Alec Harvey
Top Headlines: Birmingham Firm Sells Portfolio for $800 million, Alabama Job Fair Goes Virtual
Birmingham firm sells portfolio for $800 million
Birmingham-based GCP has sold its Fund I portfolio to a group of institutional investors for $800 million. The...
PNC Will Buy BBVA USA for $11.6 Billion
Two of Birmingham’s biggest banking forces will merge, with PNC Financial Services Group announcing Monday it will buy BBVA USA for $11.6 billion.
PNC is...
Navy Boosts Austal Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $13.3 million modification to its contract with Austal USA in Mobile for post-delivery support of the new USS...
Top Headlines: First Alabama Tecovas Opening in Birmingham, Bank OZK Leaving Alabama
First Alabama Tecovas opening in Birmingham
Fine bootmaker and western goods seller Tecovas will open its first Alabama store at the Summit in Birmingham on...
State Farm closes Birmingham operations center; Employees will work remotely
State Farm’s operations center on Lakeshore Drive will close permanently, part of a nationwide move by the insurance company to shift its workforce from...
Top Headlines: Unemployment Claims Keep Going Up, Piggly Wiggly Expanding in Tuscaloosa
Unemployment claims keep going up
Alabama saw 8,764 new unemployment claims the week of Nov. 1-7. Of those, 38% were COVID-19-related. The previous week, 7,060...
Doster-constructed Southeast Health Dining Facility is Finished
A more-than-60-year-old kitchen and cafeteria at Dothan’s Southeast Health has a new look, and the new facility is scheduled to open in December.
Birmingham-based Doster...
Top Headlines: Student Housing Project Breaks Ground Near UAB, Tim Cook shouts out an...
Student housing project breaks ground near UAB
Construction has begun on The Marshall Birmingham, a 409-bed student housing project near the University of Alabama at...
Dothan Shopping Center Acquired
Ohio-based Chase Properties, a shopping center owner-operator firm, has acquired Shops on the Circle in Dothan.
The 183,000-square-foot shopping center is home to TJ Maxx,...
Top Headlines: Port Authority grant will help build warehouses, JeffCo schools giving free Wi-Fi...
Port Authority grant will help build warehouses
A $3.3 million grant to the Decatur-Morgan County Port Authority will partly fund construction of two warehouses at...