Twelve new building permits were issued this past week for construction projects in Alabama exceeding $1 million. These new building permits include three projects in the Birmingham metro, eight in North Alabama and one in Tuscaloosa.

The priciest of these new building permits is for a project in Florence at the Southwire facility — a $17 million project.

Southwire facility in Florence

Florence-based Craig Construction has been working on an expansion of the Southwire facility since last year, and was issued a new $17 million building permit this past week for the project.

Here’s what we know:

The 300,000 square foot campus has grown over time, and this expansion will include approximately 340,000 square feet of added space for new equipment.
The project will also include renovating the existing building to enhance the team member experience, including locker rooms, training space and an outdoor picnic and activity area.
These investments and upgrades will effectively streamline Southwire’s commercial and residential building wire efforts, complement existing products and emphasize the facility’s culture and labor pool.
Construction should be completed in 2025

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 are the new high-dollar building permits in Alabama this week:

Date	City	Builder	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	ProjectState	ProjectZip Code	Square Footage	Amount
02/01/2024	Birmingham	Ameribuild Homes Inc	Sicarwood LLC / William B Eyster	205 18th Street S	AL	35233	0	$1,000,000
02/01/2024	Decatur	Building Construction Associates Inc	Alabama Community College System	402 Moulton St E	AL	35601	0	$3,174,000
02/01/2024	Florence	White Spunner Construction	WalMart Stores Inc	2701 Cloverdale Road	AL	35630		$2,352,869
02/01/2024	Florence	Craig Construction	Southwire	4251 Helton Drive	AL	35630		$17,800,000
02/01/2024	Hoover	Project Builders	Chick Fil A	5331 Valleydale Road	AL			$1,750,000
02/01/2024	Hoover	Jim Cooper Construction	Blue Cross Blue Shield Etc	450 Riverchase Parkway E	AL			$1,070,000
02/01/2024	Huntsville	Limestone Building Group	Redstone Federal Credit Union	220 Wynn Drive NW Unit F	AL			$3,590,422
02/01/2024	Huntsville	GLR Inc	CVS	2525 Oakwood Ave NW Unit A	AL			$1,279,117
02/01/2024	Huntsville	Hoar Construction LLC	Centennial	300 The Bridge Street NW Unit 124	AL			$5,432,615
02/01/2024	Huntsville	Rosehill Construction LLC	Brookwood Properties	3910 Cypressbook Drive NW	AL			$8,072,380
02/01/2024	Huntsville	Lee Builders Inc	Francisco Builders Inc	6275 University Drive NW Unit 8	AL			$1,599,218
02/01/2024	Tuscaloosa	J T Harrison Construction Co	The Board of Trustees of University of Alabama	1300 21st St E	AL		0	$5,771,500