This week in Alabama, nine new building permits were issued for construction projects exceeding $1 million. These permits include five projects in North Alabama, two in the Birmingham metro area, one in Auburn and one in Gadsden.

The permit in Gadsden is for another phase of the Gadsden Sports Park.

Gadsden Sports Park

Another phase of the new Gadsden Sports Park is one of the larger building permits issued this week in the state.

The phases of this project are as follows:

Phase One began in the winter of 2020 and consisted of reallocating former fisheries into three NCAA multipurpose fields, installing concessions and restrooms, and incorporating a walking trail.
Phase Two, completed in Spring of 2023, saw the redesign of the existing softball and baseball fields and reconstruction of the concessions area.
Phase Three, underway now, includes installing concrete around the Champions Field (a facility that is special needs-accessible), adding netting around the baseball fields, and finalizing the irrigation systems.
Phase Four is set to begin soon with clearings for future baseball and softball fields already underway. It will also see the renovation of the existing soccer field.

This week’s $9.4 million permit lists Kyser Construction as the lead contractor.

More on these new 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’s more on these new building permits in Alabama this week:

Date	City	Builder	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	ProjectSubdivision	ProjectState	ProjectZip Code	Square Footage	Amount
03/14/2024	Auburn	Rick Shipman Construction	Owner Information Not Provided	2335 Bent Creek Road	Auburn Exchange Plats	AL			$2,568,402
03/12/2024	Decatur	Turner Construction Company	Owner not listed	965 McEntire Ln		AL	35601	12,971	$3,530,100
03/14/2024	Florence	Doster Construction Co Inc	Retirement Systems of Alabama	10 Hightower Place		AL	35630		$2,326,485
03/14/2024	Gadsden	Kyser Construction	Gadsden State Community College	1001 George Wallace Drive		AL	35903	0	$9,488,000
03/14/2024	Huntsville	FMGI Inc	Machelle Terrill	2165 Winchester Road NE	Mapco	AL		0	$2,817,562
03/14/2024	Huntsville	Triton Construction Group LLC	Racetrac Inc	6464 Greenbrier Parkway NW	Racetrac Greenbrier	AL		0	$7,579,354
03/14/2024	Huntsville	Thomas Constructors LLC	Kevin Bransfield	900 Mid City Drive NW Unit A		AL			$2,080,772
03/14/2024	Mtn Brook	Hinkle Roofing Products Inc	Ann Goldstein	3932 Briar Oak Drive		AL	35213		$1,034,615
03/14/2024	Shelby County	Wyatt General Contractor LLC	Apostolic Truth Center Trustee Rev John	30 Persimmon Lane		AL	35051		$1,908,000