Ground broken on new Front Row development in downtown Huntsville

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Ground was broken Tuesday on Front Row in downtown Huntsville. (Michael Seale / Hville Blast)

Officials broke ground Tuesday on Huntsville’s latest mixed-use development, Front Row. Located across from the Von Braun Center downtown, the development will include retail, restaurant and residential units.

Here’s what we know:

Front Row in Downtown Huntsville

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Front Row is the latest downtown Huntsville development to break ground. (Huntsville -Madison Chamber of Commerce)

The development will connect the area in and around the Von Braun Center, Big Spring Park, Fountain Circle, Holmes Avenue North and Northwest Downtown.

Front Row’s $220 million first phase will be an 11+ acre mixed-use development will include:

  • 545 high-end residential units
  • 36,000 square feet of office space
  • 47,000 square feet of retail space
  • Two six-story buildings housing the residential, office and retail component with a central urban green space for outdoor dining, community activities and public art
  • Convenient location across from the Von Braun Center and in the middle of downtown
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Construction on Front Row, the latest downtown Huntsville development, is set to begin in the next few days. (Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce)

Front Row is a joint venture between developers Ascend Property Group and Essex Capital alongside affiliates of Silverstein Properties, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Arctaris Impact Investors.

Other partnerships include Crunkleton Associates, exclusive leasing broker for the retail space, Torti Gallas + Partners, in collaboration with local firm Matheny Goldmon, as architects, ARCO/Murray as general contractor, and The VOREA Group providing construction oversight.

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