Aldi in Madison County among new high-dollar building permits
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This past week, 13 new building permits were issued across the state for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Seven of these permits are for projects in the Birmingham area, while two are in Lee County and two are on Prattville.
The lone permit issued in Madison County is for a much-anticipated Aldi grocery store in the city of Madison. Hers’s more:
New Aldi coming to Madison

One of the priciest building permits issued this past week was a $3.1 million permit for the new Aldi grocery store on Madison Blvd. The lead contractor is listed as Spencer Schimmel.
Here are some more details on the construction:
- The store will be approximately 19,432 square feet in size.
- The store will have 113 parking spaces.
- The site is being designed for the future subdivision of the property into three lots.
- The store is expected to open in 2026
More details of the site pan can be found here.
More on these new building permits
Thanks to our friends at Report Construction LLC, 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’s more on these new building permits in Alabama this week:
Date | City | Builder | Ownerof Project | ProjectAddress | ProjectSubdivision | ProjectState | ProjectZip Code | Subtype of Project | Square Footage | Amount |
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01/09/2025 | Auburn | Whatley Brothers LLC | Owner Information Not Provided | 1944 Opelika Road | Elks Lodge | AL | $2,500,000 | |||
01/09/2025 | Madison | Spencer Schimmel | Spencer Schimmel | 8455 Madison Blvd | AL | 35758 | $3,147,048 | |||
01/09/2025 | Mtn Brook | TCC Inc | Madeleine Bayless | 3332 East Briarcliff Road | AL | 35213 | $1,360,000 | |||
01/09/2025 | Mtn Brook | TCC Inc | Paul and Tammi Carus | 4212 Old Brook Trail | AL | 35243 | $1,000,000 | |||
01/09/2025 | Opelika | Conally Industrial LLC | Owner Information Not Provided | 4701 Northpark Drive | AL | 36801 | $1,765,199 | |||
01/09/2025 | Pelham | Mike Morgan Industrail LLC | CED Real Estate LLC | 1964 Huntley Parkway | AL | 35124 | 22,170 | $2,650,000 | ||
01/09/2025 | Prattville | Matthes Parker LLC | Owner Information Not Provided | 136 North Court Street | AL | $3,609,850 | ||||
01/09/2025 | Prattville | WK Upchurch Construction | Owner Information Not Provided | 602 Jasmine Trail | AL | $8,428,286 | ||||
01/09/2025 | Shelby County | Culbertson Contractors LLC | ELI’S INC | 5305 Highway 280 | AL | 35242 | $2,581,000 | |||
01/09/2025 | Shelby County | Rives Construction Company Inc | DUNNAVANT VALLEY DINING LLC | 1012 Dunnavant Valley Road | AL | 35242 | $4,580,000 | |||
01/09/2025 | Shelby County | Robert S Grant Construction, Inc | WOLF JOHNNIE KAY | 25 Buckhorn Valley Drive | Buckhorn Valley | AL | 35242 | 0 | $1,180,000 | |
01/09/2025 | Shelby County | Winford Homecrafters | Pierce Chris & Ginger | 1642 Red Oak Road | AL | 35080 | $2,000,000 | |||
01/09/2025 | Tuscaloosa | Culbertson Contractors LLC | Boing US Holdco Inc | 1212 Veterans Memorial Pkwy | AL | $2,640,932 |
In case you missed them

In case you missed them, here are some of our more recent reports on Alabama building permits:
- June 17, 2024
- June 24, 2024
- July 2, 2024
- July 9, 2024
- July 15, 2024
- August 5, 2024
- August 12, 2024
- August 19, 2024
- Sept. 3, 2024
- Sept. 9, 2024
- Sept. 16, 2024
- Sept. 25, 2024
- Sept. 30, 2024
- Oct. 8, 2024
- Nov. 5, 2024
- Nov. 18, 2024
- Nov. 26, 2024
- Dec. 3, 2024
- Dec. 9, 2024
- Dec. 17, 2024
- Jan. 7, 2025
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