Columbus Ga - On the Move
Posted Dec 29, 2006 @ 11:35 am, Viewed by 593 Visitors, Read 594 Times.
Columbus GA is really on the move! Because of the BRAC military expansion on Fort Benning 3.2 Billion dollars ( that is with a B) is expected to be invested in the facilities on Fort Benning. This is the largest public investment in the State of Georgia. Aproximately 10,000 new direct jobs are expected because of the base expansion including military and non-military personel. AFLAC is based in Columbus GA and has anounced plans for a $100 million dollar expansion that will give us a job increase of 2000 jobs. The other huge anouncement we have had recently is the new KIA plant has broken ground near LaGrange about 40 miles north of Columbus and expects to employ 3000 with fairly high paying jobs. The investment in the facility will be $1.2 billion dollars used to build a 2 million sq. ft. factory. Obviously this makes the Columbus area an attractive place for suppliers of these businesses and there is an expectation of offshoot companies related to these industries locating in our area. Just the suppliers to the KIA plant could add an additional 2600 jobs to the area. Finally we expect a huge ripple effect from these industry expansions as it takes more people to provide an infrastructure for the industries expanding (i.e. more people will work at Georgia Power, teachers, restaurants, etc.). This will be a boom for the Columbus GA Real Estate market but timing is critical as the expansions mentioned will take a while to unfold.
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Wayne, What type of expansions are planned for the base? This could be an exciting time for real estate investors in Columbus. This is a huge expansion in the job base and will undoubtedly add a tremendous amount of tax revenue to the area as well. Hopefully the city will maintain the small town feel that it has going for it. I look forward to reading more as it unfolds.