Huntsville's Toyota engine plant may soon have some company.
Mayor Loretta Spencer, City Council President Richard Showers and other city officials Friday afternoon announced a proposal to buy 145 acres for an expansion of North Huntsville Industrial Park.
Showers said the city will soon make an offer on more land next to the park. "We will be back very soon with the announcement of some additional property the city can get," he said. "We have a bunch of folks lined up out there interested in buying options (on industrial park property) to let us know they're seriously interested."
Showers hinted Friday that several industrial scouts are eyeing the northern park. He wouldn't say who or what type of industry they represent but did say the prospective tenants are "medium to large-type operations" similar to Toyota.
The City Council will consider the 145-acre purchase June 23. The land is east of Pulaski Pike and south of Bob Wade Lane/Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The latest purchase would bring the North Huntsville Industrial Park to 965 acres.
from The Huntsville Times
