The latest jobs report shows that Leon County added 190 jobs in March. One year ago Leon County lost 2,024 jobs. The unemployment rate in March 2021 was 4.6%, unchanged from the revised February number. One year ago the March unemployment rate was 5.0%. The number of people working in March 2021 is less when […]
On April 7th, 2021, the New York City based company Crescent Sky Real Estate Partners (CSREP) announced the acquisition of Seminole Trails Apartments located in Tallahassee off White Dr. behind Proctor Honda. As reported by Tallahassee Reports, in November 2020, CSREP purchased Castle Apartments, a 30-building multifamily housing portfolio near the office of Florida Highway […]
After several stops and starts, the redevelopment of the 1970’s era Market Square shopping center has resumed again with demolition activities on the building located on the south part of the property bordering I-10 westbound. The building was previously home to Tally’s, Connie’s Hams, Kitcho’s, Commercial Print & Copy and Gordos. It was reported in […]
The latest employment report for February 2021 shows continued improvement in local jobs numbers. The last report included annual revisions of job numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and indicated that Leon County employment was at 94% of pre-pandemic levels. The February report – released on March 26 – shows Leon County is […]
During April, May, and June of 2020, Leon County experienced double digit decreases in taxable sales growth. However, Florida Department of Revenue data now shows that Leon County is rebounding from the economic downturn caused by the COVID pandemic. The most recent information from the Florida Department of revenue shows that consumer spending in Leon […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 7.3% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 218 single-family home resales in February 2020 and 234 resales in February 2021. Last month there were 233 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in February 2021 increased […]
The annual revision of job numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that Leon County employment is at 94% of pre-pandemic levels. Before the revision, the BLS job numbers showed Leon County at approximately 90% of pre-pandemic levels. The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 2,363 jobs in January. One year […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 62.1% in February when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 71,362 during February 2020 to 27,049 this year. Last month passenger traffic was 26,653 and January month-over-month traffic was down 62.0%. The Passenger Traffic Report shows passenger counts decreased […]
On Tuesday, March 23, the Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates (NEBA) will host their March Membership luncheon where Florida Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Mark Wilson and Florida Chamber Foundation Chief Economist and Director of Research Jerry Parrish will speak about Florida politics, public policy and state and regional economics. As CEO, Wilson […]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on air travel. The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 62.0% in January when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 70,7077 during January 2020 to 26,653 this year. Last month passenger traffic was […]