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An exciting new property is available for sale in the northern Atlanta suburb of Milton, Georgia how that former Braves’ pitcher John Smoltz has put his massive mansion on the market. The property is tailor-made for the avid sports fan, and it even includes a multi-million dollar sports complex out in the backyard, consisting of a full-scale basketball court, full tennis court, jogging trail, swimming pool with waterslide, 18-hole golf course, and stocked fishing pond. The Alpharetta local movers have learned the inside is graciously outfitted as well, and the 18,000 square foot home has 10 full bathrooms, 4 half bathrooms, and 10 bedrooms.

The home was built in 2002 and there is an eight car garage, a studio apartment, and an au pair suite within the property as well. The home is on the market for $7.2 million, and it sits on almost 20 acres. A study back in 2011 found that Milton is the best place to live in Georgia, as it is ranked with a high quality of life, educated residents, ample housing and a median household income that is double the national average.

The city council in Alpharetta has already approved the proposed idea for a City Center, but there are still many details that must be presented, discussed and voted on before plans are anywhere near solidification. The Atlanta commercial movers have learned that some topics for discussion include qualification for the project like a newly revamped City Hall, a small park, a branch of the Alpharetta library and a parking structure.

The City Center plans will be discussed Monday, September 16, at 7:30pm. The meeting will take place at the current Alpharetta City Hall. The project will seek to develop 22 acres of downtown Alpharetta, and it will seek to attract business and investments to this area of town. The project is also very community driven and will provide places for community events, picnics, resident and visitor activities, and an atmosphere that attracts people to come and spend time and money.

Interested in sharing your thoughts on the project? Stop by the meeting on September 16 and let your voice be heard by the city decision makers of Alpharetta.

In metro Atlanta, apartment prices aren’t just strengthening, they are gaining at a monumental pace. Following a long period of vacancies and uncertain futures, sky high towers in the Atlanta metro are selling for sky high sticker prices to new investors and management companies. The Atlanta commercial movers have found a variety of complexes that have sold recently:

-Preston Pointe at Windemere for $46 million (bought for $36 million in 2007)

-Dunwoody Station for $73 million (last sold in 2009 for $47 million)

-Tuscany at Lindbergh $49.5 million ($50.5 million in 2006)

Higher purchase rates translate to higher rental rates, and many cases of rental listings in Atlanta have bypassed even the peak rents of 2007. However, the Atlanta movers are curious–is this kind of growth sustainable? Perhaps only time will tell.

Atlanta’s job market is gaining significant momentum according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose data shows that 10,000 jobs were added to the Atlanta metro this past June alone. Of that total number, the jobs were divvied up among professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and commercial real estate and construction. If employment numbers continue to rise, the real estate market for the region will substantially strengthen.

The Alpharetta local movers have found that this June marked the fourth occurrence since 2010 that at least 10,000 jobs were added in one month, with the other times in October 2012, February 2011, and October 2010. It is likely October jobs were seasonal for the holidays and tapered off as the new year began–but summer growth shows signs of longevity.

The Atlanta economy as a whole is showing positive growth, and the region is climbing the economic index with current ranking at #65 of the #102 major metropolitan areas in the US for July 2013.

The construction industry was undeniably one of the hardest hit areas in the economic recession. In some areas, it has also been slow to regain momentum and prosper. MetroStudy, a nationwide source of housing and real estate data, has found some interesting data about the construction industry as it pertains to Atlanta regarding Q2 of this year.

Apparently, new construction housing starts for North Metro Atlanta were up 78 percent for that time period over the comparative months of 2012. An estimated 14,000 new homes are scheduled to be built in metro Atlanta this year, which is three times the amount of homes built four years ago. That’s still a long way off from the area peak of 2006, where 60,000 new homes were built in Atlanta leading up to the real estate bust. The Alpharetta local movers are confident that the area is rebuilding at a slower, but steady, pace.

It isn’t just new construction that is thriving either–many of the new subdivisions of a few years ago that sat vacant and unfinished are now filling in with new home buyers. Many trends can be attributed to the low interest rates, low available inventory, and an improving job market as driving criteria for buyer confidence.

