The Highland Group is a construction firm offering a broad range of services to our clients throughout the Southeastern US. We have offices in Foley, AL, Huntsville, AL and Panama City, FL. We use time-tested practices, but also seek new ways to do it better. If you are looking for a company that will always make decisions in your best interest; we would love for you to …Read more
March 28th, 2023 (Foley, AL) –– The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, is excited to announce that its crews have finished construction on their second addition to the Graham Creek Nature Preserve in Foley, Alabama. This latest 1,300 square foot addition to the extensive natural park and preserve, was created in collaboration with WAS Design, a prominent landscape architecture firm in …Read more
March 20, 2023 (Foley, AL) – Scott Shamburger, President and CEO of The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, is proud to announce the promotions of two longstanding members of its senior leadership team. As the group continues into 2023, Ryan Long is the new Vice President of the AL and FL Gulf Coast Markets and Josh Brock has accepted the position …Read more
February 24, 2023 (Panama City Beach, FL) – The City of Panama City Beach, Florida has named The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, as the general contractor for the construction of a live-fire training tower for Panama City Beach Fire Rescue. The city’s plans are to construct a training tower near Fire Station 30 off Nautilus Street to help Panama City …Read more
February 10, 2023 (Huntsville, AL) – The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, has completed major updates to The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s (UAH) premier collegiate gymnasium and auditorium, Spragins Hall. The architecture firm that Highland collaborated with on this project was Chapman Sisson Architects, a visionary design practice founded in 1997 based out of Huntsville. Renovations included improvements to the …Read more
February 3rd, 2023 (Foley, AL) – The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, has been awarded their second contract for Coastal Alabama Community College to provide a major addition to their Monroeville campus’ Allied Health Building as well as limited renovations to existing facilities. The addition will be a 3,000-square-foot single-story addition that will serve as the home for the college’s welding …Read more
January 18, 2023 (Huntsville, AL) – The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, has begun construction on a new office location for U.S. governmental contractor, J&J Worldwide Services. The base operation and support service company’s newest office facility will be built in Huntsville Alabama’s Redstone Gateway development, a leasing development that currently houses a variety of innovative tech, contract, and R&D companies …Read more
January 6, 2023 (Huntsville, AL) – The Highland Group, a real estate development and commercial construction firm, has completed renovations to Huntsville Utilities’ gas and water operations building on Triana boulevard in Huntsville Alabama. The renovations were to a previously unfinished raw space on the second floor of Huntsville Utilities Gas & Water Department that was mainly used for equipment storage and as a workout area …Read more
December 14, 2022 (Huntsville, AL) – The Highland Group, a leading real estate development and commercial construction firm, has been contracted by Bentley Systems, an infrastructure base software developer, to build their firm a new state-of-the-art office facility in Cummings Research Park (CRP) in Huntsville, Alabama. The building has been leased to Bentley through Colliers International, a leading investment management and real estate company. Bentley’s office …Read more
December 5, 2022 (Foley, AL) – According to a Producer Price Index (PPI) report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and some further analysis provided by the National Association of Home Builders, the cost of building materials decreased by 0.2% in October following a .5% decline in September. Softwood lumber (seasonally adjusted) also fell 1.7% in October following 5.5% and 3.1% declines in August and …Read more
November 28, 2022 (Foley, AL) – In 2022 a study by the Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research (ACIIR) measuring the economic value of using FORTIFIED multifamily, a beyond-code construction method developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), found that resilient construction using this method can provide returns as high as 72%. The ACIIR study predicts lower insurance costs due to …Read more