In this article we will discuss the National Market for 2006 and 2007. The condition of the housing sector has a direct impact on the condition of the multi-family market. As predicted, the housing sector slowed in 2006 after setting records for each year from 2000 to 2005. The Commerce Department estimated that October’s new home…
As predicted, the Bibb County Industrial Market experienced a substantial vacancy increase in 2006 with the 2.2 million square foot Brown & Williamson Plant officially being added to the existing vacancy inventory of more than 2 million square feet of space. Total Industrial space in the Bibb County market increased to 16 million square feet in…
Looking back at the remarkable year we’ve just enjoyed in Middle Georgia’s retail real estate market and ahead to 2007, I am going to make some projections. I have always said that key to the economy’s remaining positive is Consumer Spending. Everything I’ve read shows Consumer Spending slowing, but continuing in a positive vein for 2007….
2006 has been a record breaking year in Houston County real estate for new construction in the commercial realm of retail, office, hotels, churches, schools and multi-family projects. Within the last sixty days the city is showing twenty-seven commercial projects under review, eighteen more being resubmitted for review, nineteen approved, thirty-one under construction, and twenty-one…
As we get to the end of another year, it is time to reflect on what happened in the office real estate market in 2006 and what we can look forward to in 2007. In looking back over the past year the Macon and Middle Georgia office market is not unlike the national office market….
The beginning of a new year is always a good opportunity to review and analyze the previous year’s activities and plan for the coming year. 2006 was an exciting and successful year for the development group. On the multi-family side, Lullwater at Saluda Pointe, our 280 unit luxury development in Lexington S.C. (a suburb of Columbia)…
The retail sector continues to prosper. Take a look at these selected news headlines from last quarter: • $10M Hotel On Way On Mercer Property • Northrop Awarded $43.3m Robins Contract • Security Bank’s Acquisition Of Rivoli Bankcorp Completed • Chain Store Sales Up 4.1% In May • Kia Plant’s Groundbreaking In West Point/La Grange,…
Make no mistake . . . . . Peach County real estate is sharing in the growth of it’s surrounding neighbors, Bibb and Houston Counties. With the recent trend in residential, industrial and commercial real estate growth in the southern sector of Bibb County and the northern sector of Houston County, it’s no wonder that Peach County,…
