Huntsville updates

[SpawnOfVulcan]

Originally Posted by HSVTiger

Which gives MS a tremendous potential, it sits on some of the most valuable land in town

It's in a perfect location for expansion of the research park. In the grand scheme of things, Bridge Street could be the best thing to have ever happened to the Research Park/University interchange. Whether or not the current structure is deemed useful, I think the land shows great potential. It'll just take time.

[HSVTiger]

City Centre downtown, at the old Holiday Inn site

[huntsvillefan]

City Centre looks attractive. Good looking buildings--especially downtown are a must.

[stewdog1]

Originally Posted by HSVTiger

City Centre downtown, at the old Holiday Inn site

Well, 7 stories is better than 5.

[HSVTiger]

Originally Posted by stewdog1

Well, 7 stories is better than 5.

yeah they better be careful, you might actually see something from a distance beside light poles and TVA power lines.

[TimCity2000]

nice job Huntsville! when will this open?

[PSMadison]

Originally Posted by HSVTiger

yeah they better be careful, you might actually see something from a distance beside light poles and TVA power lines.

What do you mean? The jail is easy to see! Right from 3 of the busiest roads in town.

Welcome to Huntsville!

[HSVTiger]

Originally Posted by TimCity2000

nice job Huntsville! when will this open?

mid to late 2016 most likely, but there are many pieces to the project much like Twickenham Square next door

[HSVTiger]

Sprouts Farmers Market, which recently opened its first Alabama store in Birmingham and has locations under development in Hoover and Vestavia Hills, will make its Huntsville debut Wednesday on 7504 U.S. 72 West next to Hobby Lobby.

[HSVTiger]

Coming to south Huntsville renovation and expansion near Golf Road and South Memorial Parkway,
Torch Technologies



Torch and Freedom Real Estate & Capital are working with Matheny Goldmon Architects, Turner Construction and 4 Site to develop the project. Construction will include the renovation of a 40,000-square-foot vacant facility on 4090 South Memorial Parkway, as well as the 40,000-square-foot, four-story building on 4035 Chris Drive, which currently serves as the headquarters for Torch, Freedom Real Estate & Capital and Invariant LLC.

"By staying here in south Huntsville, we'll be keeping this campus from going dark," Roark said.
Crews also will build a more than 10,000-square-foot conference center, which will connect the buildings on South Parkway and Chris Drive to create a combined property called The Freedom Center. Once complete, Torch will occupy the 4090 South Memorial Parkway property, the new conference center and a portion of the building on 4035 Chris Drive

[HSVTiger]

New building soon to be constructed for Calhoun Community College in Research Park at their campus on Wynn Dr.

[SpawnOfVulcan]

Originally Posted by HSVTiger

Coming to south Huntsville renovation and expansion near Golf Road and South Memorial Parkway,
Torch Technologies



Torch and Freedom Real Estate & Capital are working with Matheny Goldmon Architects, Turner Construction and 4 Site to develop the project. Construction will include the renovation of a 40,000-square-foot vacant facility on 4090 South Memorial Parkway, as well as the 40,000-square-foot, four-story building on 4035 Chris Drive, which currently serves as the headquarters for Torch, Freedom Real Estate & Capital and Invariant LLC.

"By staying here in south Huntsville, we'll be keeping this campus from going dark," Roark said.
Crews also will build a more than 10,000-square-foot conference center, which will connect the buildings on South Parkway and Chris Drive to create a combined property called The Freedom Center. Once complete, Torch will occupy the 4090 South Memorial Parkway property, the new conference center and a portion of the building on 4035 Chris Drive

Let's not forget that this expansion will add 150 employees over the next few years. Great news for South Huntsville... already a suburb mecca, it should benefit from a better employment base.

[HSVTiger]

Latest population (2014) figures for the big 4 metros in the state.

Jefferson (Birmingham) county 660,793; metro 1,143,772 (7 counties)
Madison (Huntsville) county 350,300; metro 441,086 (2 counties)
Mobile county 415,123; metro 415,123 (1 county)
Montgomery county 226,189; metro 373,141 (4 counties)

[HSVTiger]

Opening downtown
Old Town Beer Exchange, a 1,300-square-foot store at 301 Holmes Ave.
Old Town Beer Exchange will be the newest craft beer and wine offering in downtown Huntsville when it launches the second week of April. Founded by Solid Earth CEO Matt Fowler, his brother, Bill, former Olde Towne Brewing owner Don Alan Hankins and attorney Derek Simpson, the store aims to entertain and educate customers on the growing craft beer scene.

The store and taproom will be led by manager Chase Shelton, well-known for his work with Below the Radar across the street. Old Town Beer Exchange won't be a grocery store or liquor mart, but a boutique-style destination for patrons who want to learn about the art behind the beer.
The building features a 32-tap bar made of salvaged wood from a 1850s north Alabama homestead and bricks from the demolished Coca Cola bottling plant in downtown Huntsville. The taproom chairs, which have been recovered, came from the now-closed Kaffeeklatsch Bar on Jefferson Street.

The taproom tables also have a story to tell. They look like antiques, but they were actually made recently by men at a substance abuse rehabilitation center in Georgia. When the store opens next month, local beer-inspired art from Carole Foret will grace the walls.
from al.com

[HSVTiger]

and a few miles west



from al.com
The grassy plaza at the former Stone Middle School campus will be known as Clinton Avenue Performing Arts Park. On Thursday night, the City Council voted to pay Matheny Goldmon Architects $32,000 to design the four-acre venue.

