Luxury and Convenience: Huntsville and Madison are Keeping up with Luxury Apartment Trend

If anything, the pandemic has put a finer point on the concept of “Home, Sweet Home.” With most jobs shifting to a remote platform, along with the closing of schools and fitness centers, many reconfigured their living spaces into mini offices, classrooms, and home gyms.  During the last year and a half, homeowners and renters […]

City of Huntsville COVID Update: Fluctuating Case Numbers and ERAP

Cases of COVID-19 in Madison County have dropped in the past week. That’s the positive news Crestwood Medical Center CEO Dr. Pam Hudson brought to the COVID-19 briefing Wednesday at the Huntsville City Council chambers. “There is a reduction in new cases over the last seven days of 10 percent,’’ she said. “Some good news […]

New Madison Villas Add to Huntsville-Madison County Real Estate Scene

Andy Keelon is the owner and developer of a $60 million luxury condo rental development, known as St. Andrews Villas, the newest and one of the only luxury condo rental developments in the area. Keelon has bought and sold several multi-family complexes over the last several years and decided that building Class-A upscale products is […]

Quaint and Historic Meets Low-Rise Luxury at Avenue Madison

Downtown Madison has always been known for its small-town charm with a historic train depot and jailhouse converted into a family-owned restaurant, a southern style downtown gazebo, firmly planted bungalow homes with wraparound porches, eclectic retail shops, and the town’s favorite event space known as The Barn. But downtown Madison is going through a rejuvenation […]

Huntsville Homeowners Lead in Home Improvement Projects in 2021

There is nothing like being stuck at home over an extended period to convince the average Alabamian that leaky roof is getting worse; that sticking door is a menace; those clanging pipes must go; and indeed, your family has outgrown your existing layout and you do need to enlarge the bathroom, knock out a wall, […]

$200M Mixed-Use Development Planned for Cummings Research Park

Upland Park will feature a senior living community.

If You (Want to) Build it, Will Materials Come? Supply Shortage Hampers Construction

As a business, the construction industry in North Alabama is highly competitive; but as an industry, the contractors and builders are friends or, at least, casual acquaintances who come together to share ideas, discuss problems, and seek solutions that affect everyone across the industry. When the labor shortage for instance, began affecting the industry, these […]

The Lofts at Dallas Mill to Join Expansion of Downtown North

Downtown Huntsville’s northern expansion continues with a new development along Meridian Street. Construction is underway on The Lofts at Dallas Mill in Huntsville’s Downtown North. The Ventis Group started construction on the workforce and lifestyle housing development in May and anticipates opening late in the fall of 2022, according to a news release. Designed with […]

Huntsville in Top 10 for Buying Long-term Rental Properties

Owning real estate has traditionally been viewed as an effective way to hedge against inflation. The logic is simple: as the price of goods and services increases, so does property value. Like other types of real estate, rental properties stand to appreciate in value, but that’s hardly the only benefit of this asset class. By […]

Madison County Extending Rental Assistance Funds into Huntsville

With no one on the Madison County waiting list for the previously granted federal Emergency Rental Assistance, commissioners voted Wednesday to extend some of the funds into Huntsville. Both the city and county received grants to offer rental assistance during the pandemic to struggling renters, and with money sitting idle in the county’s coffers it […]