GAO upholds Boeing’s protest of Air Force tanker contract award

Posted on June 18, 2008
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On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended the aircraft refueling tanker contract be re-bid. This was the contract awarded to Northrop Grumman on Feb. 29, 2008. The KC-45 refueling tankers were to be assembled and modified in Mobile, Ala., representing 1,500 new jobs for area residents. The contract award to Northrop Grumman was protested by Boeing causing the GAO to spend the last 99 days reviewing the contract. Click here For the complete release from the GAO.

Gov. Bob Riley speaks in Mobile about economic development opportunities in region

Posted on June 11, 2008
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Gov. Bob Riley was in Mobile today to speak to a group of real estate professionals and investors involved in the Mobile and Baldwin county region regarding economic development opportunities in the region.  Much of the focus was on supplier related opportunities for EADS/Northrop Grumman aircraft assembly which is set to occur in Mobile as a result of the Air Force selection of the KC-30 Tanker Aircraft as its next generation refueling tanker.  Subsequent announcements from Airbus have indicated that in addition to the KC-30, Airbus will also product a cargo version of its A330-200 twin-engine jet at it’s new plant at Brookley Field Industrial Complex.  The additional product should result in the number of planes produced at the new facility from 1.3 planes per month to 4.2 planes per month.  That additional aircraft production coupled with the weak U.S. dollar should spur a number of Airbus suppliers to add facilities in the area.  The message from Gov. Riley was clear - the Real Estate community in the area needs to be prepared for this opportunity as well as for the rapid timeline associated with the decision making process.  Information was also provided on how the Alabama EDPA works with site selection consultants and how real estate practitioners should work with local economic development offices to present qualified sites to the EDPA database.  A new EDPA AdvantageSite program was also announced.   The event was held at Brookley Field and put on by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance .

Publix coming to Pensacola

Posted on June 10, 2008
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Publix should be operating 4 super markets in the Pensacola, FL area by the end of September.  Publix announced on Monday that it is acquiring 49 Albertson’s grocery stores in Florida.   Albertson’s will continue to own and operate 44 stores in Florida.   The move futher strengthens Publix westward expansion into the Gulf Coast area.   Publix plans to open it’s first Baldwin County store in Orange Beach in August and  recently announced plans to build a new store in Fairhope.  Publix is also rumored to be looking for sites around the  I-10/Highway 181 area in Daphne/Spanish Fort.

Wintzell’s coming to Eastern Shore Centre

Posted on June 8, 2008
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Wintzell’s Oyster House is leasing the space formerly occupied by Roussos in the Eastern Shore Centre located in Spanish Fort, AL.  The new location is expected to open in early August and be Wintzell’s sixth restaurant.  

Segers Aero Corporation to Relocate North American Headquarters to Fairhope, AL.

Posted on June 7, 2008
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Segers Aero Corporation of Crestview and Opa Locka, FL to relocate its North American headquarters to Fairhope, AL.

Segers Aero Corporation has purchased a 130,000 square foot facility, which formerly housed Crestview Aerospace and L3 Communications, in Fairhope, AL. They will employ approximately 100 people at this location.

Segers is an internationally recognized provider of aviation services to fixed wing and rotary wing; military and commercial customers worldwide. Segers specializes in parts management and logistics as well as engine maintenance repair and overhaul. With locations in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and the USA; Segers is an organization growing to meet the needs of its customers.

“We (Segers Aero Corporation) will relocate our Rolls Royce T-56/501 Turbine Engine Repair & Overhaul facility located in Opa Locka, FL and our U.S. Corporate Headquarters located in Crestview, FL to Fairhope, AL. We are excited about this move and believe it will benefit our business in the future,” said Howard Hadley, President and CEO of Segers Aero Corporation.

“The recruiting of aerospace and aviation companies has been a long time focus of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance and it is great when a quality company like Segers chooses to locate in Baldwin County,” said Donna Givens, Chairman of the Alliance Board of Directors.

Robert Ingram, President/CEO of the Alliance states “Landing a major aerospace logistics and MRO firm is in itself significant. Bringing the North American headquarters of Segers to Baldwin County magnifies that significance exponentially. This is truly a great day for Fairhope and all of Baldwin County.”

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