900X0 S3 55268 1 — Eight new building permits were issued for the new Smucker’s plant in Jefferson County this week. (Construction Equipment Guide)

This week, 23 new building permits were issued throughout the state for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Of these new building permits, eight of them are for the new Smucker’s plant in Jefferson County — totaling more than $400 million.

Here’s what we know about these new high-dollar construction projects in Alabama:

Smuckers ‘Uncrustables’ plant in Jefferson County

In case you are wondering how construction is going on the new J.M. Smucker facility… pic.twitter.com/UeGiGAO5yS
— Jefferson County, AL (@JeffCoToday) October 13, 2022

The J.M. Smucker Co. announced plans to build a new $1.1 billion manufacturing and distribution facility for Uncrustables sandwiches in McCalla nearly two years ago. The plant is the third in the country dedicated solely to the company’s Uncrustables brand.

According to the Birmingham Business Alliance, this is one of the largest economic development projects to come to Jefferson County in the past several years, both in terms of capital investment and jobs.

Here are some quick facts about the new plant:

The construction has been planned in three phases, with this latest being the second phase.
The new facility will be housed at the JeffMet Industrial Complex at 7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway.
The facility will create up to 750 jobs.
Construction began in 2022, with production commencing in calendar year 2025.
The Dennis Group out of Springfield, Mass., is listed as the contractor
The Smucker’s Uncrustables brand has existing facilities in Kentucky and Colorado.

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
07/27/2023	Oxford	Builder Not Listed	Owner Not Listed	1900 Oxford Exchange Blvd Calhoun	AL	36203		$1,175,993
07/27/2023	Calera	Walmart Corporate Office	Walmart	5100 Highway 31	AL	35040		$3,940,680
07/26/2023	Birmingham	Belfor USA Group	Park Lane Lender LLC	915 Valley Ridge Drive	AL	35209		$2,500,000
07/26/2023	Birmingham	Retail Contractors of Puerto Rico. Inc.	Walmart Real Estate Business	9248 Parkway East	AL	35266		$2,900,562
07/26/2023	Birmingham	GKL Companies, Inc.	Owner Not Listed	150 Leaf Lake Parkway	AL	35211		$2,097,162
07/26/2023	Birmingham	Belfor USA Group	Park Lane Lender LLC	915 Valley Ridge Drive	AL	35206		$3,000,000
07/26/2023	Birmingham	Roofing Solutions LLC	University of AL Birmingham	1700 University Blvd	AL	35294		$1,470,000
07/26/2023	Birmingham	Garner & Assoc Roofing & Facility	University of AL Birmingham	1025 18th Street South	AL	35205		$1,878,400
07/26/2023	Shelby County	Broadway Group LLC	Sunset Properties LLC	31259 Highway 25	AL	35186		$1,646,000
07/26/2023	Hoover	Centennial Homes LLC	Centennial Homes LLC	468 Preserve Way	AL	35080	5,000	$1,150,000
07/26/2023	Hoover	Centennial Homes LLC	Centennial Homes LLC	464 Preserve Way	AL	35080	5,000	$1,250,000
07/26/2023	Huntsville	David E Harvey Builders Inc	Matt Levantovich	1004 Explorer Blvd NW	AL			$2,700,000
07/26/2023	Huntsville	Magnolia Trace	Magnolia Trace	2 Crown Cir SW	AL			$2,407,076
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$40,448,669
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$15,883,211
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$38,580,770
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$91,309,976
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$166,323,578
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$34,433,814
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	Dennis Group	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$1,812,077
07/25/2023	Jefferson County	Dennis Group	JM Smucker LLC	7351 Old Tulscaloosa Highway	AL	35111		$13,756,259
07/25/2023	Tallapoosa County	Dilworth Development Inc	Dilworth Development Inc	128 Fish Hawk Road	AL	36853		$2,167,715
07/24/2023	Pike Road	Batson-Cook Company	Owner Not Listed	124 South Memorial Drive	AL	36066		$1,578,800

Past permits

Tuomey 2022 05 20 Tuomey View 1A 1 — Renovations to Tuomey Hall on the University of Alabama campus were approved last week. (University of Alabama)

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: