Downtown Macon Georgia Revitalization

    WOW!  Have you been downtown lately?  Great progress has been achieved in the revitalization of downtown Macon GA.  In our initial coverage of the downtown area we will discuss the following: What is considered downtown? What are some of the recent important events that have happened? What are some of the planned important events? Why…

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      Land and Timber real estate

      Many have noticed that the price for land and timber real estate in Middle Georgia is climbing daily. The Big Four (which includes Bibb, Monroe, Houston and Jones Counties) command such a high price-per-acre that perhaps it is acceptable to land real estate investors; but they are pretty scary numbers to your average timber real estate or…

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        Fickling Names New Director of Commerical Property Management

        Nicki L. Pope experience in Commercial Real Estate extends over ten years in the Atlanta and Southeast Region markets.  She specializes in commercial management, focusing on operations, leasing, tenant relations and tenant retention programs, construction management and problem solving.  Ms. Pope interacts with clients, tenants, brokers, and constructor during complicated situations.  Her personal standards, as well…

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          Real Estate Investment Market Q3 2007

          Improving fundamentals across all property types is drawing a greater amount of investors to value-added assets. While there are still investors focusing on acquiring stable, well-leased assets, others have shifted their attention to buying value-added properties that offer income and value appreciation and higher returns through retenanting, repositioning, and/or the releasing of available space.  It…

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            Multi-family Real Estate Market Review 2008

            In 2008, the average occupancy for Central Georgia was 89.5%, a 1% improvement over the prior year’s results.  The markets experiencing the greatest increase in 2008 over 2007 were East Macon at 5%, Milledgeville at 5.5% and Warner Robins at 2%. The markets experiencing the greatest year-over-year downturn were Downtown Macon at 3% and North…

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              Commercial Real Estate Forecast 2008

              Whew!!  2007 – “That Was The Year That Was”.  That statement, the modified title of a 1970’s TV series, poignantly describes our past year in the world of Commercial Real Estate.  We saw a lot: frenzied buying, unbelievably low cap rates, non-recourse money, a lot of mezz debt and equity, 100% financing and THEN almost…

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                On The Retail Track

                At the risk of sounding cliché . . . . . . . with this ever changing real estate market and the impact of the subprime market fiasco, now more than ever the importance of LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION is quite evident!! National trends, specifically in the Southeast, are showing us retail property prices are beginning to…

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