The park's dominant feature will be a large "performance lawn" wedged between the new Straight to Ale and Yellowhammer breweries.

Food trucks will be able to pull right up to the park along Clinton Avenue; everyone else will use a 170-space parking lot in back.

[HSVTiger]

Bid date for new super Walmart on Winchester Rd diagonal (west of Homer Nance) from Publix is April 23.
Will be nearly identical to the new one in Hazel Green, A MAPCO Express out front and two outparcels available

[HSVTiger]

Shanes Rib Shack coming back in June
The fast-casual barbecue eatery has been absent from the Huntsville restaurant scene since last September, when the company decided to close its old store and downsize to the former Momma Goldberg's space in the Village of Whitesburg Shopping Center.
The menu will be the same, but will offer lower prices at the new location. The company plans to open additional stores in Huntsville and Madison.

[mustanggt]

Originally Posted by HSVTiger

Bid date for new super Walmart on Winchester Rd diagonal (west of Homer Nance) from Publix is April 23.
Will be nearly identical to the new one in Hazel Green, A MAPCO Express out front and two outparcels available

Any word on rumors that the old Star on Bailey Cove will be demolished and a Walmart Neighbor hood market in its place?

[HSVTiger]

Good job providence destroying the very thing that made it attractive.
Whatever you do in this city cut down every tree you can to put up crap.

from al.com
The Village of Providence continued its expansion efforts Thursday with an official kickoff of Phase VIII, which will create 52 custom homes at the Huntsville neighborhood development.

Developer David Slyman said 15 of the homes are currently under construction at the west end of the Providence bridge, with more to be added over time. The eighth phase represents a $25 million investment, Slyman said.

Officials also took the opportunity to celebrate winning the 2014 Community of the Year Award from the National Association of Home Builders and the Platinum Award for Best Mixed-Use Community. The awards recognize outstanding achievement and innovation each year.

"When you get the Community of the Year from the National Home Builders Association, that is something that nobody else has done as they said in Alabama for 30 years, but it is also something that makes us very proud to be part of Huntsville," Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle told the crowd. "As part of Huntsville, this shows that Huntsville is always on the cutting edge."

Slyman said he and his brother, Todd, had planned to cut the ribbon on Phase VIII late last year, but wet weather "put us way behind the eight ball."

He said home sales have been rapidly picking up since the weather has improved.

"We expect it won't be too long until we announce Phase IX," he said.

Only one-third of the Village has been built, and more than $350 million has been invested since its inception. The Village of Providence now has more than 200 homes, 226 apartments, two national hotels, several restaurants and businesses, and over 450 workers.

Slyman, who said another 400 homes will be built at the Village of Providence, said new multi-family and retail components should come to fruition in the future.

"On the Village side, we'll have some other announcements coming," he said. "We've got another corporation getting ready to locate here. We've got another hotel to announce shortly, and another phase of our Providence Place Apartments."

[David1502]

Originally Posted by HSVTiger

Good job providence destroying the very thing that made it attractive.
Whatever you do in this city cut down every tree you can to put up crap.

from al.com
The Village of Providence continued its expansion efforts Thursday with an official kickoff of Phase VIII, which will create 52 custom homes at the Huntsville neighborhood development.

Developer David Slyman said 15 of the homes are currently under construction at the west end of the Providence bridge, with more to be added over time. The eighth phase represents a $25 million investment, Slyman said.

Officials also took the opportunity to celebrate winning the 2014 Community of the Year Award from the National Association of Home Builders and the Platinum Award for Best Mixed-Use Community. The awards recognize outstanding achievement and innovation each year.

"When you get the Community of the Year from the National Home Builders Association, that is something that nobody else has done as they said in Alabama for 30 years, but it is also something that makes us very proud to be part of Huntsville," Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle told the crowd. "As part of Huntsville, this shows that Huntsville is always on the cutting edge."

Slyman said he and his brother, Todd, had planned to cut the ribbon on Phase VIII late last year, but wet weather "put us way behind the eight ball."

He said home sales have been rapidly picking up since the weather has improved.

"We expect it won't be too long until we announce Phase IX," he said.

Only one-third of the Village has been built, and more than $350 million has been invested since its inception. The Village of Providence now has more than 200 homes, 226 apartments, two national hotels, several restaurants and businesses, and over 450 workers.

Slyman, who said another 400 homes will be built at the Village of Providence, said new multi-family and retail components should come to fruition in the future.

"On the Village side, we'll have some other announcements coming," he said. "We've got another corporation getting ready to locate here. We've got another hotel to announce shortly, and another phase of our Providence Place Apartments."

It is of note that a third hotel will be built in Providence and another corporation will be putting their offices there. When the Slyman brothers began this project around 2000, I don't think anyone would have guessed that there would be 450 people working in it or that $350 million in investment would have happened.

As far as the cutting down of trees, it is difficult to keep a lot of trees when the whole concept of Providence is high density - meaning very small lots where the residents can walk to the neighborhood restaurants and retail. Without the population from the residential (including homes, condos and apartments) as well as the folks working in offices and guests staying in the over 200 hotel rooms, the restaurants and retail wouldn't make it.

By contrast, if they had built the typical subdivision found just north of there in Monrovia, there would have been a lot more trees, but there wouldn't be all of the other amenities either. They did give the City of Huntsville all of the land for the Indian Creek Greenway which will always be forested.

By contrast, look at the Constellation development downtown - no trees, no grass and only one building. And it is has been in the works for a long time, too.