Reviewed by: Sarah Gronberg
New Drake State building among million-dollar-plus construction projects
This week, two new building permits were approved in Alabama for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Both of these permits are for projects in North Alabama.
The priciest of the two permits is an $18 million project at Drake State Community and Technical College in Huntsville — a new training center that broke ground earlier in the summer.
The Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake State
Fite Building Company is the lead contractor for the new Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake State.
The project includes two 50,000-square-foot buildings consisting of classrooms, welding and machine tool labs, industrial and electronic labs, additive manufacturing and additional academic spaces.
The buildings are single story structures with interior equipment platforms and an integral tornado shelter.
About these new construction projects
Thanks to our friends at Southern Exposure Information, we have the list of all 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 building permits approved for million-dollar-plus projects this week in Alabama:
| Date | City | Builder | Ownerof Project | ProjectAddress | ProjectSubdivision | ProjectState | ProjectZip Code | Subtype of Project | Square Footage | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/06/2023 | Huntsville | JS Building Company Inc | Thomas Lavelle | 11515 Gilleland Rd SE | AL | $1,215,359 | ||||
| 09/06/2023 | Huntsville | Fite Construction | Drake State Comm College | 3401 Meridian St NW | AL | $18,449,399 |
Past construction projects
In case you might have missed any of the previous lists of new million-dollar-plus building permits issued in Alabama, here are the permits from the last several weeks:
- March 20, 2023
- March 27, 2023
- April 6, 2023
- April 11, 2023
- April 18, 2023
- April 25, 2023
- May 1, 2023
- May 8, 2023
- May 15, 2023
- May 23, 2023
- May 30, 2023
- June 6, 2023
- June 21, 2023
- June 28, 2023
- July 3, 2023
- July 12, 2023
- July 18, 2023
- July 25, 2023
- July 31, 2023
- August 7, 2023
- August 14, 2023
- August 21, 2023
- August 29, 2023
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