WIRE News through 6/17    Volume 5, Issue 23
Alabama & the United States
Captiol News & Notes: 2016 Legislative Wrap-Up (Alabama Association of Realtors)
Captiol News & Notes: Alabama Homes Matter Campaign Update (Alabama Association of Realtors)
Captiol News & Notes: 2016 Legislation Opposed by Alabama Realtors (Alabama Association of Realtors)
Captiol News & Notes: 2016 Legislation Supported by Alabama Realtors (Alabama Association of Realtors)
Eissmann $14.5 million expansion latest in Alabama auto industry growth (Alabama Newscenter)
Alabama claims Silver Shovel Award for 2015 projects totaling $7.1 billion, 20,000 jobs (Alabama Newscenter)
Sprouts Farmers Market plans to hire 2,500 grocery store workers (AL.com)
Alabama's Lake Homes Realty expands to Arkansas (AL.com)
Work to begin on second phase of 20/59 project (BBJ)
LinkedIn winners reap millions from Microsoft deal
G.S. Wilcox closes on $24 million mortgage for Alabama, North Carolina hotels
Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board Newsletter
New Alabama law sets out rules for homeowners associations 
Retail sales increase in May more than predicted (AL.com)
North Alabama - Huntsville, Florence, Gadsden, Muscle Shoals, Cullman
ACRE Report: Morgan Co. April year-to-date home sales up 13 percent over last year (Alabama Newscenter)
ACRE Report: Gadsden home sales in April up 50 percent over same period last year (Alabama Newscenter)
ACRE Report: Cullman April home sales rose 3 percent over the same period a year ago (Alabama Newscenter)
Huge liquidation sale going on now at Madison Square Mall in Huntsville (AL.com)
CityCentre announces AC Hotels construction timeline, new artisanal food hall (AL.com)
Huntsville distillery gets green light to sell bourbon, whiskey and ramp up production (AL.com)
Vape-friendly entertainment venue arriving this fall at Campus 805 (AL.com)
GE Aviation breaks ground on $200 million factories (AL.com)
What you get for around $1.3 million in Irvington, Huntsville and Fairhope (AL.com)
Drought nags area farmers (Cullman)
UNA to vote on historic house purchase
Major Huntsville economic development announcement: Greenbrier land is official TVA megasite (AL.com)
North Central - Birmingham Metro, Anniston, Walker County
JeffCo approves incentives for massive economic development project (BBJ)
Saigon Noodle House opens in former Bottletree Cafe location (BBJ)
Burger restaurant announced for new Cahaba Heights development (AL.com)
Trussville ranked as one of Alabama's best places to buy a home
NGC Industries announces $26M expansion in Oxford (BBJ)
Homewood named best place to live in Alabama (BBJ)
Birmingham company begins work on 200-unit community in Atlanta (BBJ)
Highland Commercial Mortgage names new CFO, COO (BBJ)
Birmingham among Top 8 cities that look like America (Alabama Newscenter)
Baltimore company buys Planet Fitness-anchored shopping center for $8.4 million (AL.com)
First look: Red Hills Brewing Co. opening this summer (AL.com)
BJCC to develop additional space for parking (BBJ)
Hoover breaks ground on new sportsplex (BBJ)
Two Homewood office buildings sold (BBJ)
Hundreds of new homes planned for former golf course location (BBJ)
New public safety building on tap for Homewood (BBJ)
UA Board of Trustees to vote on final stages of UAB football building (BBJ)
Taco Mama announces plans to open Birmingham restaurant (AL.com)
Calhoun Co. environmental officer balances property rights, neighborhood aesthetics
Leeds close to finalizing $1.1 million football stadium renovation (AL.com)
Heflin council considers zoning change for homes in business districts
Several Birmingham suburbs named among the best to buy to a home (BBJ)
Birmingham-Southern names new president after Leonard vacates position (BBJ)
Company withdraws proposal for 126-lot development in Pelham (BBJ)
Brown Mackie College to cease enrollment at 22 campuses, including Birmingham (AL.com)
South Central - Montgomery, Auburn, Lake Martin, Phenix City
ACRE Report: Phenix City year-to-date home sales through April up 2 percent over last year (Alabama Newscenter)
ACRE Report: Lake Martin waterfront's April home sales dip slightly from 2015 (Alabama Newscenter)
Work begins to improve Chantilly Parkway
West Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa automotive company to begin hiring (BBJ)
Outgoing UA Chancellor honored with on-campus statue (BBJ)
Phenix City to begin Riverview redevelopment project
Tuscaloosa receives grant for new train station in Alberta
Wiregrass - Dothan, Troy, Andalusia
Dothan home sales up sharply in May over a year ago (Alabama Newscenter)
Local animal rescue group to have a new home
Porter Hardware building center of proposed downtown Dothan development
Company in Dothan contributing to NASA project
Development near Westbrook Subdivision changed after old landfill discovered
Need a cold treat? Try Earnie's Snoballs & Dothan Ice Cream
Gulf Coast - Mobile, Baldwin County, Gulf Shores
ACRE Report: Baldwin Co. residential sales hold steady when compared to 2015 (Alabama Newscenter)
Gulf Coast facility helps keep saltwater fishing afloat in Alabama (Alabama Newscenter)
College buys church property in Mobile (AL.com)
News from Alabama's Real Estate Organizations
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