Because Downtown Huntsville is fortunate to be surrounded by dynamic districts and unique neighborhoods, we’ve created the “Districts of Huntsville” section of the DHI website. This section highlights several of the areas adjacent to Downtown that offer a complimentary live, work and play experience.

The term “Class A” office building generally refers to the highest end office spaces in a city.  Oftentimes, these are concentrated in the Downtown area but can also be found in other metro areas such as suburban office parks.  That’s exactly the case here in Huntsville where you find the largest concentration of Class A office space in the research parks and Redstone Gateway focused around Gate 9 of Redstone Arsenal.

The advantage of a strong Downtown residential population is that people typically shop for essentials and spend the largest amount of time near their home.  While Downtown worker populations are great for the lunch trade and some categories of shopping, individuals will often buy their groceries, fill their prescriptions, pick up supplies and the like close to their home if that option is available.  

Since we currently aren’t a city with mass transit options like BRT, streetcars, or light rail, this means most people arrive in the city center in a motor vehicle.  While an increasing number of guests are using transit options like Uber and Lyft, most of these motor vehicles are personal vehicles driven by the visitor.