MONTGOMERY, AL | DECEMBER 16, 2016 – Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC (JWA) announces Eastchase Central, the newest retail development for Eastchase in Montgomery, Alabama. Initial construction on the multi-million dollar project will begin this month. Located on 6.7 acres at the midway point of Eastchase Parkway and directly across from the highly successful Hampton Inn & Suites, Eastchase Central will bring new merchants, as well as some more familiar names, to Eastchase and the Montgomery market. Completion and grand opening are scheduled for late Fall 2017.

Eastchase Central’s stores will include a Marshalls/HomeGoods superstore in over 40,000 square feet and Five Below in over 8,500 square feet. Marshalls and HomeGoods are part of The TJX Companies, Inc. Marshalls is a leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer delivering great value on an ever-changing assortment high quality and brand name merchandise that is 20%-60% less than department and specialty store regular prices on comparable merchandise every day. HomeGoods is an off-price home retailer delivering amazing values on exciting top brands and home décor from around the world. Five Below is a rapidly growing specialty value retailer offering a broad range of trend-right, high-quality merchandise all priced at $5.00 and below.

MONTGOMERY, AL  |  DECEMBER 13, 2016 – Construction and development is underway on Phase III at New Park, the largest new residential development in Montgomery County and located on Park Crossing Road in East Montgomery.  Developer, Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC (JWA) is expanding the residential project, originally began in 2008, with the addition of 93 new lots consisting of fifty (50) and sixty-five (65) foot lots.  Marketed by Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC (JWA), lots will be available for purchase in March 2017.  New Park is now accepting Lot Reservations for Phase III.  Available builders for customers include Hugh Cole Builder, Inc., New Age Builders, LLC, River Regions Builders, LLC, Mathews Development Company, D.R.Horton, Inc., W.J. Sellers Custom Homes, Inc., and Milton Strickland Builders, Inc.

MONTGOMERY, AL  |  DECEMBER 7, 2016 – JWA Ventures, an affiliate of Jim Wilson & Associates, recently purchased the 1.077 acre parcel on Eastchase Loop in Montgomery, Alabama for re-development. Eastchase, a Jim Wilson & Associates development, is the city’s premier retail and hospitality destination.  With over 320 acres and over 2 million square feet of multi-use development that includes office and multi-family, as well as retail and hotels, Eastchase has been an immense success since its 2002 beginning. The project’s construction work is set to commence within the next thirty days and should be ready for occupancy in Fall 2017.  This 3,500 square foot building has retail space available for three to four tenants and is strategically located on Eastchase Loop with Taylor Road exposure.  JWA Ventures focuses on build to suit opportunities in strategically located developments.

MONTGOMERY, AL  |  NOVEMBER 28, 2016 – Thanksgiving and the annual company luncheon for Jim Wilson & Associates provides the opportunity each year to recognize long tenured employees.  Jim Wilson, Jr., the company’s founder, began the tradition in the mid 1980’s.  Since then, the company makes a special recognition for each employee’s ten year celebration with JWA and each subsequent five years.  In 2016, JWA recognized Carl Bartlett (35 years), Leslie Eagerton (20 years), Angie Langston (15 years) and Elton Fowler (10 years).  These employees joined others in the company with length of service awards.  Within the company’s home office, 4 people have been with JWA for over ten years, 3 people over 15 years, 8 over 20 years and 3 over 35 years.

BIRMINGHAM, AL | OCTOBER 6, 2016 – One of the South’s iconic luxury destination hotels, the Hyatt Regency Birmingham – The Wynfrey Hotel, celebrates its 30th anniversary as the proud recipient of the prestigious 2016 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence industry award. Seeing as technology is always changing, why not move with the times and make a positive change? Presented only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, the highly-desired Certificate of Excellent award represents the upper echelon of businesses listed on TripAdvisor, with only the top 10 percent receiving this esteemed award.

HUNTSVILLE, AL  |  JULY 26, 2016 – A Madison-based restaurateur is working to bring a new retail development to a “landmark” location this fall in the City of Huntsville.

Michael Northern, vice president and partner at WJP Restaurant Group, is working to launch an 18,000-square-foot facility just outside Gate 9 at Redstone Gateway. The development will feature 12,000 square feet of restaurant, conference and dining space at the arsenal entrance where traffic from Interstate 565 feeds.

The 468-acre project will feature two fast-casual eateries, a sit-down restaurant and tavern, and a Redstone Gateway conference and dining center that specializes in business meetings, product introductions, retirement parties, birthdays and other celebrations.

HUNTSVILLE, AL  |  JULY 8, 2016 – Redstone Gateway, the state of the art office and mixed use business park in Huntsville, Alabama, continues several note-worthy projects in the area.  The new aerial photographs depict the business park and highlight its development, its positioning along Interstate 565 and the opportunities for growth in this all important corridor adjacent to Redstone Arsenal.  Important additions include The Shops at Redstone Gateway (see the following press release: http://www.waff.com/story/32125456/exclusive-whats-coming-right-outside-redstone-arsenal), the first phase of Redstone Gateway’s retail component featuring restaurants new to the Huntsville market, the approaching opening of the Town Place Suites by Marriott (see the following press release: http://redstonegateway.us/news/towneplace-suites-by-marriott-under-construction/) as it is set to open in late summer of 2016, and the  commencement of the relocation of Gate 9 along Rideout Road (see the following press release:  http://www.theredstonerocket.com/news/article_40c7ba5a-27f6-11e6-97f0-f3717b34b8c3.html).  The Gate 9 relocation, a joint effort of several different entities, will improve and facilitate traffic into and out of Redstone Gateway and Redstone Arsenal.

Changing With The Times

With 40 years in the business, Jim Wilson & Associates is still developing in a number of sectors.

Jim Wilson & Associates (JWA) hunkered down during the recession, but kept a great team intact and stood ready to invest in a number of projects as the market came back around. “Retail development has been slow for a while but we see evidence the market is coming back,” says Will Wilson, President of the Montgomery, Alabama-based investment and real estate services firm. The company is working on an 80,000-square-foot project at EastChase, the 330-acre mixed-use development featuring more than 1 million square feet of retail off Interstate 85 in Montgomery. “We’re adding some big boxes to the development,” Wilson says, noting that JWA also just signed Hobby Lobby to a lease at the project. “And we just sold another parcel to a hotel, a Marriott, which is following the newly opened Hilton Garden Inn.”