Warehouse landlords see relief from Haiti supplies

Warehouse landlords see relief from Haiti supplies

The massive relief effort underway for Haiti may help some struggling landlords fill empty warehouse space on the Gulf Coast.

Paul White, director of the commercial division of Keller Williams real estate firm in Miami, has been scouting for land and empty commercial space in the Fort Myers area.

White, who was attending the CCIM Real Estate Outlook Conference in Bonita Springs on Jan. 28, says tons of equipment, food and other supplies are waiting to be shipped from Miami-area ports to the island nation that suffered from a devastating earthquake.

These supplies are likely to bottleneck in the Miami area as the ports and airport in Haiti can't handle the overwhelming amount of supplies donated for reconstruction. For landlords with empty space in the Fort Myers area, that might just be what they need to keep the bank from foreclosing.