Posted Jul 24, 2014, 7:45 PM
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Spanish Fort paving way for medium-rise office buildings as demand rises on Eastern S
Spanish Fort paving way for medium-rise office buildings as demand rises on Eastern Shore
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Demand for premium office space on the Eastern Shore continues to heat up and officials are working on ways to foster the lucrative white-collar development market.
In Spanish Fort, the city is moving toward adding a new C-1 zoning district to allow for medium-rise commercial office buildings, up to 120 feet.
"There has been a developer that has requested this change for perhaps a future office building," Mayor Mike McMillan said.
The proposed location for the building, according to the mayor, is the Bass Pro Shops-anchored Spanish Fort Town Center near Interstate 10 and overlooking Mobile Bay.
The city's planning board has given the council a positive recommendation on the zoning ordinance amendment and a public hearing is slated for Monday, Aug. 4.
If the plan comes to fruition, it would fill a void for premier Class A office space on the Eastern Shore.
"The problem that we have is that there really isn't any true, what we would consider Class A, office space along that 1-10 corridor and in that Daphne and Spanish Fort area," said Lee Lawson, executive director of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance. "There's several places where there's some smaller office space that's really B or C class. Our organization has seen some great opportunities come our way that we just haven't been able to compete for because we don't have the space available for these folks."
In order to tap that potential, Lawson said Spanish Fort and Daphne are moving in the right direction.
In Daphne's ring is Councilman Joe Davis III who constantly beats the drum of being proactive in attracting white-collar companies via his seat on the city's Industrial Development Board.
When Mobile landed the $600 million Airbus assembly plant that is expected to come online in 2015, it also put the Mobile Bay area on the map. And Davis has noted on more than one occasion during council meetings that the city is "growing whether we want to or not and it's our job to be a part of the big plan."
The city has seen success, too. Mobile-based BBB Industries, an automotive parts manufacturer and distributor, is constructing a new 15,395-square-foot, two-story office building at the corner of U.S. 90 and Renaissance Boulevard, behind Lowe's.
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Would it be a good idea to have an office park in Spanish Fort ?
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