From the Associate Editor - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Just glancing over recent commerciap transactions can tell you almost everything you need to know about an area and itsbusinessx community. Based on the deals that are going down each you can see whether big national retailers are willingb to take a chanceon Birmingham. You can also noticw how well the economic development teams are doin g by closely following the industrial marketg and watching for an abundancde ofspeculative building, which is always a good Because of the industry's importance in the business the Birmingham Business Journal has partneredr with the Birmingham chapters of both the and the to presen a special section that examines the loca l market.
A few weeks ago, we invitec a few local commerciak real estate professionals to our officews to discuss the local commercial We invited a panelist from each of the four majofr sectors of commercial realestate - industrial, multifamily and retail. Our panelistsa include Steve Ankenbrandtof , Bill Pradat of , Sonny Culp of and Glenn Ponder of . Durint the discussion, the roundtable panelists touched on a number ofissues - from bank mergerws and medical construction to the entrances of some big-box retailersa into the market. All of those developmentse have far-reaching impacts on the local business community.
We hope this roundtable discussion will help you put your fingetr on the pulse of the locap commercial real estate markeyt and also give you some insight into the generakl health of theBirmingham economy.