{"id":1004167635,"date":"2017-02-28T05:36:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004167635"},"modified":"2022-12-06T15:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:59:50","slug":"500m-entertainment-venue-underway-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/500m-entertainment-venue-underway-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"$500M Entertainment Venue Underway in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By IvyLee Rosario<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OWA Flythrough\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3VgZyobvwwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foley, Ala.<\/strong>\u2014The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has announced that that White-Spunner Construction is working on completing the first phase of the firm&#8217;s new entertainment center in Foley, Ala. The project will comprise 154,000 square feet of retail and dining space.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004167807\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004167807\" data-attachment-id=\"1004167807\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/500m-entertainment-venue-underway-in-alabama\/owa-rendering-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OWA-rendering\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;OWA-rendering&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;OWA rendering&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004167807 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg\" alt=\"OWA-rendering\" width=\"287\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/02\/OWA-rendering1.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004167807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OWA rendering<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dubbed\u00a0OWA, the $500 million development will feature a 14-acre lake at the center, a themed amusement park, a 150-key Marriott TownePlace Suites hotel and a variety of\u00a0restaurants and shops. The first phase, which is expected to cost $240 million, is set for completion in summer 2017. Other phases of OWA include\u00a0a water park, additional hotels and an RV park.<\/p>\n<p>Upon full completion, OWA is expected to create 3,500 jobs and attract approximately\u00a0one million visitors annually.\u00a0OWA is located 9 miles from Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, just off the Foley Beach Express and County Road 20.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will be an exciting new family-friendly destination for locals and visitors alike in Baldwin County,&#8221; said John White-Spunner, president of WSC, in prepared remarks. &#8220;We&#8217;re proud to be a part of such an innovative entertainment concept that will bring thousands of new jobs and draw more tourism to the Gulf Coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image and video courtesy of OWA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon full completion, OWA is expected to create 3,500 jobs and bring roughly one million visitors to the area annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":746,"featured_media":1004167807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21752,21742],"tags":[34142,34143],"class_list":["post-1004167635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-mixed-use","category-latest","tag-owa","tag-white-spunner-construction"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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