University Beach

A hearing to consider validating $60 million in bonds for infrastructure at Northport's University Beach resort has been delayed at the request of DA Hays Webb.

A new Marriott hotel is set to enhance Northport's University Beach, offering 144 rooms and luxury amenities, with construction beginning in 2026.

The board of directors of the University Beach Improvement District met Monday in a rushed meeting during which they took no questions and provided no copies of the documents they approved.

As the votes were cast, tensions ran high in Northport. The council's split decision marks a turning point for this 76-acre piece of land.

The Northport community and fascinated onlookers around the region got their longest look to date at updated plans for University Beach - the notorious $350 million lagoon resort the city council rushed to approve last year.

Construction on a $350 million lagoon resort in Northport could begin as soon as this month and an adventure park there has been indefinitely delayed, mayor John Hinton said Tuesday.

Northport's newest city councilman got a heaping helping of the city's politics Wednesday at a town hall meeting spent almost exclusively discussing the infamous $350 million University Beach resort project championed by his predecessor.

The very first site work on the 77-acre $350 million lagoon resort planned for Northport is meant to begin soon, their top elected official said Thursday.

Leaders in Northport have voted to partner with Texas developers to build a sprawling, almost 80-acre lagoon resort far from the 11-acre "neighborhood" water park once pitched to residents.