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player ready...Montgomery is a “hidden gem with green fields, a TIF area and strong support from community leaders,” Brian Dolan told his fellow real estate agents during a bus tour of available land and buildings in the area recently.
Dolan was a participant in the excursion guided by Montgomery community development director Rich Young and Charlene Coulombe-Fiore, executive director of the Montgomery Economic and Development Corporation.
“We want to show off all the available properties and vacant land the village has to offer,” Coulombe-Fiore said.
A similar tour resulted in the purchase of at least one structure in the Mill District, she said. The historic downtown area in Montgomery is referred to as the Mill District due to the historic Gray’s Mill at the corner of River and Mill streets.
The mill is still for sale but was used to grind flour for Union soldiers during the Civil War.
Developers during the tour were also taken to the former location of Elmer’s, where Nick Weis, of Third Day Commercial Real Estate, said the facility is in move-in condition.
Joe Hollendonner, of Inland Real Estate, said he was on the tour just to see what is out there and what he may be able to offer a client looking for retail or industrial space.
Real estate agent Mike Bauer said he was also on the tour to see what is going on in the region. He said he liked what he saw.
“This gives you a good synopsis of the space available. You have to have that in your head if clients want it,” he said.
“They have done a thorough job getting the property and information together for the property holders we hope to bring here,” said Theresa Sperling, a village trustee who accompanied those touring the village.
As the bus wound around the Ogden Hill Center at Routes 30 and 34, Young showed the real estate agents an example of a building going up at a very high-traffic spot that should attract shoppers. The site will be home to a Dunkin’ Donuts, Firehouse Subs and a GNC store.
Young told the developers the west end of the village has a lot of “rooftops,” referring to the large number of single-family homes in various subdivisions in the community. He showed off available land for shops in that area as well.
Judy Pochel is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.