Faster, bigger, more profitable: Developers accelerate downtown Huntsville project

Aug 1, 2022 | Featured, Press

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

Jul 1, 2022 | Featured, Press

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

May 17, 2022 | Featured, Press

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

Jun 10, 2021 | Press

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

Jun 9, 2021 | Press

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...