Category: Business
Stats & 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 ]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of August 21, 2017
August 28, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Drink up Huntsville Utilities opened its new $90 million water treatment plant. It will initially supply 12 million gallons per day and is capable of producing 96 million gallons per day. Congrats are in order 26 Huntsville companies made the list of Inc.500/5000 list of fastest growing private companies. There were 59 Alabama companies listed. We’re really good at making missiles Huntsville is one of three Boeing offices that will perform design work on [ more ]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of August 14, 2017
August 17, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Ribbon is cut The new Gate 9 at Redstone Arsenal is officially open. Housing stats In July, 133 housing units were permitted, 73 single- and 60 multi-family…down roughly 6% year over year. 204 housing units were granted certificates of occupancy consisting of 81 single and 123 multi-family…a 132% increase year over year. HudsonAlpha continues to wow HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has been awarded a $2 million National Institute for Mental Health grant to [ more ]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of August 7, 2017
August 10, 2017
Read time: 1 minute On the rise Huntsville area home sales totaled 744 units in June, a rise in sales of 8.1% from June 2016. Median sales price in June was $190,000, up 5.5% from June 2016, reports the North Alabama Multiple Listing Service (NAMLS). Cable service expands WOW! residential and business services are now available to 30,000 customers in Huntsville, doubling the number of customers since it was introduced in October 2016. Sweet potatoes, pecans [ more ]
Read MoreJuly 2017: Monthly Development Review
August 10, 2017
New industrial and office space topped the list of non-residential permits issued last month. Residential certificates of occupancy doubled year-over-year. Residential Permits (new construction) in Huntsville city limits: In July, 133 housing units were permitted, 73 single- and 60 multi-family. The top tract for building permits last month was 212 (Greenbrier), where 61 units were permitted, 1 single- and 60 multi-family. This is a 6.34% decrease over July 2016, when 142 housing units (102 single- [ more ]
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