THE NEWSLETTER
The Market Barometer has been in publication since 1991, focusing on recreational residential and resort community development for the purpose of providing positive trends to the industry. The publication has its roots in the consulting practice of Ralph Stewart Bowden, Inc., Real Estate Counselors.
THE COMPANY
The philosophy behind Ralph Stewart Bowden, Inc. is to provide consulting services at a level of principal involvement that is atypical of larger, more institutionalized firms. We typically serve only a small number of clients at any one time, providing for
undistracted attention to each assignment and a timely response.
Ralph Stewart Bowden has served on ULI-The Urban Land Institute’s Residential, Recreational, and Environmental Councils, as well as its research committee and the Recreational Development Handbook committee.
SERVICES
The company specializes in providing preliminary and ongoing strategic planning services based on market research and analysis to large- and small-scale master-planned, recreational-oriented developments.
Our efforts generally focus on such issues as: Demand, Market Position, Product Configuration, Pricing and Absorption, Amenities, Marketing Strategies, and Fiscal
Impact.
We typically represent an integral part of the planning process, participating as a member of the development or management team along with land planners, attorneys and accountants, and architects and operations managers.
By complementing the talents represented by the development team, we provide specialized insights into capital-intensive, market-sensitive areas of project development, and offer decision-oriented perspectives with respect to opportunities and potential problems in the post-planning period of a development’s life.
The following is a list of developments for which Bowden has provided consulting services since 1972 while a principal with Hunter Moss & Company and Pannell Kerr Forster (PKF), and since 1987 as president of Ralph Stewart Bowden, Inc.
| Alabama | BlackWater Blount Springs Daniel Corporation, Fair Hope Russell Land Company, Lake Martin |
| Arizona | Arrowhead Country Club Desert Mountain Gainey Ranch Quintero Golf & Country Club Terravita (Del Webb) Centex Destination Properties |
| Arkansas | The University Golf Club, University of Arkansas (CCA) Forest Lake, Hot Springs |
| California | Indian Springs Country Club Mountainview CC at PGA West Norman Estates at PGA West Pacific Golf Club PGA West (KSL) Pension Trust Fund for the Operating Engineers Union Riviera Golf & Country Club San Juan Hills Country Club Squaw Valley USA |
| Colorado | Brightwater Club Chenoa |
| Connecticut | Byron Brook Country Club Bulls Bridge Golf Club Yale Farm Golf Club |
| Florida | Aberdeen Country Club Amelia Island Plantation The Bear’s Club Black Diamond Ranch Boca Pointe Golf & Racquet Club Broken Sound Coral Creek Club Coral Ridge Country Club Fallschase Lofts Grand Cypress Golf Resort Hammock Dunes Harmony (Equestrian) Hawk’s Nest Heathrow Indian River Country Club Members of the Island Club (Jupiter Island) Moorings at Carrabelle John’s Island Kings Bay Yacht & Country Club Lake Nona Mariner Sands Martin Downs Medalist Golf Club Mizner Country Club Monarch Country Club Naples Lakes Country Club Oakbrook Country Club Old Marsh Golf Club Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club Palm-Aire, Sarasota and Pompano Palm Beach Polo & Country Club Palm Harbor Marina & Yacht Center Sandestin, Burnt Pine Golf Club Sawgrass Country Club Seaside Shalimar Ponte Spencer/Rybovitch Boatyards The Reserve White Oak Plantation Williams Island Club Willoughby Golf Club Woodfield Country Club Woodmont Country Club Wyndemere Country Club |
| Georgia | Barnsley Gardens Currahee Club The Georgia Club Lake Lanier Islands The Landings on Skidaway Island Hutchinson Island, Savannah Little Tybee Island Osprey Cove Birch River Golf Club Savannah Sheraton Resort & Country Club Sea Island, Starwood Capital Sea Palms |
