Ivey Announces I-565 Widening Project

MONTGOMERY – Following through on a campaign promise, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday a widening project for heavily traveled I-565. She also said a second project will expand the I-65 interchange at Tanner. The two major transportation projects were selected by the Alabama Department of Transportation for the Rebuild Alabama Act First Year Plan 2020. The […]

Safety is Paramount as Construction on Town Madison Stadium Reaches Significant Milestones

MADISON — The home for the Rocket City Trash Pandas baseball team is about one-quarter complete. Concrete and steel have gone up and the underground plumbing and electricity is being laid. Mud is moving, tractors are pulling, trucks are dumping, and walls are being erected. The entire Town Madison development may have gotten off to […]

Neither rain, nor more rain, nor even more rain can slow the progress at MidCity Huntsville

While constant rain, some heavy enough to cause flooding, has been a seemingly daily companion to the Tennessee Valley community, the wet conditions haven’t slowed progress at MidCity Huntsville. “We only had three good days in December,’’ said Nadia Niakossary, project coordinator for developer RCP Companies. “But we figured that into the time frame. We’re […]

Fleming Farms, Redstone Gateway Projects Underway

Construction is underway on a pair of BL Harbert projects in Huntsville. Ground was broken this month on Fleming Farms, a senior housing community, and 8800 Redstone Gateway, an office development. Fleming Farms, on Whitesburg Drive, will support the needs of a wide range of seniors from independent living and assisted living to memory care. […]

State DOT Filling Potholes, Investigating Cracks

The torrential rains that brought flood conditions to the area also wreaked havoc with the highways, creating potholes and cracks as wide as a lane. State Department of Transportation crews began filling potholes that made Interstate-565 resemble a moonscape more than a highway. Seth Burkett, ALDOT’s North Region public information officer, said “several tons of […]

You Can Go Back to the Stone Age – for Korean Barbecue

Barbecue is synonymous with the South. And a restaurant coming to Huntsville offers its barbecue from the South, as in South Korea. The Stone Age Korean Steakhouse is slated to open late this fall in the Times Plaza development on South Memorial Parkway. “Korean barbecue is a growing trend in many major cities that will […]

New Tower is Hospital’s Largest Project in Nearly 40 Years

Huntsville Hospital has broken ground on the biggest medical construction project in the downtown area in almost four decades. The new Orthopedic & Spine Tower will feature 375,000 square feet of surgical, patient care and specialized physical rehabilitation space in the heart of the hospital campus. The tower will house the hospital’s orthopedic and spine […]

History and Future Merge with Blue Origin Engine Plant in the Rocket City

Looking back on history with an eye to the future, elected officials joined the CEOs of Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance in a ground-breaking ceremony Friday for a $200 million rocket engine manufacturing facility in Huntsville. “We’re here to celebrate history with a vision to the future,” said Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield […]

Multi-use development planned for former Coca-Cola plant site

For some time, there have been questions and rumors about the site of the former Coca-Cola plant on Clinton Avenue. Now, the questions have been answered and rumors dispelled. Rocket Development Partners of New York City owns the 13-acre property and have a vision for its use. “There’s going to be a mixed-use development on […]

Ahead of Spring Opening, AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown Taking Reservations

It hasn’t opened, yet, but Huntsville’s newest hotel is taking reservations. The AC Hotel Huntsville Downtown, the first AC Hotels by Marriott in Alabama, said reservations are being accepted ahead of its spring opening. The six-story hotel is across the street from the Von Braun Center and is the first tenant for CityCentre at Big Spring, […]