Front Row Huntsville In the News
A Groundbreaking Destination
Front Row, Huntsville Alabama's transformative downtown development, commemorated its groundbreaking phase on April 16, 2024. Mayor Battle joined key project figureheads Mitchell Rutter, CEO of Essex Capital, and Daniel Shields, President of Ascend Property, along...
$375 million downtown Huntsville development nearing start of construction
The long-planned mixed-use development adjacent to the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville has a new construction schedule. Front Row, planned for the site of the former Coca-Cola bottling plant on Clinton Avenue, plans to break ground in January after the city...
Spotlight on Madison County: Community Development
Last spring, Gov. Kay Ivey approved three major road projects in Madison County and pledged 60% of state funds to support them, with the cities of Huntsville and Madison and the Madison County Commission collaborating to provide the remaining 40%. The state-funded...
What is the latest ‘big time’ development in downtown Huntsville?
It will be the biggest construction project downtown Huntsville has seen this century and, though there have been delays, work is expected to begin by the end of the summer on the development on vacant land between Clinton and Holmes avenues across from the Von Braun...
Faster, bigger, more profitable: Developers accelerate downtown Huntsville project
Faster, bigger, denser, more profitable. That was the message as the Huntsville City Council was updated Thursday on plans to turn one of downtown’s last big open spaces into retail, residential and office space. Rocket City Development Partners has squeezed its...
Front Row, Huntsville’s newest $325 million mixed-use project announced
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Rocket Development Partners, a joint venture of Essex Capital and Ascend Property Group, announces today the name and first official rendering of its groundbreaking, new mixed-use district – Front Row. Front Row, an 11-acre project, is set to deliver...
City of Huntsville, Alabama, ‘Best Place to Live’ in U.S. News & World Report survey
Great news! The City of Huntsville, Alabama, is the 2022-2023 best place to live in the United States, according to a ranking by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News recently analyzed 150 large metropolitan areas in the U.S. to find the best places to live based on...
$325M mixed-use project proposed for downtown Huntsville
Huntsville is paving the way for a $325 million project with a New York developer that would bring a mixed-use concept downtown. The Huntsville City Council approved the development that is slated to offer apartments, a 100-room hotel and retail outlets at a vacant...
Latest big downtown Huntsville development headed for City Council approval
A plan to develop the last big piece of open land in downtown Huntsville is heading to the City Council this week and, while details are scarce, it looks familiar to anyone following recent city growth: a big, mixed-use project developed in phases including plans for...