City OKs Agreement for $325M Development on Former Coca-Cola Plant Site

The long-deserted site of the former Coca-Cola bottling plant downtown will soon come to life. The City Council unanimously approved plans Thursday to develop a $325 million mixed-use center on the 13-acre property across from the Von Braun Center on Clinton Avenue. The city said the Council’s approval is the first step in a partnership […]

Bringing a Unique Taste to Downtown, DGX Open for Business

You don’t expect to find a grocery store in a downtown parking garage but, then, that is one of the things that makes Huntsville so unique. Dollar General’s DGX Huntsville has opened in the Greene Street parking garage at the intersection of Holmes Avenue and Greene Street. The store is designed to meet the unique […]

106 Jefferson to Bring a “Boutique Kind of Experience”

The newest hotel in downtown Huntsville was designed with two things in mind: to build the city’s first luxury boutique hotel while not losing what media representative Jessica Newton called the “spirit of the community.’’ The 115-room hotel 106 Jefferson, which is part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, is merging the city’s high-tech profile […]

Lamar Advertising Maximizing Regional Exposure With Jetplex Facility

Lamar Advertising of North Alabama has consolidated its regional operations into a new 15,000 square-foot facility in the Jetplex Industrial Park. The $4 million facility will house the 24 employees who work in Decatur and Huntsville’s Five Points locations. The location creates a centralized hub for Lamar’s seven-county service areas of Huntsville and Madison, Decatur, […]

Home Sales Drop in April; Number of Houses on Market Dwindles

The heated housing sales market in Huntsville cooled off a notch last month, according to the latest report from the Alabama Center for Real Estate. Meanwhile, the number of houses available continues to dwindle in this seller’s market, ACRE said in its monthly report. Last month, there were just 461 houses on the market, compared […]

Business Lineup Growing at Hays Farm

Things are coming up in South Huntsville. And the latest to bloom is news that the Market at Hays Farm is adding four more businesses to its lineup. According to Branch Properties, the Publix Supermarket-anchored shopping center is more than 80% pre-leased since breaking ground last year. “The speed at which our team has leased […]

Report: Huntsville’s Technicolor Plant Sold for $39M

An affiliate of a Milwaukee commercial real estate firm bought the Technicolor facility on Moores Mill Road in Huntsville. According to a report, Phoenix Investors purchased the nearly 1.4 million square foot campus for about $39 million. “We entered the Huntsville industrial market with our purchase four years ago of the former Chesebrough-Pond’s manufacturing plant which we […]

I-565 Interchange Helps Town Madison Ramp Up Progress

MADISON — Toyota Field looked a bit like Mudville on Thursday as the long-awaited opening of the new Town Madison exit off I-565 struck out mightily in rain.  Moving the celebration into the open-air Toyota Field concourse from the exit ramp, the Madison Chamber of Commerce, Madison Mayor Paul Finley, Madison County Commission Chair Dale […]

Melting Pot Plans Return Dip in Huntsville Market

Restaurant not ruling out a return to Bridge Street but is considering several options

Average Sale Price of Huntsville Home Passes $300K

These are historic times for the Huntsville real estate market. The latest report from the Alabama Center for Real Estate shows the average sales price of a Huntsville home last month was $308,551. The price is an all-time high and is a precedent-setting 5.5% increase over February’s average of $292,583. “Historical data indicates that March […]