| Hawaii | Aina L’ea Waikiki Condominium Market |
| Idaho | Silver Horn |
| Illinois | Hawthorne Woods Country Club Stonebridge |
| Indiana | Victoria National Golf Club |
| Kansas | Lions Gate Golf Club |
| Maine | Sprague Corporation |
| Maryland | Mulberry Grove The Chesapeake Sporting Club Stage Coach, Somerset Homes Summerfields at Snow Hill |
| Massachusetts | Cobb’s Pond on the Bay The Down Island Golf Club Goodale Farms Golf Club |
| Michigan | Northville Golf Club Great Northern Golf Club |
| Missouri | Old Kinderhook Golf & Country Club |
| New Hampshire | Mount Washington Resort / Celebration Associates |
| New Mexico | Campbell Farming High Desert |
| New York | Casperkill Country Club Colonial Springs Golf Club Hudson National Golf Club The Concord, Entertainment Properties Trust |
| Nevada | Silver Canyon Partnership |
| North Carolina | Altapass Club (proposed) Appalachia Lake Bald Head Island Brier Creek Country Club Broyhill-Blowing Rock Catatoga Cullasaja Ecusta Redevelopment Elk River Club The Ellington The Fitzgerald Firefly Cove Grove Park Inn Hiawassee River Club Longleaf Golf & Country Club High Hemlock Maggie Valley Club Mountain Air Country Club Olde Beau Country Club Rock Barn Golf & Spa Rumbling Bald Resort and Country Club Santeetlah Lakeside Seven Falls Treyburn Trillium Uwharrie Point / Old North State Club Wolf Laurel Preserve |
| Pennsylvania | Diamond Run Hartefeld National Golf Club Heidleberg Country Club Hidden Valley Seven Springs Spring Ridge Club Treesdale Country Club Camelback Mountain Resort |
| South Carolina | Allora Homes Catawba Ridge Colleton River Plantation Country Club of Hilton Head Dataw Island Daufuskie Island DeBordieu Club Haig Point Club Oyster Reef RiverPort, Stratford Land The Reserve Golf Club at Litchfield Rosehill Plantation Wachesaw Plantation Webb Tract, Daufuskie Island Woodside Plantation (Phase III) |
| Tennessee | Wellsley Park, Knoxville Luxury Condominium Market Redtail Mountain Club |
| Texas | Boot Ranch/Lehman Brothers City of Bryan/Traditions Golf and Country Club at University Ranch Comanche Trace Ranch and Golf Club The Dominion Falcon Point Ingleside Golf and Yacht Club (Corpus Christi) Onion Creek Country Club Spanish Oaks |
| Virginia | Bayville Farms Golf Club Belmont Country Club Brambleton Clevenger’s Village- Centex Dominion Valley Country Club, Toll Brothers Homestead Preserve Keswick Estate and Club, Orient-Express Hotels Landsdowne, Xerox Corporation Links at Lake Anna Longlea Salt Ponds on the Bay Snyder Hunt – Proposed developments The River Club, Somerset Homes The Virginian Golf Club Tides Inn |
| West Virginia | Charles Pointe Overlook Sporting Club The Pete Dye Golf Club |
| Caribbean/ Bahamas/ Mexico/and Central America | Bahia Beach Resort and Club, Puerto Rico Bahamas / Carambola, St. Croix, Virgin Islands Mexico/and Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic Central Clifton Cay, New Providence, Bahamas America Cinnamon Hill Club, Rose Hall, Jamaica Costa Isabela, Puerto Rico Costa Careyes, Careyes, Mexico El Conquistador (LXR) The Embassy Club, Panama Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas Iberostar Hotels-Cancun, MX and Bavaro, DR La Solana, Punta Mita, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Las Catalinas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico Peninsula de Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Piramides del Rey, Cancun, Mexico Punta Cana Resort & Club, Dominican Republic Punta Mita, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Ritz-Carlton, San Juan Royal Westmoreland Golf & Country Club, Barbados, BWI Spa Resort Site Search, Nicaragua Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas Xcatic, Riviera Maya |
RSB, Inc. has offices in Charlottesville, Virginia, and West Palm Beach, Florida.
RALPH STEWART BOWDEN, INC.,
Real Estate Counselors
626 Elk Run Lane
Earlysville, Virginia 22936
voice.434.974.7611 facsimile.434.974.7612
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