Restaurant Industry August 10th

Restaurant Reservations Reservations numbers continued to climb this week, with a 3.4% weekly average increase for both the US and Georgia. The US numbers climbed from -59.3% to -55.8% and GA numbers climbed from -54.2% to -50.8% Despite rising coronavirus cases in the US, people are still going out to fine dining establishments.  Casual Dining, […]

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Airline Industry August 10th

TSA checkpoint After more than a month of stagnation with passenger numbers, TSA checkpoint traffic has finally passed another milestone–more than 800k passengers traveled Sunday August 9th. While daily traffic numbers haven’t been this high since March, it is still only 31% of what passenger throughput was a year ago. Average daily throughput increased by […]

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Episode 7: Reflections of a Recent Airline Trip during COVID-19

Mike Messner interviews Connor Wood, a recent graduate from Georgia Tech, about his personal experiences flying between the East and West Coasts of America during COVID-19. Connor Wood describes not only his airport and in-flight experiences, but he also discusses his knowledge of the airport industry and the lifestyle differences observed between East and West […]

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Atlanta Real Estate

Submarket Spotlight Buckhead Retail Market Buckhead is known to be one of the top retail shopping areas in the Atlanta region. Vacancy rates are some of the lowest seen; however, it is not exempt from the effects of the pandemic. Starting in mid March to the first week of May in 2020, Simon Property group […]

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Tracking Atlanta Office Real Estate

Daily Updates The office sector in the Atlanta market is currently strong however, much will be affected due to the pandemic. The charts below highlight a few key performance indicators of the office real estate in Atlanta. The inventory, vacancy rate, and market rent have grown as construction has decreased compared to a year ago. […]

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Tracking Atlanta Industrial Real Estate

Daily Updates The industrial sector in Atlanta has a strong foothold as a regional and national distribution hub. The unpredictability of the COVID pandemic’s effects on trade economy can cause disruption in the longterm. The charts below highlight a few key performance indicators of the industrial real estate in Atlanta. Compared to a year ago […]

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Unemployment 8/3-8/7

Total preliminary initial unemployment claims were down 16% from the previous week, with the Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and Transportation & Warehousing industries seeing the biggest improvements. On the contrary, the Health Care & Social Assistance and Finance & Insurance industries saw upticks in new claims this week.

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Photo of an undetermined Georgia Tech home game during the 1918 college football season. That's when the sport was hit by the Spanish flu and the end of World War I.

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