CORPUS CHRISTI — This year is expected to be positive for the area, local industry officials said Thursday. More jobs are likely to be added, the Army depot will expand and the area will continue to benefit from oil and gas production. “2011 won’t be great, but it will be positive,” said Matt Cravey, a broker with NAI Cravey Real Estate Services.

“The economy was fast and furious; everybody was making lots of money. Stores were opening all over the place, all across the country not just Corpus Christi, and so many of the high lifestyle stores were interested in coming to Corpus Christi,” said Matthew Cravey, President of Cravey Real Estate, and owner of the land.

Matt Cravey, a Corpus Christi commercial real estate broker who represents landowners in the Robstown and Westside mall deals, said there are enough consumers to support those projects, but the problem is financing.

What a difference a decade makes. It was just 10 years ago that:

Panic was rampant about the Y2K bug;
The Nasdaq closed at 5,048.62, its highest point before the dot-com bust;
AOL bought Time Warner for $162 billion…

I knew that you were a great commercial realtor, but I didn’t realize how great until a year later when I needed help with the tenant. You were still there for me. Most Realtors would have taken my money and run, but you were there for me beyond the call of duty. I don’t know what I would of done without you. I feel that you certainly will always have my back. I am looking forward to you handling my other commercial real estate properties.