies on Hilton Head Island. The acquisition will expand Greenwood’s Hilton Head Island services to include real estate sales and will add a fully-integrated real estate sales force to the company’s team.

It will also allow Palmetto Dunes to better connect with property owners within the resort, and likewise, Dunes Marketing Group will have increased capabilities to interact with visitors to one of Hilton Head’s busiest destinations, according to Jay Nexsen, president of Greenwood Communities & Resorts.

Dunes Marketing Group has a 30-year history with Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, serving as Greenwood’s exclusive real estate agency on Hilton Head Island. It is the top real estate brokerage firm in Palmetto Dunes, Leamington and Shelter Cove. The company, which currently works with 50 Realtors and expects to grow, has sold $5 billion of real estate since its founding in 1979.

“The acquisition of Dunes Marketing Group will expand our service offering within Palmetto Dunes,” according to Nexsen.  

“We are excited about all the new opportunities this will afford Dunes Marketing Group and its Realtors, including better access to resort guests, new technology capabilities and a greater depth of resources,” says Bill Baldwin, broker-in-charge at Dunes Marketing Group.

Dunes Marketing Group will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenwood Communities & Resorts and Baldwin will continue to lead Dunes Marketing Group in his current position as director of sales and marketing and will become the broker-in-charge. For more information about Dunes Marketing Group, please visit www.DunesMarketing.com.