The Marketplace at 17 Springs is filling up

Progress at 17 Springs is moving steadily. 

Phase 2 of 17 Springs begins next month with its stadium, diamond fields and The Fieldhouse. Large amounts of dirt were brought in to create the pad for a retail development to front the large project on Highway 15 in Millbrook. 

The work has paid off and soon everyone will know what restaurants, stores and hotels are on the way.

“Of the 12 lots we have out there, eight have been committed,” City of Millbrook economic developer Ann Harper said. “We're just waiting to get the contractor to finish the dirt work and we can set pins for the lots. Then we can do legal descriptions of the lots.”

Harper said the legal descriptions are needed to close transactions with developers and businesses wanting to locate in 18 acres of The Marketplace at 17 Springs.

“When we do that, there will be some announcements,” Harper said. “Everyone will see signs go up announcing what is coming.”

Harper said she and city leaders can’t yet announce what businesses have committed to joining the development, but she believes they will be beneficial for the community.

The remaining four lots at The Marketplace are small.

“They are outparcels generally under one acre in size,” Harper said.

Just because The Marketplace is filling up doesn’t mean work is over. Planning for the 17 Springs complex included negotiations with the Alabama Department of Transportation for a traffic light to allow an easy entrance into The Marketplace. And across the road is room for growth. The master plan for 17 Springs includes more acreage for future growth of the project that has yet to be planned.