Gander Mountain is suppose to be built on Seville Street.  This may be what you are talking about.

I think the post above mine is right. There was an article in the TD a few weeks ago that probably has the future address in it. If I see it again I'll post the link here. Not sure I could ever find it though. 

Couldn't find a TD article but found this on blog.al.com . 

http://blog.al.com/breaking/20...lty_store_gande.html

Outdoors specialty store Gander Mountain building store in Florence

FLORENCE, Alabama - Gander Mountain, an outdoors specialty store, is building a 45,000 foot store in Florence that is expected to open this fall, The Times Daily of Florence reported.

The store at 340 Seville St. will be the St. Paul, Minn., chain's second in Alabama, joining the store located on North Memorial Parkway in Huntsville.

"Gander Mountain has a highly regarded re****tion and will be a perfect fit for our community's diverse retail mix," Florence Mayor Bobby Irons told the newspaper.

LOL I didn't even notice the original TD article is linked inside the story. It's been a long day. 

Gander Mountain is going beside Kohls. I'm talking about directly behind Home Depot. They're clearing a lot of land their to.

An apartment complex is going in behind Home Depot.

If you ask me, it would have been a better spot for Publix to build, instead of the too-small lot they're trying to squeeze into. I'm still skeptical of how that area will look when all is said and done. I welcome Publix, just wish they had chosen a more suitable location to build. 

Florence seems to have a lack of good apartment complexes (read: newer, more amenities, etc.). Good for the city and residents if this turns out to be a nice one. Bad, however, that this will probably just strain Hough Road traffic even more. What will be the breaking point for it? Are they hoping the new Walmart alleviates some of the traffic? 

Sorry for the rant. But as a planner at heart, and a one-time intern in the city planning department, Florence continues to frustrate me. 

All this stuff going on around that area isn't going to intrude on the pet cemetary there is it?  (if its still there) 

And what about Home Depot employees and shoppers. How will they respond to going to work or shop and there's an apartment complex behind the store?! 

Why are they building apartments in a retail area?

uncle gus, I havent been on here in a couple years but if you're the man with the property down by Molton get in touch with me please.

 Sorry, I have no property down by Moulton.

This has been done repeatedly in the HSV area and appears to be how it's done now.  There's a fairly new Krogers at 72 and Slaughter Rd., a new Wal Mart shopping center is being built on the west end of HSV on 72, and in both cases apartments are part of the plan.  Providence Town Center, off of 72 as you come into HSV has Mellow Mushroom, Grille 29, etc...housing, a couple of hotels, and there's a large apartment complex being built now.  I just saw this announcement today-

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/05/...es_valley.html

"The family behind southeast Huntsville's busy Valley Bend at Jones Farm shopping center is proposing to build a high-end neighborhood right next door.

Brothers-in-law John Blue and Peter Lowe hope to start construction later this year on Lendon, a 68-acre project that Blue considers a template for future development of scenic Jones Valley.
Plans call for as many as 250 homes of varying sizes and styles, boutique shopping, outdoor cafes, a large clubhouse that doubles as a bed and breakfast for out-of-town guests, and narrow streets to encourage walking - all bordering city-owned Jones Farm Park.

Blue said the mix of uses is designed to evoke the feel of downtown Huntsville."

Ideally, a good city does not separate residential from commercial. "Mixed-use" is not really a new thing, but is a way of building that is starting to catch traction even in smaller cities like Florence. Ironically, it's exactly what our downtown areas consisted of 50+ years ago, before everybody moved out to the suburbs and started doing their shopping by driving to big-box stores. 

I think if I were in the market for an apartment in Florence, I'd find a place where I could walk or bike to so many adjacent stores an attractive option. But then, I realize that my thoughts on that are going a little bit against the grain. I feel more at home in downtown areas than anywhere else.

I know Peter Lowe very well having worked for he and his family over the years.

Anything he is involved in is a success.

I took a graduate course in "city planning" back in '67 . City planners even back then were pushing the idea of communities where you could live, work, and shop without ever having to drive your car to do those things.  Maybe that idea is finally taking hold.

I totally agree with the above post.  Mixed use areas are in vogue in many parts of the country.  There are areas of  Atlatna and the suburbs (some areas) where this is highlly encouraged.  Another feature of these areas is when they repave the streets or design areas they build in "green" use areas such as a specific path for golf cart, electric, vehicles to use.  There is a community in Atlanta where most people have golf carts and that's how they get around.  Most of the restaurants and shopping areas in the neighborhood have not only special paths for the carts but the businesses actually have specificly market cart parking areas for those who travel around in the electric carts.  

In addition to the golf cart paths you find paths or sections set aside for bikes and bicyclist.  The whole goal is to reduce traffic and cars on the road.  The real key to accomplishing this though is design of the whole communinty and at least in one area of Atlanta they were able to accomplish it.  That area is Peachtree City.  There may be other suburbs from Atlanta that have accomplished it but Peachtree City is the one that I was thinking of.