2013 Mid-Year Blue Book

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FL - Lakeland / Winter Haven

FL - Melbourne / Brevard County

DEMOGRAPHICS CBSA

Lakeland Winter Haven, FL

DEMOGRAPHICS

Square Miles

Population

Households

Household Income Median

Employees (Total)

Unemployment

2,010

606,019

228,998

$40,730

245,900

8.40%

CBSA

Palm BayMelbourneTitusville, FL

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Lakeland is a finalist for an Amazon Warehouse. • Lakeland Regional Medical Center announces a new $80 million building and relocates 180 “nonclinical” employees (32,000 SF) downtown.

Square Miles

Population

Households

Household Income Median

Employees (Total)

Unemployment

1,018

536,805

225,977

$56,299

181,926

7.80%

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Port Canaveral is creating the Inland Port in Titusville for

shipping bulk cargo. The $23 million project will connect the port to rail. Port Canaveral is now one of the busiest ports in the world.

• CSX is under construction with their Intermodal Logistics

• Vacancy is falling in Brevard County due to the increase in

• There was continued growth on US Hwy 27 due to LEGOLAND

• Grumman is building a 200,000 SF Manned Aircraft Design

jobs. Brevard County unemployment down to 7.8%.

Center in Winter Haven.

Center of Excellence in Melbourne, creating over 1,000 new jobs.

Florida traffic and residential construction at “4 corners.”

• Residential sales volume is up nearly 30%. Medical prices are

• Homes sales are up over 24%, and national builders are

up over 15%.

having trouble keeping up with demand.

• Downtown Winter Haven continues to redevelop; another 1/2

• Numerous national retailers & restaurants are locating to

block is under construction.

• Florida Polytechnic University, Florida’s 12th university, will open for its 1st class of 500 students in Fall 2014. Plans are to grow to 5,000 enrollment over the next 10 years. The 120,000 SF iconic first building, designed by world famous architect, Santiago Calatrava, will be completed by year end. The curriculum focus is on STEM - science, technology, engineering and math.

Brevard County, including: Bass Pro Outlets, Cheddars and Chipotle.

• NASA is being replaced by the commercialization of the

space industry with companies such as Space X, United Launch Alliance, ATK, Boeing, Lockheed, Orbital Science, Blue Origin and many others.

• LEGOLAND Florida, located in southeast Winter Haven, has

been opened for 1 1/2 years and plans to reach 2 million visitors within 3 years. OFFICE

retail

industrial

multy-family

OFFICE

retail

industrial

multy-family

Vacancy

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q

q

q

Vacancy

q

q

q

q

Absorption

p

p

p

p

Absorption

p

p

p

p

Rental Rates

n

n

p

p

Rental Rates

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n

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CONTACT

CONTACT

Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty

114 N Tennessee Ave. 3rd Floor Lakeland, FL 33801 (863) 648-1528

www.srdcommercial.com

Coldwell Banker Commercial Ed Schlitt, Realtors

21

232 Fifth Ave. Indialantic, FL 32903 (321) 723-9500

cbc.flcoldwellbanker.com


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