The Birmingham News and various other news outlets are reporting that HealthSouth has agreed to sell its corporate campus to an investment fund sponsored by Trammell Crow Co., a real estate development company in Dallas, TX. The reported sale price is $60 million. The sale would include their headquarters building, their 85-acre campus and their "digital hospital" that still sits unfinished four years after construction was halted. Continue reading
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BEACON districts are blooming
Three commercial districts served by Main Street Birmingham‘s BEACON Program are beginning implementation of a beautification program. Avondale, North Birmingham and Woodlawn have adopted the Blooms for BEACON program, with assistance from MSB and the City of Birmingham‘s public works and urban planning departments. The first annuals were planted in Avondale early Tuesday morning.
According to Director of Neighborhood Initiatives Mary Allison Haynie, goals of the program include instilling a sense of community pride and ownership of the district as well as making the district attractive to its visitors, shoppers and investors. Continue reading
Posted in 35212, Birmingham, Business, News
A Birmingham symbol begins to disappear
Sign installers have been methodically replacing signs at AmSouth locations with the new Regions Bank logo. This one is located at the intersection of 5th Avenue North and 22nd Street North in the Central City neighborhood at a current drive-thru location.
The merger was completed in the 4th quarter of 2006. Branches are preparing to complete the changeover systemwide no later than October 2007, with the first branch conversions to be completed in July.
Posted in Business, Regionwide
OrderCorner comes to Birmingham
If you’re not in the mood to cook a recipe you find on MyRecipes.com & bring it in for a business meeting (though you probably wouldn’t anyway), you can now call on OrderCorner to help you with your corporate catering needs. The Birmingham Business Journal posted the story about the business’ expansion into the Birmingham market this afternoon.
The Houston, TX based company also announced their expansion into the Charlotte, N.C. area today. It also has a significant presence in Austin & San Antonio, TX; Chicago, IL and New Jersey.
Southern Progress launches MyRecipes.com
Cooks of the Magic City (and the country for that matter) rejoice; welcome MyRecipes.com into existence. Birmingham-based Sothern Progress Corporation (SPC) introduced this new site earlier this week (just in time for the holiday weekend) as the first portal from the company’s newest division, SPC Digital. MyRecipes.com launched with more than 25,000 recipes already at users’ fingertips, with more to be added every month. The recipes appear to be taken from several titles that are published by SPC, including Southern Living, Coastal Living, Cooking Light and Health.
Head on over and check it out.
Posted in Birmingham, Business, food
Monster partners with local newspaper company
Monster Worldwide, Inc., parent company for Monster.com earlier today announced it will partner with Birmingham-based Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CHNI) on developing some 80 career and recruitment sites. The communities that will be served through these sites are already served by more than 140 publications associated with CNHI. CHNI serves as the parent company for some 93 daily newspapers.
The announcement, according to this Reuters story, is the latest such partnership for Monster, having already made similar agreements with various media outlets including the New York Times and The Boston Globe.
Click here to view the official press release from Monster Worldwide.
Posted in 35243, Birmingham, Business
UAB a partner in new auto alliance
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is one of seven universities in the Southeastern United States taking part in a new alliance aimed at expanding resources available for the regional automotive industry.
The Automotive Research Alliance also includes the National Transportation Research Center , Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tennessee Valley Authority as well as Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi State. The announcement of the alliance is expected to be made in Nashville today. Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, Business, Education
