With construction of one new apartment complex well underway, and three slated to follow in the next year, Statesboro appears to be on the brink of another multi-family residential building "boom" as single family home ownership continues to decline across the southeast and the rest of the country. "Even though we won't be open until next summer, we are leasing bedrooms at an unprecedented rate," said Mitch Fender, head of community operations for The Forum, a 780-bed apartment complex that is currently being built on Highway 301 South near the Statesboro Bypass. "Of course, we will rent to anyone that meets the criteria including young professionals and families, but most complexes like ours are really designed with the needs of the student in mind."