Warner Robins Real Estate 2007 Forecast

    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…

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      FICKLING WINS WITH LAS VEGAS SHOWING

      Retail was on the mind of over 40,000 people, the number of those who attended the International Council of Shopping Center’s 50th Annual Spring Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 20ththrough the 23rd.   Twelve commercial real estate agents from Fickling and Company took advantage of the opportunity and met with many national retailers and existing…

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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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          Lullwater East Commmercial Developement

          Work has progressed well on our retail developments MarketPlace at Bass, Lullwater Village and Lullwater East here in Macon. At MarketPlace, the new McDonalds has opened and, judging from the crowds we are seeing there, is doing a great business at the corner of Bass Road and Bass Pro Blvd. We have heard many compliments…

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            Apartment Management Philosophy

            Our Multifamily Portfolio has continued to grow and prosper in the First Quarter of 2007. Our Property Management team has been very busy creating strategic plans of action for three new apartment communities. Our newly added properties include an A+ development in South Carolina, a 22 year-old asset in Middle Georgia, and 212 units in North…

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              The cycle of Commercial Real Estate

              Cycles… what are they? In baseball, there is hitting for the cycle, which is a batter hitting a single, double, triple and a homerun in one game. In astronomy, there is an orbit cycle in which planets rotate around an object. There are bicycles and motorcycles in which the wheels travel in a circular motion. I…

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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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