Publix in Gulf Shores? - al.com

"GULF SHORES — The City Council took another step toward finalizing a deal that would bring a Publix grocery store to Colonial Pinnacle at Craft Farms as well as revise the terms of an existing revenue-sharing agreement between taxpayers and the mall's owners.

The council unanimously approved a 13-page nonbinding letter of intent to go forward with the final legal work needed to prepare terms of the deal for a formal vote and court review."