Warner Robins Commercial Real Estate Forecast 2008

    “Record growth” has become the catch phrase for Houston County.  The fourth quarter of 2007 brought wide-ranging construction projects from Best Buy and Walgreens, to new surroundings for Flint EMC and Lowe Toyota, as well as new dining options such as Olive Garden and seven other new  restaurants. Mayor Donald Walker and the Warner Robins…

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      What is a Green Building?

      Green building (also known as sustainable building or environmental building) is the practice of increasing efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water and materials, and reducing the building impacts on the environment and human health*. Research is increasingly demonstrating that when buildings are designed and operated with their lifecycle impacts in mind, they can…

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        Current Commercial Real Estate Credit Crunch

        Why has the sub-prime mortgage debacle resulted in a credit crunch on commercial mortgage backed securities lenders (CMBS) as well?  Well, most insiders don’t believe it is a direct result of the sub-prime hangover.  They believe it has been in the works since the beginning of the second quarter when Moody’s issued a warning that…

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          Industrial Real Estate Market Q1 2008

          During 2007, the warehouse/industrial market was very active as well as the other commercial categories. The 2008 commercial real estate market, as other service categories, will be difficult to predict.  There are just two many unstable variables that could swing it in either direction. In 2007, the Bibb County industrial market remained basically unchanged from…

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