Thirteen new building permits were issued this past week in Alabama for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Of these, five are in North Alabama, four are in the Birmingham metro, two are in Montgomery and two are in Tuscaloosa.

The priciest of these new building permits is a $25 million expansion project at the SHelby County Sheeriff’s Office.

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Shelby County Sheriff’s Office expansion

The expansion of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Jail is the largest undertaking in the facility’s history. The building permit issued this past week for the project is at $24.8 million.

The project was approved last summer, and includes a new segregation unit as well as a specialized medical health unit. Also:

15 new beds for the medical unit bringing the total medical capacity to 23
The new segregation unit will have 24 beds and support space.
The new mental health unit will have 18 beds with support space.
A complete retooling of the entire building to bring its technology up to modern standards.

More on these new high-dollar building permits

Thanks to our friends at Southern Exposure Information, we have the list of all of the new million-dollar-plus construction projects approved in Alabama last week. Each week, they pull together information from building permits issued to get all the details on these projects. You can get access to all of their construction permits right here.

Here are the new high-dollar building permits in Alabama this week:

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Date	City	Builder	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	ProjectState	ProjectZip Code	Square Footage	Amount
02/15/2024	Cullman	Yearwood Consruction	Hobs Enterprises LLC	1637 Main Avenue SW	AL			$1,686,000
02/15/2024	Florence	Johnsonkreis Construction Co Inc	Church of the Highlands: Department – Capital Projects	751 County Road 46	AL	35630		$9,117,152
02/15/2024	Homewood	Wyatt General Contractor LLC	BAS LLP	819 Green Springs Highway	AL			$1,281,038
02/15/2024	Huntsville	The Robins & Morton Group Inc	Kerry Wilkerson	8100 Rideout Road SW	AL			$3,744,395
02/15/2024	Huntsville	Harrison Building Company LLC	FG Parkway Properties	9016 Memorial Parkway SW	AL			$1,849,263
02/15/2024	Madison	Fite Construction	Owner Information Not Provided	217 Palmer Road	AL	35758	0	$5,219,000
02/15/2024	Montgomery County	Young Contracting SE Inc	Owner Information Not Provided	1060 Eastern Blvd	AL		5312	$5,200,000
02/15/2024	Montgomery County	Vardaman Construction LLC	Owner Information Not Provided	1111 Emory Folmar Blvd	AL		19,489	$5,018,786
02/15/2024	Shelby County	Clements Dean Building Co	Shelby County Alabama	380 McDow Road	AL	35051		$24,820,000
02/15/2024	Tuscaloosa	GLR Inc	CVS Realty	3302 15th St suite 100	AL	35401		$1,000,000