Watertown Commercial

Having an office in Watertown, NY, I've seen the changes (and my vehicle has felt them.) The construction and growth going on here is incredible! Over the last 12 months I've seen all these restaurants going up, changing location, introducing themselves into our community, re-inventing themselves - such as: Pizza Hut Bistro, Panera Bread, Texas Roadhouse, Ponderosa, Ruby Tuesday's, Starbucks, and I probably forgot a few. Oh, yeah, and McDonald's is buiding new in the same location on Arsenal St.

Because I'm the Listing Queen in this area, I get calls from developers all over the country. Well, I advertise all over the Internet, and on International sites, as well, even though the Internet is global. I'm all about technology, I can't even imagine how real estate agents worked 30 years ago (which is when I should have started.)

They waited for mail in the mailbox! There was no such thing as a pc in your home! Or even a fax machine (although they had the teletype - aaaugh! Hurt my fingers, why don't ya?!) And everything was either written or typed - on a typewriter! With carbon paper! Oh, now I'm aging myself. Can you tell I used to be a secretary?

Anyway, getting back - the developers call because they've heard all the buzz. But they're not sure what to do, because they're not here seeing it all happen. Ya know, I don't have a crystal ball, and I know nothing lasts forever - but it's all happening here and now. Hey, maybe I should just snap photos on my digital camera and email all these out-of-town developers to show them I'm not just kiddin' around! (Timeline reality check: they didn't have digital cameras 30 years ago, either! Or email! Aaagh!)

This blog is to let you, you the interested party reading this, that Watertown is developing because of the Fort Drum expansion. In leaps and bounds!

In this past 12 months new motels/hotels were also built, and are still being built: Holiday Inn Express, the Hampton Inns, and another one on the way. (Hey, I've got a great hotel site in Pamelia, if anyone out there is interested. It's on a corner, on 4 acres, with an additional 20+/- acres available all around it! Sound exciting? It is - call me!)

And Arsenal St. is widening to 7 lanes. (My vehicle and I have the bruises to prove it.) And State St. is forever under construction. And Public Square is an on-going work in progress! Oh, and I could go on! And I will - but later.

Meanwhile, thanks for reading my blog. Comments and questions are welcome. Hey, especially if you wanna buy some commercial real estate from the Listing Queen. Bye for now!