http://www.danehaygood.com Commercial Real Estate for Mobile and Baldwin County Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:53:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Austal USA's Mobile shipyard is currently putting the finishing touches on the prototype aluminum hull littoral combat ship (LCS) for the U.S. Navy.  The new LCS ship is commonly referred to as the LCS2 or Independence.  Austal will likely be building two additional LCS2's for the Navy over the next ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/11/05/mobiles-austal-usa-poised-for-success/ SSAB today announced that it has selected Mobile, Alabama, as the site for a new state-of-the-art heat treating facility. The investment will increase the existing facility's quenched and tempered steel capacity from 100,000 to 400,000 metric tonnes and bring approximately 180 new jobs to the facility. The investment is part ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/10/21/ssab-selects-mobile-for-460-million-niche-steel-expansion/ Earlier today, Carnival Cruise Lines announced that the Carnival Cruise Lines ship known as the Fantasy will be moving to Mobile In November 2009.  The Fantasy will replace the Holiday which currently operates out of the Mobile Homeport.  The Fantasy is 42% larger than the Holiday.  The new cruise ship will ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/08/18/carnival-cruise-lines-bringing-a-new-cruise-ship-to-mobile/ The former Tameron Honda site on Hwy 98 in Daphne was auctioned today at 1:00 PM.  The auction for the 4.04 acre site with 29,000 SG under roof only drew three registered bidders.  The hammer price for the successful bidder was $1.125 million, which did not meet the non-disclosed reserve ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/08/14/former-tameron-honda-site-auctioned/ The planned Saturday August 17th, 2008 auction of San Carlos condominiums in Gulf Shores, Alabama was cancelled earlier today.  Sheldon Good & Company, which was handling the auction, stated the developer has withdrawn all of the condiuminiums from the auction and directed Sheldon Good & Company to cancel the auction ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/08/13/san-carlos-gulf-shores-condominium-auction-cancelled/ Excerpted from:  Mobile Press-Register  Tuesday, August 12, 2008 By KAIJA WILKINSON, Business Reporter Mobile joins the likes of Seattle, San Francisco and Chattanooga, Tenn., in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine as one of the "50 next great towns" in which to live and play.   Magazine editors said their annual choices ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/08/12/mobile-makes-top-50-list-for-best-places-to-%e2%80%98live-and-play%e2%80%99/ Wintzell's Oyster House opened it's newest store in Spanish Fort, AL on Friday.  The new restaurant is located in the Eastern Shore Centre at I-10 and Hwy 181.  Wintzell's is famous for their oysters -  serving them via Wintzell's renown slogan of "Oysters - fried, stewed, or nude".  Their restaurants ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/08/02/wintzells-oyster-house-opens-in-spanish-fort/ 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 ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/06/18/gao-upholds-boeings-protest-of-air-force-tanker-contract-award/ 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 ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/06/11/gov-bob-riley-mobile-baldwin-economic-development-meetin/ 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 ... http://www.danehaygood.com/2008/06/10/publix-coming-to-pensacola/