Florence's Southwire expansion one of new high-dollar building permits

Of the 20 new building permits issued this past week for construction projects in Alabama exceeding $1 million, 14 of those projects are happening in North Alabama.

One of the priciest projects approved in the region is an expansion at the Southwire campus in Florence. Here’s what we know about these new multi-million-dollar construction projects:

Expansion at the Southwire campus in Florence

As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, Southwire — a leading producer of industrial products, cable and wire — announced a few weeks ago an expansion at its campus in Florence that is expected to increase production capacity by 30% and create approximately 120 jobs.

The building permit for this project was approved this past week for lead contractor Craig Construction. Here are a few details on this project:

The project is listed at $4.5 million
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 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 North Alabama:

Date	City	Builder	Owner of Project	Project Address	Project State	Amount
08/21/2023	Cullman	Oil Equipment Co Inc	Midstates Oil Company	1667 Cherokee Avenue SW	AL	$1,200,000
08/23/2023	Florence	Craig Construction Company, Inc	Southwire	4251 Helton Drive	AL	$4,500,000
08/23/2023	Huntsville	Termac Construction	Huntsville Independence	4049 Independence Dr NW	AL	$2,892,534
08/23/2023	Huntsville	Edward Rose Associates	Millennial Development LLC	420 Meadow Ridge Vw NE	AL	$3,696,695
08/23/2023	Huntsville	Building Construction Associates Inc	HLA Properties	7001 Cabela Dr NW unit A	AL	$2,842,000
08/23/2023	Huntsville	Edward Rose Associates	Edward Rose Associates	400 Meadow Ridge Vw NE	AL	$3,696,695
08/23/2023	Huntsville	The Robins & Morton Group Inc	Michael Dobbs	13000 Memorial Parkway SW	AL	$1,538,685
08/23/2023	Huntsville	WTD Holdings Inc	Randall Aschbrenner	4930 University Square NW unit A	AL	$1,325,295
08/23/2023	Huntsville	The Robins & Morton Group Inc	The Robins & Morton Group Inc	8300 Rideout Rd SW	AL	$2,719,067
08/23/2023	Huntsville	Fulcrum Construction LLC	Sams Club	5651 Holmes Ave NW	AL	$1,716,729
08/22/2023	Madison County	Breland Homes LLC	Breland Homes LLC	461 John Henry Way building 1000	AL	$2,328,800
08/22/2023	Madison County	Rast Construction Inc	Rast Construction Inc	12645 US Highway 231 431 North	AL	$1,159,400
08/22/2023	Madison County	Pitts Construction Group LLC	Pitts Construction Group LLC	109 Tomahawk Dr	AL	$1,400,000
08/22/2023	Madison County	Lee Builders Inc	Lee Builders Inc	6921 US Highway 431 S	AL	$1,678,480

Building projects from previous weeks in Alabama

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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: