Watts Happenings: News & Blog

Over the last few years, Birmingham has experienced a renaissance and redevelopment of downtown in large part due to commercial real estate growth. Commercial real estate, according the Birmingham Association of REALTORS®, contributes $465 billion a year to the U.S. GDP (Gros...

Brent Godwin of the Birmingham Business Journal recently interviewed Chip about newly announced projects and some currently active projects slated for the Southside community of downtown Birmingham. The following is an excerpt. To read the entire article click on the link below. ...

Last week Chip met with REV Birmingham's CEO David Fleming to talk about the continuing construction and growth of the Downtown/Parkside District.  Check out the A Zyp Bike tour of Birmingham's future (Part 2 of 2) from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo." target="...

That good exhausted feeling associated with 60+ hour work weeks. Every spring the hard work comes in more quantities compared to fall and winter. Residential Property Management : Our Tenants move, sometimes scheduled and sometimes with a surprise. Life takes them to new jobs, ne...

Watts Realty is honored to be able to accomplish this deal, and be named by BBJ in their annual Deals of the Year. The Watts family worked hard with all its partners to pull this one from vision to reality. Opening May 5th! We have been involved in Birmingham real estate for 111 ...

Earlier this year, the Birmingham Business Journal highlighted Chip in one of their Executive Spotlights, which is linked in a previous post.  Today, the BBJ unveiled their top 25 of Birmingham Executives of Influence, a special feature highlighting key leaders in a rang...

Congrats to Hartwell Smith and David for being recognized at this years BCRC 44th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards held at The Club on Thursday, February 23rd.  Click the link for more information. http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2017/02/24/see-who-was-hono...

The Birmingham Business Journal just released their January Executive Profile featuring Watts Realty's very own Chip Watts. He talks about how Watts Realty helped shape the city of Birmingham everyone knows of today and how we hope to help shape it's future.  Read the artic...

I was sifting through some property management news recently when I came across yet another report of an unsuspecting family that had found a home on Craigslist.com, paid money to someone out of country and moved all their personal belongings into the property, only to find out j...

Yesterday the Birmingham Business Journal ran another article by Brent Goodwin about affordable living in downtown Birmingham with all the new residential apartment construction. It is subscriber content, so I can't give you too much, but here is a little taste of the important ...