Watts Happenings: News & Blog

As a father of a Marine, Chip was honored to spend time with the U.S. Marine Toys for Tot Foundation in late December during the recent Institute of Real Estate Management® (IREM) Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 Holiday Celebration and Chapter Awards Night. Full Articl...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate.)  Adaption of sustainable building practices will make industrial property managers’ jobs easier.  “Inclusive and sustainable development.” That&rsquo...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate.) Accredited Management Organization certification can help build trust in your firm among building owners and investors.This month, the Institute of Real Estate Management c...

Friends and followers, after almost 14 years of service to the State of Alabama, Bill Watts retired from the Alabama Real Estate Commission as of this past week.  Bill has served since 2007 and has been appointed by three different governors...a bipartisan Senate feat very f...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate.)PhilippBirmes/PexelsThe 700,000-square-foot AT&T City Center, here in the urban core of Birmingham, AL, is being converted to a massive mixed-use complex of residential, offi...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate—formerly National Real Estate Investor.)https://www.wealthmanagement.com/property-management/how-property-managers-have-approach-risk-new-normal One of the essential mandates for...

By Tony Wilbert CoStar News December 29, 2020 | 11:45 AMAs the new president of the Institute of Real Estate Management, known as IREM, Chip Watts knows the group's 20,000 members will play a key role as companies across the United States and globe begin bringing employees ba...

Uncertainty in the office sector sometimes makes long-term planning seem next to impossible these days. Yet even if leasing activity has slowed to a crawl in many cases, office operators and property managers have plenty of opportunity to get out in front of the trends that are c...

The following article was featured in National Real Estate Investor Magazine.The path of our careers is much like our very lives. As they mature, different needs come to the forefront. Early on, we might be looking for ground-level education, recognition, and establishment. Later...

New IREM President Chip Watts lays out his vision for how commercial real estate associations can work together and with stakeholders in meaningful partnerships.                                 &...