Category: Business
September 2017: Monthly Development Review
November 6, 2017
A new grocery-anchored shopping center on Zierdt Road was among the top non-residential building permits issued last month. Residential CO’s nearly doubled year-over-year. Residential Permits (new construction) in Huntsville city limits: In September, 332 housing units were permitted, 84 single- and 248 multi-family. The top tract for building permits last month was 14.02 (Research Park), where 248 units were permitted, all multi-family. This is an 11.5% decrease over September 2016, when 375 housing units (75 [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of October 23, 2017
October 27, 2017
Read time: 1 minute There’s nothing spooky about these Stats and Facts…well, maybe the last one. Groundbreaking for Groundbreaking Rocket Engines Aerojet Rocketdyne broke ground on a 136K square-foot manufacturing facility in North Huntsville. It also announced the location for its Defense HQ at 950 Explorer Blvd. California Love California-based Parsons broke ground on a new facility for software and hardware integration. It will add 50 employees in Huntsville. VALOR Vietnam Vet and Huntsville resident Gary Michael Rose [more]
Read MoreParsons Global Tech Company Expands Huntsville footprint and adds 50 new jobs
October 25, 2017
Mayor Tommy Battle joined leaders from Parsons today in announcing an expansion of the global engineering firm’s Huntsville location to include a new 25,000 square-foot high-bay facility and an additional 50 new jobs. The new facility at 401 Diamond Drive will give Parsons greater capability to accommodate a growing portfolio of work in Huntsville, including software and hardware integration for customers in the defense, intelligence, and infrastructure sectors. “Parsons is a leading company and [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of October 9, 2017
October 13, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Welcome to the Fiber Hood Google Fiber is now offering services in the Hampton Cove area of Huntsville. Innovation is what we do Huntsville hosted the Association of University Research Parks annual meeting, where the city received the Community of Innovation award. Rocket City meet Rocket Engines Aerojet Rocketdyne will manufacture advanced rocket engines in North Huntsville Industrial Park and site its defense HQ in Cummings Research Park. Looking for a home? The North Alabama Multiple Listing Service reports Huntsville/Madison [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of September 25, 2017
September 29, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Rev up your engines, Huntsville! Toyota is investing $106 million at its plant in Huntsville and is adding 50 jobs. One-third of all American-built Toyota engines are produced at the Huntsville plant. That’s a lotta Charger Blue UAH hit a record enrollment with 9,101 students, a 7.5% increase compared to Fall 2016. Women mean business in Huntsville The U.S. Chamber of Commerce named PROJECTXYZ in Huntsville as a Women-Owned Business Achievement Award winner. Exports [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of September 18, 2017
September 22, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Presidential Visit President Donald Trump will be the seventh sitting Commander-in-Chief to visit Huntsville. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush all visited during their terms. Cue up the Que Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que will open a Downtown Huntsville location at 127 Holmes across from The Avenue development. This location will feature a rooftop terrace and bar. What’s old is new again STOVEHOUSE, an adaptive reuse project of the Martin Stove [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of September 11, 2017
September 14, 2017
Read time: 1 minute All the meats Char Restaurant, a contemporary steakhouse, is the latest tenant to announce at the Merchant’s Square Development on Bob Wallace. Char has locations in Tennessee and Mississippi. Healthy Hampton Cove Anytime Fitness announced it’s building a new facility in the Hampton Cove area. The center should open this fall. Hot homes Sharestates, an online real-estate investing platform, released its fall report and named Huntsville to its list of hottest markets. Who has [more]
Read MoreAugust 2017: Monthly Development Review
September 7, 2017
Renovations to the former Butler High School topped the list of non-residential permits issued last month. Residential permits increased slightly year-over-year. Residential Permits (new construction) in Huntsville city limits: In August, 109 housing units were permitted, 104 single- and 5 multi-family. The top tract for building permits last month was 109.01 (Hampton Cove), where 21 units were permitted, all single-family. This is a 6.9% increase over August 2016, when 102 housing units (all single-family) were [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of September 4, 2017
September 6, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Best Tech ZipRecruiter named Huntsville the fastest growing “tech city” in the U.S. Providence Development The Casual Pint Beer Market, a craft beer bar and store, and Vintage West, a Cullman-based interior design shop, are two new concepts coming to the Village of Providence. Workforce Development Huntsville City School students can learn advanced aviation manufacturing skills through a partnership with Drake State and SES, Inc. Building Advantage Building Owners and Managers Association’s Experience Exchange Report [more]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of August 28, 2017
September 1, 2017
Read time: 1 minute BASF Expansion BASF celebrated production of its 400 millionth automotive catalytic converter and an expansion of its plant in Huntsville that will create 10 new jobs. Good news for real estate North Alabama Multiple Listing Service reports Huntsville area home sales totaled 630 units in July, an increase of 7.9% year over year. Year to date sales increased 11.3%. The median sales price in July was $207,000, an increase of 8.9% [more]
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