A few years ago, there was a building boom in the Atlanta metro area that brought about dozens of luxury residences and towers in the Georgia capital city. Then, the market tanked, and these gorgeous buildings were suddenly a drain on the investors who built them, and also depressingly vacant on the inside. However, it seems that times are changing in the area and now luxury residential demand is at a soaring high.

While the demand is back, there is one thing that has changed significantly for the area–the price point. Luxury towers such as the W Residences in downtown Atlanta went through foreclosure and a relaunch in the past few years, bringing unit prices down from around $2 million to a majority of units closing under $900,000.  Nearby condo towers have sold $1 million condos, with fourteen units selling in Atlanta in the last six months.

A year or two ago, these buildings were ghost towns. Now, according to Haddow & Company, an Atlanta real estate consulting firm, the downtown Atlanta movers have found that the current condo inventory market in the city has gone from 5,000 available units down to a miniscule 500. Good news for investors, frustrating for interested buyers.

For those interested, there are still units available in the W Residences, the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sovereign, and the Mandarin Oriental, among others. If the luxury condo lifestyle seems right for you, the Atlanta movers encourage you to act quickly before the remaining units are all snatched up.

New construction is booming in the Atlanta metro, and a real estate firm known for building luxury residences, OliverMcMillan, has been working on increasing the pace of building Buckhead Atlanta. The luxury development will encompass 1.5 milion square feet on the River Oaks District, which is a luxury mixed use development that will feature 300,000 square feet of retail space, which will consist of stores, restaurants, and cafes, and an additional 100,000 square feet of office space. The Atlanta commercial movershave found that the project has already had approved expansion to accommodate the world headquarters for Atlanta-based fashion retailer Spanx.

The Buckhead Atlanta project is only of several that OliverMcMillan has in the works. Additional luxury developments are underway in Houston, Honolulu, San Diego and Tempe, Arizona.

According to a report compiled by data from the American Housing Survey, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Census Bureau, the median price for homes in the metro Atlanta area sold for $149,000 in 2011. The median price for new construction, or homes built within 4 years of survey data compilation was higher, at $235,000. The Atlanta movers were curious at how that compared with the rest of the nation, and apparently the national homeowner median price was $110,000, and for luxury homes it was $235,000.

Further in the report, there are other Atlanta fees that have been outlined, such as real estate taxes for metro Atlanta, which were at a median of $142, and electricity/utility costs which had a median of $158, and last property insurance which had a median of $55. National rates for the same areas across the country were at medians of $151, $121, and $58 comparatively.

A new building boom is coming into the Atlanta metro market, and though it involves the construction of many new homes, it isn’t with the intent to sell them. A Connecticut investment company has started a fundraising campaign to build $100 million in homes to cater to the rental market in the area, and they are not alone. With a large influx of residents and a subsequent amount leaving, many people are locking for a home to rent rather than lock themselves into a mortgage in a place they might not stay. The Alpharetta local movers have learned that the rental market is on fire in the area, with most listed rentals occupied within 10-14 days if they are clean and priced right.

With a high demand rental market, the quality of the homes available for rent has risen accordingly. Rentals located within the perimeter offer a reasonable commute for professionals and are the most appealing for those looking for a rental home. If you are the landlord renting the property, be sure to screen potential tenants to ensure your home remains in the condition that you leased it out.

A start up company called Dashboard Co-op has embarked on a new mission to change the face of some Atlanta neighborhoods. While many areas of town have seen continual modernizations and development, some regions in the metro simply have not. Dashboard transformed one of these areas, Edgewood Avenue, back in 2011 after it was abandoned by its residents. The company turned the vacated buildings into co-op creative space for contemporary artists.

Today, two years later, Edgewood is one of the most popular nightlife areas in Atlanta. The Atlanta commercial movers are inspired by how this group chose to take areas that were tossed to the wayside and bring them back to life for locals, while also providing affordable studio and creative space for local art professionals.

Dashboard has scoured government documents, tax records and hit the ground checking out areas where they view potential art districts could emerge. Another one of the areas that Dashboard has flipped is the once-abandoned Goat Farm cotton gin factory, which now is known as the Goat Farm Arts Center and is a living and working space for a large group of local creatives. Atlanta is a growing city and has an arts scene that is increasingly recognized by more and more art world fans.