Reviewed by: Sarah Gronberg
UAB’s Gorrie Hall + more new high-dollar building projects in Alabama
This past week saw 18 new high-dollar (exceeding $1 million) building projects approved statewide. Of those new building permits issued, half are for projects in North Alabama, while the remaining nine permits are for projects in the Birmingham area — including the $61 million addition to UAB’s School of Engineering, Frances & Miller Gorrie Hall.
Here’s what we know about these new building projects in Alabama:
Frances + Miller Gorrie Hall at UAB
After years of being housed in multiple locations, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Engineering will relocate to the new Frances and Miller Gorrie Hall, part of the Science and Engineering Complex.
This $61 million project broke ground about a month ago, but was issued its permit this past week. Brasfield & Gorrie is the lead contractor on this project.
Here are some tidbits about this project:
- Gorrie Hall will be a 116,000-square-foot facility.
- Construction on Gorrie Hall is expected to be complete in summer 2025.
- The 2,000-square-foot materials testing lab will house the equipment needed to conduct compression, bending, tensile and impact testing on materials ranging from concrete and steel to gels and foams.
- Additional features of the building will include research and teaching labs, a design and rapid prototyping lab, transportation and smart cities research suite, student study commons and outdoor patio.
More on these new 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 in Alabama:
| Date | City | Builder | Ownerof Project | ProjectAddress | ProjectSubdivision | ProjectState | ProjectZip Code | Subtype of Project | Square Footage | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/29/2023 | Athens | The Stewart Perry Co. INC. | The Stewart Perry Co. INC. | 1061 Kelli Dr A | AL | $2,268,000 | ||||
| 08/29/2023 | Athens | The Stewart Perry Co. INC. | The Stewart Perry Co. INC. | 1061 Kelli Dr B | AL | $1,944,000 | ||||
| 08/29/2023 | Athens | Fite Construction | Fite Construction | 1612 Lindsay Lane S | AL | $2,754,965 | ||||
| 08/30/2023 | Birmingham | Johnson kreis Construction Co Inc | New Hope Baptist Church | 4018 4th Avenue South | AL | 35222 | $1,080,000 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Birmingham | Brasfield & Gorrie LLC | State of Alabama | 902 14th Street South | AL | 35205 | $61,040,000 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Birmingham | Kyser Construction | Owner Not Listed | 517 Huffman Road | AL | 35235 | $3,500,000 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Birmingham | Doster Construction Company | Childrens Hospital of AL | 1000 7th Avenue South | AL | 35233 | $2,076,004 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Birmingham | Brasfield & Gorrie LLC | Southern Research Institute | 2000 9th Avenue South | AL | 35205 | $3,300,000 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Birmingham | Arbor Environmental Services Inc | Barber George Jr | 7724 Crestwood Blvd | AL | 35210 | $2,800,000 | |||
| 08/29/2023 | Cullman | Jim Cooper Construction | City of Cullman/Woody Jacobs | 1634 Field of Miracles Drive SW | AL | 35056 | $19,583,687 | |||
| 08/29/2023 | Cullman | CBI General Contractors | Michael LeBreton | 409 2nd Avenue NW | AL | 35056 | $2,261,938 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Gardendale | White Spunner Construction | Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust | 890 Odum Road | AL | 35071 | $2,591,852 | |||
| 08/29/2023 | Huntsville | Thomas Constructors LLC | Blue Oak BBQ | 1000 Mid City Dr NW unit 100 | AL | $2,402,919 | ||||
| 08/29/2023 | Huntsville | Edward Rose Associates | Millennial Development LLC | 412 Meadow Ridge View NE | AL | $2,471,667 | ||||
| 08/29/2023 | Huntsville | Edward Rose Associates | Edward Rose Associates | 432 Meadow Ridge Vw NE | AL | 0 | $2,471,667 | |||
| 08/29/2023 | Huntsville | Johnson kreis Construction Co Inc | Jerry Reeder | 7290 Whitesburg Dr SW unit D | AL | $14,504,655 | ||||
| 08/28/2023 | Jefferson County | John Marcum | Douglas Farms LLC | 3340 Old Columbiana Road | AL | 35226 | $6,455,000 | |||
| 08/30/2023 | Shelby County | Taylor Custom Homes & Renovations LLC | Roman Anthony Michael & Nancy | 2525 Saddle Creek Trail | AL | 35242 | 5,000 | $1,080,000 |
Get caught up on past permits
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:
- December 12, 2022
- December 19, 2022
- January 9, 2023
- January 30, 2023
- February 6, 2023
- February 13, 2023
- March 6, 2023
- 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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