What was farmland west of Mooresville is about to become a new part of Huntsville.
Developers broke ground Monday on Westmoore Landing, a $2.2 billion mixed-use development planned along Arrowhead Landing Road near the Interstate 65 and Interstate 565 interchange.
The project covers more than 400 acres in the Limestone County portion of Huntsville. The property was annexed into the city in January 2025 and rezoned in December.
Trey Rochford of Rochford Realty & Construction Co. and David Horwath, president of Land Innovations, joined Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) and other officials for the groundbreaking.
Battle pointed to the jobs already coming to the western side of the metro area as a big part of why the housing is needed.
“When we start talking about where Mazda Toyota is, where Polaris is, GE Aviation, Amazon, all those workers have a chance to live right here close to where they work,” Battle said according to WAFF 48. “It takes a little bit of traffic off 565. It makes our area grow in a compatible way.”
Westmoore Landing is planned for more than 3,500 homes, about 200,000 square feet of commercial space, parks and gathering places.
A kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school site also is included.
The developers plan to start with housing. A first group of townhomes is expected within about a year, with retail to come later as the neighborhood fills in.
The land has been part of the McCrary family’s history for generations. The family farmed the property and continues to operate 1818 Farms nearby.
That connection played a role in the plans, Rochford said.
“The McCrary family did not simply ask what could be built on this property,” he said. “They asked what kind of place it should become.”
The result is supposed to look less like a traditional subdivision and more like an established town.
Plans call for single-family homes, townhomes, duplexes, condominiums and apartments. The center of the development will be more compact, with shops and other businesses, while homes will spread outward into lower-density neighborhoods.
There also will be streets designed for walking, green spaces and front porches. City planners have compared parts of the concept to the Village of Providence.
Horwath said the goal is to let the community change as people move in rather than trying to build everything at once.
“Our objective is not simply to develop a piece of property,” he said. “It is to create a community that can mature naturally over time and provide a place for people at every stage of life.”
The property sits next to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Developers have discussed working with the refuge and using a three-acre stormwater pond and darker lighting as part of the project.
Full build-out is expected to take shape over the next couple of decades.
After the speeches Monday, the McCrary family, elected officials and the development team gathered around the site for photos before putting shovels into the soil to mark the start of construction.
Zachary Austin is a writer for 256 Today. You can contact him at [email protected].
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