A new 25,740-square-foot Publix supermarket is scheduled to open later this month in Paradise Isle Shopping Center at 1720 Gulf Shores Parkway in Gulf Shores, according to the store contacts. The store will also include a pharmacy. The new store was developed on the former Winn-Dixie store site near Zaxby’s in Gulf Shores.

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• An investor paid $1.75 million for 17 acres at the northwest corner of Schillinger Road and Silver Pine Road in Semmes, and plans call for a future development and outparcels on the site, according to Herrington Realty, which handled the transaction. The property is across from the new Semmes Village shopping center on Silver Pine Road which will be anchored by a 43,384-square-foot Publix supermarket. Semmes Village will also feature 11 retail shop spaces. The center is scheduled to open this fall.
• CubeSmart Self Storage developers paid $950,000 for the Foley RV Park on 3 acres on the new Juniper Street extension in Foley, according to Alla Nikitina of Ryals Realty, who represented the seller. Ken Crabtree of Signature Properties worked for the buyers, who plan to expand their storage operation in the near future with an 80,000-square-foot facility on the new site.
• Developers are seeking to build a 26-slip marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at 22321 Canal Road in Orange Beach, according to city planning. The 3.3 acres is zoned industrial and owners are seeking to rezone it as a Planned Unit Development.
• Liquid Life is seeking site plan review to build a 22,100-square-foot operations facility at 4404 and 4422 Canal Square Lane in Orange Beach. Liquid Life is a vacation home rental agency in Orange Beach.