Seibert Graphic 2 — A new athletic complex at Samford University is among the new high-dollar building permits issued in Alabama. (Hoar Construction)

This past week, 11 new building permits were issued in Alabama for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Of those new building permits, five are for projects in North Alabama, while three are in the Birmingham metro area, including a $55 million project at Samford University.

Here’s what we know about these new building permits:

New athletic complex at Samford

1S2A7465 1024X683 1 — Renovations to Siebert Hall and a new field house are part of this huge project at Samford. (Samford University)

The largest permit on the list for this week is for the new Campus Recreation, Wellness and Athletic Complex at Samford University. The project, headed by Hoar Construction, is the largest capital project on the Samford Campus in the history of the university.

Here are some details on the project:

It encompasses four projects totaling 165,000 square feet.
Seibert Hall will be renovated to include two basketball courts, multi-use court, studios for fitness classes, dance studios, multi-purpose workout area and common spaces.
An additional 20,000-square-foot adjacent building will be constructed featuring recreation and event space.
Bashinsky Field House will be renovated to house new training and practice spaces.
The first floor of Dwight and Lucille Beeson Center has been renovated to serve as the new home for the university’s health center and counseling services.
The Bashinsky and Seibert renovations and Seibert addition are expected to be completed in the fall of 2024.

More on these new building permits

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 statewide:

Date	City	Builder	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	ProjectState	ProjectZip Code	Square Footage	Amount
08/17/2023	Albertville	Aviagen	Aviagen	1132 Arbor Acres Road	AL	35950		$1,500,000
08/15/2023	Birmingham	Johnson kreis Construction Co Inc	Lake Land Holdings LLC	3660 Grandview Parkway	AL	35243		$2,003,589
08/16/2023	Ft. Payne	Jimmy Traylor Construction	G2 Supply	3411 Gault Avenue S	AL	35967		$1,200,000
08/17/2023	Homewood	Hoar Construction LLC	Samford University	305 Dawson Drive	AL	35229		$54,453,943
08/17/2023	Homewood	Phoenix Builders Group LLC	Ronald S Bryant	1005 Oak Grove Road	AL	35209	3,888	$1,000,000
08/16/2023	Huntsville	Edward Rose Associates	Millennial Development LLC	400 Meadow Ridge Vw NE	AL			$3,696,695
08/16/2023	Huntsville	Vincent Construction	WMG	9048 Memorial Parkway SW	AL			$1,597,604
08/16/2023	Madison County	Breland Homes LLC	Breland Homes LLC	461 John Henry Way building 1000	AL	35757	17,055	$2,328,800
08/15/2023	Prattville	Goodwyn Building Company	Goodwyn Building Company	1209 Jamestown Drive	AL	36066	1,800	$3,319,199
08/16/2023	Tuscaloosa	J T Harrison Construction Co	CAA Holdings LLC	3181 Fosters Ferry Rd	AL	35401	15,217	$2,803,198
08/16/2023	Tuscaloosa	J T Harrison Construction Co	DCH Regional Medical Center	809 University Blvd E	AL	35401	0	$26,524,666

Past building permits

900X0 S3 55268 1 1 — The Smucker’s plant in Jefferson County was one of the high-dollar building permits issued recently. (Construction Equipment Guide)

In case you may have missed any of our previous reports on million-dollar-plus building permits issued in Alabama, here are some of our reports from the last several weeks: