Development Team Seeks To Prove ThatPreservation and Profit Can Go Hand in Hand

When they began their careers as residential developers in2002, Gregg Bayard and Curry Wadsworth had two goalsthat met two of their personal convictions: to create afford-able housing and to create developments with conservationeasements.

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Road System at Gateway West Almost Complete

The road system within the 55-acre hospitality site known as Gateway West is almost complete, and the water and sewer lines should be finished within 30 days, says commercial real estate broker Harvey Gilbert of Gilbert Realty Company, which is marketing the site. Gilbert is in discussions with several prospective tenants for the project.

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Morgan Tract Infrastructure Almost Complete,
Some Commercial Tenants Under Contract

Development on the 1,400-acre Morgan tract on Pine Barren Road in Pooler is underway, with the installation of water and sewer lines nearly complete and the sale of three residential parcels, as well as a multi-family tract and a 150-acre light industrial tract under contract, says commercial real estate broker Harvey Gilbert of Gilbert Realty Co.

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Dolphin Island Is Region's Newest Waterfront Offering

Dolphin Island, which boasts 7,000 feet of waterfront, will have 62 lots over four phases. Only one of the first 16 lots remains in phase one and 16 lots recently came on the market in phase two.

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Consensus Points to Keeping Megasite Intact

Despite DaimlerChrysler's announcement April 12 that it had once again scrapped plans to build a Sprinter van plant at the Pooler "megasite," sentiment appears to be overwhelmingly in favor of continuing to market the site for use by one company instead of breaking it up to sell to multiple users.

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Morgan Tract Sets Stage for New Growth

A1,400-acre Pine Barren Road tract bought nearly 60 years ago for its timber value will soon be home to a town center and other commercial development that

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Office Buildings, Hotel on Tap for Airport Area

Developers of The Mulberry at Godley Station office park are moving ahead with their project by constructing two 54,000- square-foot office buildings and< a "full-service" hotel on a 120- acre site on the west side of Interstate 95 across from the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport.

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Study: I-95 Corridor Living Up to Billing

Although a lot of hype surrounds west Chatham County’s real estate boom, developers and builders in the "I-95 Corridor" are backing it up with impressive absorption rates and continued infrastructure development, a density study by Gilbert Realty of Savannah shows. The nearly decade-old economic corridor, centered on Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport and stretching north to Rice Hope Plantation in Port Wentworth and south to Savannah Quarters past Interstate 16, is fulfilling its recent reputation as the area’s most active development location, said Harvey Gilbert, president of Gilbert Realty

.About 15,000 acres are planned for development along west Chatham County’s Interstate 95, he said, and investment in land, permitting and site preparation has been considerable.

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2004 To Be Preview of Housing Boom Ahead

West Chatham County real estate professionals say 2004 will begin to offer a glimpse of the astonishing amount o homes planned for the "I-95 Corridor" in the next decade. Several new residential communities will start construction phases this year, and established developments will sell around 120 homes on average this year, say local real estate experts.

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CEO Series Speaker: Look for Development to Intensify

Harvey Gilbert, owner of the newly opened Gilbert Realty, mapped out current and future development trends for the Savannah-area in a June 11 presentation to business leaders at the First City Club and Business Report & Journal’s CEO lecture series. Gilbert, a veteran commercial

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The draw of Godley Station
As the massive west Chatham development readies for more construction, developers are hoping it will attract people from six counties.
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Godley Station aimes to be a regional draw
As the massive west Chatham development readies for more construction, developers are hoping it will attract people from six counties.
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Billion Dollar Baby
Benefits of westside development will likely give birth to growth from Beaufort to Brunswick.
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