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North Alabama projects to watch

AL.com has compiled a list of notable projects to watch in North Alabama through 2017.

Click through the list to see some of the highlights.

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Bridge Street Town Centre

The outdoor center in Huntsville recently welcomed new-to-Alabama Kona Grill near Anna Cate, a locally-owned fashion jewelry shop. Urban Cookhouse also plans to move to Bridge Street in February next to the newly-expanded Mountain High Outfitters.

Moe's Southwest Grill is in the process of launching a 2,128-square-foot restaurant this year between Michael Kors and Steel City Pops, while AT&T is building a 5,200-square-foot retail space in the building formerly home to Rejuvenation Nail Spa by Panera Bread.

Cinemark is replacing all existing seating at Monaco Pictures to include Luxury Lounger recliners. Work is also underway on a new hotel – Element by Westin – to operate on floors 7-11 of the existing Westin facility in January.

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Village of Providence

The Village of Providence will welcome its third hotel, a Hampton Inn and Suites, late this year. The $10.5 million, four-story hotel will be home to Taco Mama, a Birmingham-based taco bar with a location at Twickenham Square.

A 4,300-square-foot Edgar's Bakery & Cafe is set to open late this month in a two-story office facility at the intersection of Biltmore Drive and Providence Main Street. The building will also house private investment company AUM Capital Group and the AUM Charitable Foundation on the second floor.

Developer David Slyman said they recently signed a new Hilton product, which will be the fourth hotel at Providence. More information will be available later.

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MidCity Huntsville

Since purchasing former owner CBL & Associates' portion of Madison Square Mall, RCP Companies has been working with Urban Design Associates on creating a new vision for the University Drive site.

Known as MidCity Huntsville, the project is still in the design phase and subject to changes. We know MidCity will feature a mix of uses, including commercial and office space, retail, at least one boutique hotel, and hundreds of multi-family residential units.

Will Culver, who is president on the Huntsville City Council, has said the city's contribution to MidCity will be $10 to $12 million in infrastructure work. Phase I of the project will begin next year, with Phase IV finishing by 2021-22.

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MidCity Huntsville

Here is an artist's rendering of MidCity Huntsville provided by the developer in August.

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MidCity Huntsville

Here is an artist's rendering of MidCity Huntsville provided by the developer in August.

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(Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com)

Academy Plaza

Tom Mirandi, vice president of real estate at RD Management, said tenant announcements are expected in early 2017 at Academy Plaza, a new project to be anchored by Academy Sports + Outdoors and surrounded by 36,000 square feet of mid-sized retail space at Memorial Parkway and Drake Avenue in Huntsville.

Academy Sports will span 63,000 square feet and create approximately 100 jobs when it opens next year. The site was home to Walmart until fall 2014 when the retailer moved to 3031 Memorial Parkway S.W.

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225 Holmes

Crunkleton & Associates said in August a groundbreaking ceremony will be held this fall for 225 Holmes, a 32,000-square-foot retail and office project across the street from Below the Radar and Old Town Beer Exchange.

Spokeswoman Kadie Pangburn told AL.com the primary tenant will be revealed later this year. The development could potentially have a third-floor rooftop patio with additional restaurant or event space.

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Cummings Research Park

Leaders unveiled the new Cummings Research Park master plan earlier this year and have taken feedback on the document, which will serve as a blueprint for future growth in the area. A final plan should be presented to the CRP board, Planning Commission and City Council in late fall for approval and adoption.

In late August, the council rezoned a 12.46-acre vacant parcel on the east side of Wynn Drive and north side of Old Madison Pike as a Research Park Commercial District. The move allows CRP to move beyond traditional office, research and educational activity to offer shopping, hotels, food and beverage to companies and employees within the park.

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Constellation

Developer Scott McLain said it will be a while before tenant and use announcements are made about Constellation, but action is expected soon near the Von Braun Center.

"We have started and are moving fast, with activity every day," he told AL.com in October.

