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Multi-million dollar renovation underway at The Redmont Hotel
If you’ve driven by The Redmont Hotel in recent weeks, you’ve noticed plywood covering some of the windows and doors on the ground floor. The last two days have brought increased activity to the historic hotel as the first significant signs of its estimated $13.4 million renovation are now visible. Crews and machinery were in front of the building this morning. It will be the first extensive project undertaken at the hotel since 2007.
The property was one of the first ten to be awarded state tax credits as part of the Alabama Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program earlier this year. It appears to be the first of those located in Birmingham to move forward with related work.
Last August saw Hay Creek Hotels announced as the hotel management company hired to oversee the renovation. They’ve already created a landing page for the property in its reservation network; Stewart Perry is serving as the project’s general contractor. The hotel has held a renovation sale during the last month, with management holding a party in the lobby back in June. Attendees were told at that time the property’s rooftop bar, Above, would open before the renovation was completed.
Posted in 35203, architecture, Business
Tagged downtown, Hay Creek Hotels, Redmont Hotel, renovation, rooftop bar, Stewart Perry
Bogue’s moves into new fire station location on Clairmont
Folks driving along Clairmont Avenue near 32nd St. South this Saturday may have noticed some cars sitting in the parking lot adjacent to the renovated Fire Station No. 22.
Bogue’s was getting a chance to kick the tires on their new space in the building – its front door marked by an orange awning – and are continuing to do so today. They are not as of yet able to accept credit cards (read: cash only), but if you’re in the mood to see what the new space is like before everyone starts to swarm on the building, you may still have some time. The most notable of the new features for the space is the patio that looks out onto 32nd St. and the site of the first ever Alabama vs. Auburn football game (it’s important to note there’s currently no furniture on the patio).
Workers were almost finished putting the fence up around the old location (first inhabited by the restaurant in 1946) as we left this morning, suggesting that demolition of that structure is imminent to allow for construction of a new Walgreens location seen as the centerpiece of this redevelopment project.
Who knows? Maybe we’ll see some of the perks of the new Walgreens flagship store up in Chicago that opened last month when it opens this summer…
Quinlan Castle loses its top – temporarily
Photo: Removing turrets from Quinlan Castle (1 of 2). dystopos/Flickr
While many of us were infatuated with the relocation of the 1917 locomotive on Saturday morning (pictures later), work crews were handling another local historic icon on Birmingham’s Southside.
Folks were worried when they noticed cranes lifting the turret roofs from their resting places atop historic Quinlan Castle. You can breathe a sigh of relief though, as they were moved to the flat portion of the roof in order to make it easier for repairs to be made to them as part of a restoration project being conducted by the property’s owners, Southern Research Institute.
Posted in architecture
Tagged AL, Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, historic, Quinlan Castle, removal, renovation, roof, southside, start, turret
Five Points work nears completion
Photo: Street Renovation in 5 Points. Josh Self/Flickr.
Be careful if you’re trying to get around in Five Points South this evening. A few blocks of the popular bohemian district in Birmingham’s Southside have been temporarily fenced off to vehicular traffic.
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and city public works employees were spotted putting the final touches on the district’s recent street and lamp post renovation project earlier today.
Posted in The City
Tagged Five Points South, Larry Langford, project, renovation, repaving
Sweet Bones Alabama to open in The Summit
acnatta/bhamterminal.com
I really can’t be sure if the guys on the trailer were up here working preparing to work on the restaurant (I actually think some patch work was being done to their truck). I can be sure of the fact that it was just ironic timing based on what ran in today’s Birmingham News about Bonedaddy’s – sorry, soon to be Sweet Bones Alabama.
That’s right – according to today’s News’ business section the restaurant located in the Village at Lee Branch will be changing it’s name, relocating to larger space at The Summit (the former On the Border location pictured above) and working on plans to open locations outside of Alabama.
Posted in Business
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Bonedaddy's, expansion, On the Border, renovation, Sweet Bones Alabama, Texas
Rebuild Bethel marches forward
Screenshot of Rebuild Bethel campaign website.
We haven’t heard a lot about historic Bethel Baptist Church in recent months – the historic building granted National Historic Landmark status in 2005 – not the congregation’s current structure – despite a pledge by Mayor Langford to provide up to $1 million in city funds towards its renovation. Hopefully that will change in the near future as efforts to complete this project continue in the city’s Collegeville neighborhood.
Posted in architecture, history, Take a moment
Tagged AL, Alabama, Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Campaign, Collegeville, Fred Shuttlesworth, renovation, revitalization, Take a moment, website
