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.”

Roussos Restaurant Relocating

Posted on May 27, 2008
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Local seafaood restaurant Roussos has closed at it’s current location in the Eastern Shore Centre located in Spanish Fort.  The restaurant is expected to relocate to Daphne to the former Ruby Tuesday’s location on the west side Hwy 98.  The expectation is that Roussos will open at it’s new location before the end of June.

Roussos is a family owned and operated seafood restaurant with Greek influence.  Roussos originally opened in 1953 at a location along the Causeway.  It was moved to the Fort Conde Village area of downtown Mobile after Hurricane Frederic destroyed the Causeway location in 1979.  Roussos relocated to the Eastern Shore Centre upon the opening of the outdoor lifestyle center in 2004.  Owners have cited a desire  move back to a freestanding location as well as moving the business closer to the Causeway as primary factors for the move.

Publix Super Market coming to Fairhope

Posted on April 26, 2008
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Development Company Regency Centers announced on Thursday that a Publix Super Market will be built in Fairhope along the east side of Highway 98.  The Publix store is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 54,000 square feet.  The Publix store will anchor the 84,740 square foot Regency Centers development known as the Shoppes at Fairhope Village.  The 11.04 acre development is being developed on a commercial tract that was part of the Arthur Corte Fly Creek PUD.  The Shoppes at Fairhope Village site is located at the corner of Hwy 98 and Parker Road in Fairhope.

Mobile, AL cited in Forbes.com “America’s Fastest-Growing Metros” article

Posted on February 1, 2008
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The Mobile Alabama Metro Area was listed in the Forbes.com “America’s Fastest-Growing Metros” article.  Additonal references to the ThyssenKrupp $3.7 billion steel plant  and Moody’s Economy.com forecast of the Mobile fastest growing metro area in the nation between 2007-2012. 

LINK: http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/01/30/economy-cities-alabama-biz-cx_bw_0130econcities.html

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