McLain inherited the 21-acre site from his late father, Gene McLain, and has been working since 2007 to redevelop it. A 149-room SpringHill Suites hotel that opened in September 2011 is currently the only tenant at Constellation.

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Decatur Mall

Renovations are underway at Decatur Mall on Beltline Road Southwest. Hull Property Group of Augusta, Ga., acquired the 558,610-square-foot retail facility early this year from former owner Garrison Investment Group of New York.

Hull is same real estate company that bought and revamped Florence Mall starting in 2013.

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The Avenue

The Avenue is preparing for a full fall debut at the corner of Holmes Avenue and Jefferson Street in downtown Huntsville. More than 140 lofts are now available at the five-floor building, with the remaining 55 to open late next month when the second phase of construction is over.

The Avenue includes a 400-unit parking deck, two galleries for socializing and events, and an indoor/outdoor open air gallery with Wi-Fi and TVs that overlooks the pool. Street-level commercial space is also available at the development.

Church Street Purveyor, which hopes to launch Jan. 1, is the only tenant confirmed so far for The Avenue. More commercial tenants will be announced this fall.

"We've got a few restaurants going in, a coffee shop," developer Charlie Sealy said last week. "We've got some neat things coming."

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The Avenue

The residential lofts feature up to three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, include wood, carpeted or concrete floors, and have tall ceilings. A saltwater pool, resident fitness center, and outdoor fireplace, grill and social area are available.

Sealy said they're working with the City of Huntsville on streetscape improvements around The Avenue.

The Avenue will include a new public art display by sculpture artist Christopher Fennell, who was chosen after a panel received more than 30 artist qualifications and proposals for the partnership. The project will include two pieces, Light Tree and Light Arch, in the plaza along Jefferson Street and at the southwest corner of Jefferson and Meridian streets.

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Oasis

The Oasis is a proposed 560,000-square-foot project off Exit 3 on I-565. Real estate firm Crunkleton & Associates describes the complex as a unique "microurban destination" that will include a luxury hotel and conference center, exciting food and drink venues, an advanced medical arts complex, a full-service spa, and an avant-garde community arts program.

There is currently no set completion date for The Oasis, which is being developed by The Oasis Real Estate Group of New York. Tenants interested in leasing opportunities should contact agent Richard Crunkleton at 256-536-8809 or richard@crunkletonassociates.com.

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Oasis

Here is a rendering of a luxury hotel planned at The Oasis.

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Here is a rendering of an office/medical arts complex planned at The Oasis.

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Lucy Berry | lberry@al.com

Town Madison

Demolition of the old Intergraph buildings at I-565 and Wall Triana Highway began in April to make way for Town Madison, a 500-acre project that will be one of the largest of its kind in the Southeast with more than two miles of Interstate frontage.

Breland Companies is working with Wakefield Beasley & Associates, CRH and well-known urban planner Andrés Duany to create a master plan for the development.

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Town Madison

Officials announced in September the Environmental Assessment Document for the proposed interchange at I-565 near Zierdt Road has been approved, allowing leaders to move forward on the final design with construction slated to begin in January.

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TVA Megasite

The Chamber of Commerce joined the Tennessee Valley Authority, City of Huntsville and Limestone County Commission in June to announce a 1,252-acre site off Powell Road in Huntsville-annexed Limestone County has been officially declared a TVA Megasite.

Attaining TVA certification at the Sewell farmland will allow the area compete for large-scale industrial projects from major companies around the world.

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Bradford Creek

Kroger will launch its first North Alabama Marketplace at Bradford Creek in 2017. Unlike a traditional Kroger store, the Marketplace will combine clothing, home goods, a toy department and expanded grocery offerings in one facility.

The Marketplace will anchor Bradford Creek, a 150,000-square-foot planned neighborhood retail center in a high-growth area on the southeast corner of U.S. 72 and County Line Road. The project also has an extra 20,000 square feet of in-line retail space

Bedzzz Express, Cuts By Us and Lee Nails & Spa will occupy three units at the development. A Kroger fuel center and Mapco will also operate on the property.

