High-dollar building permits this week include new Food City

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One of six new Food City stores is set to open on Governor’s Drive next year. (Food City)

Of the 10 new building permits issued across the state this past week for projects exceeding $1 million, two are for projects in the Huntsville area.

One of those is for a new Food City location on Governors Drive. Here’s what we know about these new building permits:

Food City to open multiple locations in Madison County

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Food City is building a new location next to Stovehouse. (Michael Seale / Hville Blast)

The grocer will invest $90 million to build six new stores and create 1,350 jobs over the next five years. Developers broke ground on the Hampton Cove store — off US 431 and Taylor Lane — in July of last year.

The new permit issued last week is for the new location at 3608 Governors Drive NW. The permit is for $3.8 million and lists J A Street & Associates Inc. of Blountsville, Tenn., as the lead contractor.

According to a statement from Food City’s parent company, KVAT Food Stores Inc., the Governor’s Drive location has an expected opening date in the first quarter of 2025.

More on these new building permits

Thanks to our friends at Report Construction LLC, we have the list of all of the 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’s more on these new permits in Alabama this week:

DateCityBuilderOwnerof ProjectProjectAddressProjectStateAmount
09/05/2024BirminghamHoar Construction LLCChildren’s Hospital of Alabama1601 5th AveAL$19,229,400
09/05/2024BirminghamBrasfield & Gorrie LLCSpecial Care Facilities Financial The City of Pell City AL39 Hanover CircleAL$11,682,800
09/05/2024HelenaCS Beatty ConstructionOwner Information Not Provided1217 Hillsboro ParkwayAL$1,851,573
09/05/2024HomewoodRobins and MortonSamford University847 Montague DriveAL$17,534,572
09/05/2024HomewoodBerry ConstructionHomewood Property LLC202 State Farm ParkwayAL$1,510,729
09/05/2024HuntsvilleSoutheastern Homes & Remodeling IncMS2 LTD2517 Toll Gate Road NEAL$1,020,000
09/05/2024HuntsvilleJ A Street & Associates IncKVAT Food Stores Inc3608 Governors Drive NWAL$3,846,154
09/05/2024Mtn BrookTCC IncLeslie Bashinsky79 Country Club BlvdAL$2,100,000
09/05/2024Mtn BrookMurray Building Company IncLift Lane Parke LLC5000 Lane Parke CourtAL$3,117,000
09/05/2024TuscaloosaHarrison ConstructionUniversity Of Alabama350 Kirkbride LnAL$19,094,001

Past Alabama permits

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A renovation at Crestwood Medical Center was one of the recent building permits issued. (Michael Seale / Hville Blast)

Here are some of our previous building permits reports in case you missed them:

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Michael Seale
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