There’s So Much You Can Do on This Property By John Shivers
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o fully appreciate the property currently on the market at 1208 Franklin Street in Dillard, Georgia, you need to see the full picture, a birds-eye view, if you will. Contained within this beautiful tract, in the center of an already busy downtown area, are multiple structures currently producing revenue. More importantly, there’s the potential for future income, based on the property’s solid track record. You can reconfigure what’s already there into new revenue producing purposes. And here’s the most extraordinary possibility: nestled in the valley, surrounded by Rabun’s beautiful mountains, within minutes of Franklin and Highlands, North Carolina, there’s ample room on these nine acres to create new and bigger and better.
Incredible Commercial Opportunities
While the commercial property fronts principally on heavily-traveled Franklin Street, which will become more of an asset when the highway widening is complete, there’s also frontage on Boxwood Terrace and Barnard Lane. This three-sided access only ramps up the possibilities to better utilize this property going forward. The northern end of Rabun County is a happening place, and this property sits squarely in the middle of this growth. Currently located on the property is an 11,000 square foot warehouse building that’s 100% leased. A historic one hundred yearold store front is leased into two separate suites, and there’s potential for additional income from the former RV park. According to statistics compiled by the nation’s RV industry, over 9,000,000 households, that’s more than 11% of the nation’s households, own a recreational vehicle. Over 40,000,000 Americans, more than one-third of which are Millennials, regularly take to the road and spend between three and four weeks a year in their RV. They have to have a place to park and hook up to modern life, and statistics indicate that the popularity of this activity will continue to explode in years to come. To further support these RV travelers are a bathhouse and coin laundry, beautiful four-
30 GML - March 2021
