We’ve got the inside scoop on 20 new million-dollar-plus construction permits awarded to contractors in Alabama, including a new Olive Garden in Gardendale. Keep reading for information like contractor names, contracts, permit values, project addresses and much more!

Olive Garden | Gardendale

Project: Olive Garden in City of Gardendale
Project Cost: $2,759,414
Project Owner: Olive Garden Holdings LLC
Project Address: 630 Gayle St, Gardendale, AL 35071
Builder: Ganaway Contracting Company Corporation

Announced by Gardendale Mayor Stan Hogeland earlier this year, national restaurant brand Olive Garden will be opening a new location in Gardendale in 2023. The restaurant will be located at The Crossing at Magnolia City Place, a new development by Preferred Growth Properties.

According to Bham Now, the city of Gardendale expects the new Olive Garden—as well as an upcoming Longhorn Steakhouse—to bring 150 jobs and $650,000 in sales taxes annually to the city.

More about these construction permits

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

Date	City	Builder	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	ProjectSubdivision	ProjectState	ProjectZip Code	Square Footage	Amount
11/16/2022	Birmingham	Jim Cooper Construction	Grady Co LLC	419 Republic Street Suite 100		AL	35242		$1,102,962
11/16/2022	Birmingham	Holder Corporation	Wells Fargo Bank NA	101 Leaf Lake Parkway		AL	35242		$4,722,782
11/16/2022	Birmingham	Taylor and Miree Construction	Alabama State Board of Education	3060 Wilson Road SW		AL	35242		$6,750,000
11/16/2022	Birmingham	Construction Works Inc	Birmingham Airport Authority	5900 Messer Airport Highway		AL	35212		$1,013,950
11/16/2022	Birmingham	Taylor and Miree Construction	Alabama State Board of Education	3060 Wilson Road SW		AL	35221		$3,142,000
11/16/2022	Birmingham	Robins and Morton	Owner Not Listed	3980 Colonnade Parkway		AL	35243		$1,871,856
11/17/2022	Cullman	Yearwood Consruction	Traditions Bank	109 2nd Avenue NW		AL	35056		$1,100,000
11/16/2022	Decatur	3M Decatur Plant	3M Decatur Plant	1400 State Docks Rd		AL	35609		$9,504,000
11/16/2022	Gardendale	Ganaway Contracting Company Corporation	Olive Garden Holdings LLC	630 Gayle Street		AL	35071	0	$2,759,414
11/17/2022	Homewood	Twin Construction Inc	Whitney Reidinger	116 East Edgewood Drive		AL	35209	6,232	$1,799,933
11/16/2022	Hoover	J David Homes LLC	Greg Jones	1071 Greystone Crest		AL	35226	10,000	$1,300,000
11/16/2022	Huntsville	Gleeson Builders LLC	Stan Richards	290 Finney Dr SW unit canopy		AL			$1,394,434
11/16/2022	Huntsville	The Robins & Morton Group Inc	Tim Adams	200 Sivley Rd SW		AL			$4,099,174
11/16/2022	Huntsville	Tim Killian Construction Inc	Huntsville SS LLC	245 West Park Loop NW	West Park	AL		0	$7,942,175
11/17/2022	Leeds	Francis Bryant Construction	Homeowner Not Listed	7098 Stoneybrook		AL	35004	5,692	$1,500,000
11/16/2022	Mtn Brook	Phoenix Builders Group LLC	Jodi & Brian Sullivan	14 Ridge Drive		AL	35213		$2,000,000
11/14/2022	Oxford	Morris Building Constructors	Owner not listed	1829 Highway 78 East		AL	36203		$1,803,670
11/16/2022	Shelby County	Southeastern Construction Partners	Outland James	1021 Dunnavant Valley Road		AL	35242		$1,448,000
11/16/2022	Trussville	Bradford Building	Owner Not Listed	5533 Vanlerberghe Lane		AL	35173		$3,774,959
11/16/2022	Trussville	Harrison Contracting	Harrison Contracting	5400 Carrington Circle	Duncan Re Carrington Farm	AL	35173		$1,200,000