Additional tenants will be announced as leases are signed.

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(Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com)

Google Data Center

Google will build a $600 million data center in Stevenson. The center, which will be Google's seventh in the U.S. and 14th worldwide, will bring 75-100 "high-paying" jobs to Jackson County in northeast Alabama.

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The Fountain

Planet Fitness is making the trek to Huntsville with a new 26,000-square-foot gym at The Fountain Shopping Center next to Books-A-Million at the corner of University Drive and Memorial Parkway in Huntsville.

RCP, which owns The Fountain, said it is working to renovate the 377,026-square-foot shopping center to benefit north Huntsville. The company also hopes to fill about 25,000 square feet of space adjacent to Planet Fitness extending to Pulaski Pike.

The empty Toys "R" Us property at The Fountain was named one of the city's top retail opportunity sites in 2013 in a study by The Shopping Center Group.

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Campus No. 805

Rock N Roll Sushi opened at the former Stone Middle School campus near downtown Huntsville in early September.

Campus No. 805 is a 13-acre development home to Yellowhammer Brewing, Earth and Stone Wood Fired Pizza, Lone Goose Saloon, Bubba's Silver Spoon Catering, Stone Event Center, Straight to Ale, Ale's Kitchen and S.R. Butler Green.

Vape South and Wish You Were Beer will open this fall at the project. More tenant announcements are expected soon.

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(Bob Gathany | bgathany@al.com)

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

Lowe Mill, which recently welcomed Alchemy Lounge, has several projects underway on Seminole Drive. Pizzelle's Confections is expanding its facility into the former Big Glass Art space and will add more than 1,300 square feet, a move that allows the chocolate shop to increase its product line and workforce.

Happy Tummy owner Catherine Shearer has also signed a lease for a larger outside space next to Pizzelle's. The transition will streamline Shearer's business and provide a private room for meetings with up to 20 people. She will also have an office of her own.

Lowe Mill spokeswoman Sarah Cole said Mountain Valley Catering Company will take over Happy Tummy's commissary, while an international café, Poftá Buná, will fill out the old restaurant space.

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Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

Cole said they are also redeveloping Lowe Mill's First Floor North.

"We have a few tenants with more coming in 2017," she told AL.com. "We're doing a little remodeling to accommodate. With this, we have now made the entire facility dedicated to arts and entertainment."

Renovations will include new sidewalks and a fresh main entrance off of First Floor North. Cole said Lowe Mill also hopes to break ground on an outdoor classroom space.

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CityCentre at Big Spring

Construction is underway on CityCentre at Big Spring, a new mixed use development at the former Holiday Inn hotel site in downtown Huntsville.

The project, which is being developed by RCP Companies, will feature two hotels, 240 multi-family units and an artisanal food hall inspired by Ponce City Market and Krog Street in Atlanta, Eataly in Chicago and The Source in Denver.

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CityCentre at Big Spring

AC Hotels will make its Alabama debut at CityCentre with a 150-unit, six-story Marriott hotel, which will have a standalone restaurant, bar and rooftop deck for the public and hotel patrons.

The custom-designed hotel will be the 10th AC Marriott in the world.

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CityCentre at Big Spring

Another urban-style hotel, which the City of Huntsville has identified as Residence Inn by Marriott, will have at least 100 rooms and begin construction in the third quarter of 2017. Residence Inn currently has an extended-stay facility on 6305 Residence Inn Road in Huntsville.

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Garage at Clinton Row

The Garage at Clinton Row is nearing completion in the Clinton Avenue parking deck near Kaffeeklatsch, UG White and The Clinton Row Project. Wesley Crunkleton, whose firm is spearheading the project, said they hope to have a grand opening at the development Nov. 3.

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Garage at Clinton Row

Elitaire Boutique launched last week at the project. Other tenants – Frios Gourmet Pops, Roosevelt & Co., and Indigo Shoppe – will open soon. Crunkleton said they are interviewing five potential tenants for the last available parcel at the property.

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