CM Fox realty open
Office is home sweet home for Miller



ALTAMONT — Having lived in Altamont his whole life, Troy Miller has opened up shop here, too.

CM Fox, the real estate business named for his two children, Christian and Madison, opened two months ago on Maple Avenue; Fox is a family name. The building that he owns at 106 Maple Ave. was once home to Stevens and Darling, a sandwich shop and ice cream parlor. He sold most of the equipment to the Pollards, who own the Home Front Café, and turned the building into offices for his realty business.

Miller has been in real estate for 12 years, he said. Out of high school, he got into construction. Five years ago his business was split 50/50 between construction and realty, he said; now he’s focused entirely on the real estate end.
"I’ve always had a passion for real estate," he said.
Right now he’s wrapping up Creekside, the senior housing complex on Park Street and gearing up to start on Severson Manor, a senior housing project that he just got the plans for in Voorheesville. He’d like to start as early as April or May for that project. It’s important "to allow the seniors to stay in the same community that they’ve always been in," he said.

Creekside will be finished by the middle of February, he expects. Half of the eight condominiums available in the complex have already been sold, he said, and he’ll be holding an open house on Sunday from noon to 2 p.m., he said. The going rate is $165,000 for each one-bedroom condominium.
He will still keep his office in Star Plaza open, Miller said, but he doesn’t plan to become much bigger. He plans to cater to Altamont, Voorheesville, and Guilderland. "It’s about being large locally, not geographically," he said.
He’s also trying to hire local people, he said. Right now there are eight agents working at CM Fox, and they’re all solid people, said Miller. "Last night, one of my agents was moving a client in at 10 o’clock at night," he said.
While he’s thinking about more senior housing in small towns, Miller says he’ll leave the large-scale senior centers to the big developers. The Duansburg and Delanson area is one that he mentioned as a possible place for senior housing. He is "trying to pinpoint the communities that don’t have options," he said.