HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Huntsville city leaders have been busy, writing checks, buying the land around the Northern Bypass.
Shane Davis, Huntsville’s Director of Urban and Economic Development, tells WAFF it’s a process called land banking. It’s when municipalities buy land so they can control who to sell it to and, more specifically, how to develop it.
The Food City property at the intersection of the Northern Bypass and Memorial Parkway is a prime example of the city selling land to who they want to…