Fleming Farms Ready to Welcome Huntsville Senior Residents

Little more than a year after breaking ground at the former Fleming estate in south Huntsville, Fleming Farms senior living community is welcoming its first residents. The upscale community facing Whitesburg Drive between Airport Road and Drake Avenue features 183 open concept apartment homes for seniors looking for independent living, assisted living and memory care […]

Virtuoso Living to Build Three-story Clubhouse

A west Huntsville development is stepping up its game in the housing industry. JCF Living, developers of Virtuoso Living, will build a three-story clubhouse – the first of  its kind in the Southeast. This state of the art building will be in addition to its current clubhouse.  The unique community considers its apartment units as […]

Huntsville Rent Increase Among Highest in the Country

Huntsville’s growth is putting a strain on the housing market with a limited number of properties in its inventory. Now, a new analysis shows rental prices are rising above the national average during the global pandemic. In fact, Huntsville had the seventh-highest increase at 10.5 percent, according to the analysis by AdvisorSmith. The numbers showed: […]

Westward, Ho! Anthem Apartments and Cottages Join Growing Area of Huntsville

Coming soon to growing west Huntsville, a rental community that graciously merges country living with easy access to the best that Huntsville-Madison County has to offer. Birmingham-based Capstone Building Corp., in partnership with developers EYC Cos. and The Kalikow Group, are developing Anthem Apartments and Cottages, a $67 million, multifamily community in Huntsville. “It’s a […]

Publix to Anchor The Market at Hays Farm

One of the most prominent vacant retail developments in the Huntsville metro area is getting a $23.5 million investment, it was announced Friday. Publix Super Market will serve as the grocery anchor for the Market at Hays Farm (formerly Haysland Square) development, according to developer Branch Properties. “This is an exciting development for South Huntsville […]

Huntsville No. 2 for Career Opportunities in COVID-19 Recession

We’re not No. 1, but No. 2 is pretty good. In a recent study, Huntsville ranked No. 2 among the best places for career opportunities in the COVID-19 recession . SmartAsset analyzed 200 of the largest metro areas across seven metrics related to employment, income and access to professional development through higher education or career counseling. […]

Madison County Housing Market Booms Despite Pre-COVID Shortages

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the only things obstructing regional residential growth was the construction industry labor shortage and a desperate shortage of housing inventory.  Still, during the pandemic, there is nothing – at least nothing new – slowing the residential housing market in North Alabama. Not a virus, not consumers, not builders, not banks, not […]

Force Majeure: An Unexpected Legal Side Effect of Coronavirus

If you are a person who never reads the fine print of a contract, you have probably never heard of a force majeure clause. However, that clause in every commercial contract for the past century may be worth reading for those suffering the economic hardships caused by coronavirus and the economic shutdown. That relatively short […]

Middleburg Communities Breaks Ground on 290-Unit Apartment Community in Cummings Research Park

Middleburg Communities has broken ground on Mosby Bridge Street, a 290-unit apartment development in Cummings Research Park. Construction on the community at 320 Voyager Way is expected to be completed April 2022 with leasing starting in May 2021. “Mosby Bridge Street is another excellent example of utilizing our extensive research capabilities to identify prime locations […]

Huntsville Housing Sales Up Nearly 15% Over Year Ago

Though the number of house available for sale is the lowest in years, Huntsville residential sales for the first quarter of this year was nearly 15 percent higher than the first quarter of 2019. The sales, according to the quarterly report from the Alabama Center for Real Estate, for the first quarter totaled 1,801 units, […]