Watts Happenings: News & Blog

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="...

As a lot of you familiar with Watts Realty Company know already, we are a big supporter of YMCA Camp Cosby.  Over the years a Watts has served on the Board for Camp Cosby as well as fundraising programs to send underprivileged kids to camp for a week.  As a thank you, w...

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 ...

Local real estate experts are hopeful that a new Topgolf location in downtown Birmingham could mean big things for the future of the city. "Topgolf is an entertainment venue many of our clients have experienced in other metros and have expressed as a 'wish-list' item when discuss...