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GaryM.Ralston,CCIM,SIOR,CPM,CRE,SCLSColdwellBankerCommercialSaundersRalstonDantzlerRealtyLakeland-WinterHaven

(863)877-2828

Gary@SRDcommercial.com

PolkCountysEconomicGiNs

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PolkPosionedtoGrow

Polkissituatedatthecenterofasuperregionrepresen6ngthe10

th

largesteconomyintheUnitedStates.

PolkCountyisstrategicallylocatedinthecenteroftheFloridapeninsula,aboutequaldistancefromthe

eastandwestcoastandhalfwaybetweenthe

Georgia-FloridaborderandtheSouthern6pofthepeninsula.

PolkliesontheInterstate-4corridor,25mileseastofTampaand35milessouthwestofOrlando.

AsthegeographiccenterofFlorida,itises6matedthatalmost9millionpeopleresidewithina100mile

radiusofPolkCounty.

Polkisapproximately2,010squaremileswith1,875squaremilesoflandarea.

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BenchmarkDemographics Lakeland WinterHaven PolkCounty Florida USAPopula6on,2011es6mate 98,589 34,291 09,492 19,057,542 311,591,917

Popula6on,percentchange,April1,2010toJuly1,2011 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.4% 0.9%

Persons5yearsandover,percent,2011 20.7% 22.3% 18.3% 17.% 13.3%

LanguageotherthanEnglishspokenathome,pctage5+,

200-2010 13.9% 15.9% 18.2% 2.% 20.1%

Highschoolgraduates,percentofpersonsage25+,200-2010 85.8% 83.% 81.9% 85.3% 85.0%

Bachelor'sdegreeorhigher,pctofpersonsage25+,200-2010 22.8% 18.7% 18.0% 25.9% 27.9%

Meantravel6metowork(minutes),workersage1+,200-2010 21.9 25.0 25.4 25.7 25.2

Housingunits,2010 48,218 17,037 281,214 8,989,580 131,704,730

Homeownershiprate,200-2010 57.1% 58.8% 72.1% 9.7% .%

Medianvalueofowner-occupiedhousingunits,200-2010 $139,000 $134,400 $141,900 $205,00 $188,400

Households,200-2010 40,529 14,025 223,89 7,152,844 114,235,99

Personsperhousehold,200-2010 2.28 2.33 2.58 2.53 2.59

Percapitamoneyincomeinpast12months(2010dollars)

200-2010 $24,293 $20,771 $21,881 $2,551 $27,334

Medianhouseholdincome200-2010 $40,988 $37,502 $43,94 $47,1 $51,914

Personsbelowpovertylevel,percent,200-2010 14.7% 22.0% 15.2% 13.8% 13.8%

Landareainsquaremiles,2010 5.27 31.3 1,797.84 53,24.7 3,531,905.43Personspersquaremile,2010 1,492. 1,082.3 334.9 350. 87.4

h"p://quickfacts.census.gov

EMPLOYMENT(Dec2012) PolkCounty Florida USA

LaborForce 27,800 9,347,400 155,511,000

Employment 249,400 8,598,00 143,305,000

Unemployment% 9.0% 8.0% 7.8%Non-Farm 198,500 7,403,400 134,021,000

www.bls.gov

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PolkCounty

Lakeland-WinterHavenMSA

1. Streamsong2. FloridaPolytechnic3. MedicalCorridor4. CSX5. LEGOLAND

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Two18holegolfcourses

Worldfamousgolfcoursearchitects

TomDoak,BillCooreandBenCrenshaw

1,300acreseXng

Clubhousewith12roomsand216

roomlodge(openinglate2013)

BestnewUScourseyou

canplayGolfMagazine

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LegislatureestablishedFloridas12thandneweststateuniversity

April2012

ClassesstartAugust2014

STEMScience,Technology,

Engineering&Technology

Innovaon,Science&Technology

buildingdesignedbyrenownedarchitect,SanagoCalatrava

Localimpact--upto12,000

studentsandemployeesby2020

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LakelandRegionalMedicalCenter

medicalcorridor

TeachinghospitalaffiliaonwithUSFmedicalschool

add200residentdoctors

$400millionexpansion

8storymedicaltowernorthofhospital

6storymedicaltrainingandteaching

buildingsouthofhospital

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Maximum Build-Out

Office 500,000 sf

Light Industrial 2.2 million sf

Warehouse Distribution 5.2 million sf

Total 7.9 million sf

City to Include Site in Foreign Trade Zone

1,200 Ac ILC

Phase 1

Projected Development 1st 5 Yrs Office 30,000 sf

Light Industrial 50,000 sf

Warehouse Distribution 500,000 sfTotal 580,000 sf

CSVisionIntegratedLogiscsCenter

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Almost2million

visitors

152acres Over1,000

employees