Huntsville Logistic Center to Bring 700 Jobs in Early 2024

Huntsville officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a new industrial park on Wednesday along with several representatives from J.H. Berry & Gilbert, one of the companies behind it’s development.

The Huntsville Logistic Center will open in first quarter of 2024 after construction is completed on the first two buildings across its 132 acre plot on Old Highway 20 and Gunters Way. It is the latest of several developments in an area that includes Buffalo Rock and Amazon plants.

Edwin Moss, J.H. Berry & Gilbert executive vice president, delivered a speech in which he explained some specifics about the upcoming project.

“The first two buildings will bring over a million square feet of modern bulk distribution warehouse. These are buildings very similar to the Amazon building,” Moss explained.

“You can see in the background here that'll have 40 foot ceiling heights, 40 feet clear. Over a hundred million dollars will be spent in the first phase and as the proj- ect completes over 2 million square feet north of 200 million invested, we would expect and estimate this brings over 700 jobs to the area. And that's not to include the 450

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jobs that would be a part of the construction private trades that'll be here, and you'll see that on the ground in the coming days and in the months ahead.”

“Shane Davis has been a tremendous help from the beginning with getting a site in the area. As always, a pro business environment here in Huntsville. He brings a lot of vision for growth and investment along with the infrastructure required to do it. But also investment in the ideas and creativity of capital and private capital coming, wanting, and anticipating growth,” said Moss.

Richard Bigoney, of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber, also gave remarks in which he endorsed the concept of a logistics center so close to the airport and interstate.

“We are trying to attract more advanced manufacturing and more industry, which is why our economy is booming,” he said. “You picked a great piece of property on which to develop the Huntsville Logistics Center.” w

The Big 10 Mayors of Alabama announced their legislative agenda earlier mid-March that will be applied for the 2023 legislative session.

For those unfamiliar with the group, the mayors of Alabama’s ten biggest cities regularly meet and collaborate in order to use their collective influence and advocate for public policy positions.

The group represents the metro areas of Huntsville, Birmingham, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Hoover and Decatur which all make up 75% of the state’s population. The Huntsville Business Journal was able to speak with Mayor Battle regarding the 2023 agenda released by the group.

“The Big 10 Mayors group has been around for several years now, and while we’ve always discussed state priorities amongst ourselves, this is the first year we’ve approached a formal state agenda in quite this way,”