Charleston Development Trumping Preservation?

"Is Charleston facing a bright new future, or are we -- as preservationists and planners and conservationists claim -- on the precipice of an era of unchecked regional development?" The article outlines a large number of development projects in the Charleston area -– and then questions what exactly constitutes the "Charleston region". Will "condofication" and "regional rationing" doom the city's historic neighborhoods, or is the development an appropriate expansion, both up and out?