Andrews Sports Medicine Center Rendering — Draft rendering of the new Andrews Sports Medicine Center at the former Brookwood Village site. (Homewood City Councilor Jennifer Andress’ newsletter)

The former Belk department store at Brookwood Village has been subleased to Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center. This is another step toward adding some new life back to the vacated former mall.

The purchase was $16 million, according to records from Jefferson County, and took place between FPL Brookwood (Fairway Investments and Pope & Land Real Estate) and HPIV Birmingham, LLC (associated with a medical real estate firm based in Wisconsin).

Fairway Investments and Pope & Land Real Estate purchased Brookwood Village in 2021. At the time, Brookwood wasn’t entirely empty, but evolving retail trends and the COVID-19 pandemic had dealt heavy blows.

In November 2024, Andrews Sports Medicine announced their intention to transform the space into a roughly 135,000-square-foot medicine and orthopedic center. Andrews Sports Medicine is a world-renowned non-profit clinic specializing in sports medicine and orthopaedic patient care, research, education and injury prevention.