Friday, July 17, 2015

Gulfport MS Commercial Real Estate


Gulfport, MS History

Gulfport, Mississippi is a community situated in Harrison County and is Mississippi’s gateway to world commerce.  It is the State’s main shipping location.  When Pierre LeMoyne D’Iberville arrived at Ship Island in Feb of 1699 off the coastline of what is now Gulfport, he experienced the only all natural deep-water channel on the Mississippi Gulf Coastline.  This deep-water Harbor is currently the primary shipping terminal that processes bananas in to the United States With a 2013 population of 71,013, Gulfport is the second largest city in MS behind Jackson which is the  State Capital.

Gulfport is considered to be one of the newer communities on the Mississippi Gulf Coastline.  The city known as Gulfport was essentially created from scratch in 1887 by the Directors of the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad.  This railroad is now part of the Illinois Central Railway system.   This early railroad was led by Confederate Army Captain W. H. Hardy. Gulfport MS Commercial Real Estate Hardy was a futurist and picked what's now Gulfport as the very best location to combine Mississippi’s two biggest assets that are abundant forests and the natural deep water channel at the coastline of Gulfport.

In the 1890’s, the railway venture that W.H. Hardy helped develop experienced considerable financial problems.  A former Union Army Captain by the name of Joseph T. Jones who made a fortune in oil, rescued the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad.  125 years back, Captain Jones spent the unusual amount of $16 Million to complete the railroad from Gulfport to the Mississippi State, Jackson.  Captain Jones simultaneously dredged the 12 mile deep water route that extended to Ship Island to a depth of 26 foot.  He also developed the Gulfport Harbor infrastructure by erecting a pier that was 4500 ft long in to the Gulf of Mexico.  This personal investment is nearly $1Billion in 2015 Dollars.

In 1898, Gulfport had become incorporated.  After he was promised that Gulfport would be declared the Harrison County Seat, Captain Jones created the Gulfport Union Railroad Traveler Terminal, a sizable office building, and a commercial bank.  Captain Jones also constructed the Gulf Coast roadway which was the predecessor of U.S. Highway 90.  Furthermore, Captain Jones constructed a trolly car system, and a new electrical power generation system as well as was one of the best ‘grand’ hotels in the whole Southern U.S.  This hotel was town down in the 1950’s.

The first large business oriented ships entered Gulfport Harbor in 1902 with much local and regional fanfare.  The solid timber industry in Mississippi exploded.  From 1910 and 1913, Gulfport Harbor transferred more yellow pine than every other port of call in the whole world.

During that time frame, there were no less than 63 sawmill stops on the railroad line that linked Gulfport and Jackson, there were no less than 63 sawmill stops on the railroad line that linked Jackson and Gulfport, MS.  Kelly Creely REALTOR® website Many of these stops served two or three sawmills.  In the Gulfport Harbor, on a daily basis,  there used to be 25-30 ships that were launching yellow pine lumber or were waiting for their turn to do so.

This yellow pine lumber economic persisted until the once considerable pine forests had become depleted in the later 1920’s.

As the Gulfport Harbor’s Port facilities extend up to now out on the pier in to the Mississippi Sound, a lot of the docking facilities, warehouses, automated unloading and launching systems, rail line spurs, and trailer truck parking are not visible to motorists who are traveling along U.S. Highway 90.

But, if one takes the elevator to the very top of the Hancock Bank Building which is situated at the corner of 14th St. and Mississippi MS Highway 49, a full view of the Gulfport Harbor can be viewed as well as the many miles of sugar-white sandy shore lines that run along the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From its beginning as a lumber port at the end of the 19th Century, From its origin as a lumber port at the final end of the 19th Century, Gulfport has evolved into a diverse city.  Video on Gulfport. With about seven miles of gorgeous sandy beaches along the Gulf coast of Mississippi, Gulfport is a tourism vacation destination credited in large part to Mississippi’s Coast Casinos.  The Island View Casino is located in Gulfport on Beach Blvd. and overlooks the stunning Mississippi Gulf Coast.  Along the coast line are historic home sites, many hotels and motels that accommodate the golfing and  coastal water tourism trade that make up a major sector of the economy.The Navy Development Battalion Hub is based in Gulfport.  The Seebee’s rotate tours of duty overseas with their job at the Gulfport coast base of operations. The Seebee’s rotate tours of duty with their assignment at the Gulfport coastal base of procedures overseas.  This Seebee base is one of only two of its kind in America.  The United States Coast Guard has a facility at the Gulfport Harbor.  Gulfport is also the headquarters of the Mississippi National Guard In 1920, the United States Federal government acquired a large grouping of Spanish style structures that remain well preserved to this day as part of the large Veteran’s Medical center facility.

Gulfport is growing after Hurricane Katrina still.  The downtown commercial center has been rejuvenated and features many superb restaurants, shops and a a captivating night life.   Much of Gulfport’s economic growth is taking place along MS Highway 49 from Beach Blvd. and North to the Intersection of I-10.   Adding to this growth includes the Gulfport Premium Factory Outlets shopping center at the intersection of I-10 and MS Highway 49.

Gulfport is also served by the Gulfport-Biloxi Airport Terminal which is located close to the intersection of I-10 and MS Highway 49.

Gulfport has a lot to offer which include great deep-sea or freshwater fishing, Gulfport has an entire lot to offer which include great deep-sea or freshwater angling, an array of championship golf links, museums, historic sites, fantastic sea food restaurants,  and the excitement of 24-hour non-stop casino resorts, just to name a few.  See this link. Set against a background of sugar-white sand beaches, the cost of high quality homes in Gulfport is amazingly competitive compared to other areas along the MS Gulf Coastline.  Actually, Gulfport has one of the most affordable urban housing markets in the entire Southern U.S..
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