Category Archives: Business

Five Guys x 2

Five Guys logoIf you haven’t ventured over to Brookwood Village to try out Five Guys Famous Burgers & Fries, our newest entry into the world of burger joints here in Birmingham, don’t worry about it … soon you’ll have to choose where you want to go.

The chain, which started in Arlington, Va., and is truly famous nationwide, will soon open its second metro Birmingham location at The Pinnacle shopping development in Trussville next to The Loop. The new location could be seen as providing some interesting close competition to the other burger chain that has recently entered the metro Birmingham market, Red Robin. That location, the Colorado-based company’s third in Alabama, opened earlier this year. We’re guessing that time will tell who’s burger reigns supreme.

A grand re-opening in Eastwood

Wal-Mart opening in Eastwood

A crowded parking lot outside of Wal-Mart Supercenter #1711 as it opened earlier today. Photo credit: Christina Tutor

It’s here. The new Eastwood Village Wal-Mart Supercenter #1711 opened its doors this morning at 8 a.m. complete with marching band. It’s one of three that opened in the state today. There was plenty of management on hand for the ribbon cutting (and plenty of people based on this picture). Overheard was the comment that this Wal-Mart is top of the line with all the bells and whistles the company has to offer. It certainly still has that new store smell.

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Unmask Your Potential, Icon Restaurant

Broadway Across America and the Central Alabama Women’s Business Center (CAWBC) host this event at Icon Restaurant beginning at 5:30 p.m. It not only celebrates the return of The Phantom of the Opera to the Magic City, but it also provides an opportunity for women business professionals and owners to to get out of the office and meet a few people that will contribute to the quality of their business network. There will also be opportunities to win free tickets and other door prizes as well as complimentary food.

All proceeds will benefit CAWBC. Please contact Jeanne Post at 205.453.0249 or jeanne@cawbc.org to RSVP or for additional information.

Cost: $10

Location:
Icon Restaurant/Tutwiler Hotel
2021 Park Place

Schaeffer Eye Center Grand Opening & Trunk Show

It may not be a crawfish boil, but Terminal readers are invited to celebrate the grand opening of Schaeffer Eye Center’s newest office in Five Points West, 2100 Bessemer Road. Frame vendors will hold trunk shows for Prada, Ferragamo and Cazal-Caviar beginning at 1 p.m. Or arrive later for door prizes and refreshments from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: Free

Business district will see finally see Starbucks

Harbert Realty Services and Concord Hospitality announced earlier this morning that Birmingham’s new Marriott Renaissance Hotel (being built in the City Center at 5th Avenue North and 20th Street) will also be home to a brand-new Starbucks Coffee location.

The Starbucks store will be a convenience for hotel guests and surrounding businesses. It will be interesting to see how their arrival, though still some time off, will affect the business of our current crop of downtown coffeehouses, most notably Java and Jams, who only recently opened in June.

The downtown area’s newest coffeehouse is located one block south of the proposed Starbucks location, which would be the 20th in the metropolitan area based on current numbers and the 5th for Birmingham city center area.

Travelogue: Augusta, GA talks about what may be or have been

Yes, it’s a crazy headline because it involves a crazy situation, as laid out in this post on Musings on Birmingham. It’s most interesting since there has been no official announcement from the company about where it will choose to locate its new plant. It’s even more interesting since the story is out of Augusta and not Athens, the city that is actually in the Solvay Pharmaceuticals sweepstakes with Birmingham.

We’ll just have to wait and see.

Magic City a top city to do business

That’s according to the folks at MarketWatch.com as Birmingham was ranked as the 9th best city to do business in the country. Accroding to their site, they:

… measured the concentration of Fortune 1000, S&P 500, Russell 2000 and Forbes 400 private companies in the nation’s top 50 metro areas, as well as concentration of small businesses. The study also measured population growth, unemployment and job growth.

Los Angeles came in at #1. Click here to check out the rest of the list.