Phil Waldrep Ministries office one of 9 new multi-million-dollar projects in North Alabama

63816245e2fc7.image — A new office complex for Phil Waldrep Ministries in Decatur is one of the new projects in North Alabama approved this week. (Waldrep Ministries)

Of the 13 new million-dollar-plus building permits approved in Alabama this week, more than half of them are for projects in North Alabama, with a notable project being the new offices of Phil Waldrep Ministries in Decatur.

The $5 million project has been in the works for several months, and construction has begun on the project, expected to be completed this year.

Here’s more on these new multi-million-dollar projects in North Alabama:

Waldrep Ministries office

Screenshot 2023 07 25 1.31.34 PM — The new Waldrep Ministries office complex is on more than 30 acres in Decatur. (Google Maps)

The new office for Phil Waldrep Ministries was a pre-COVID project that has moved forward now that the pandemic has eased, and construction crews have already cleared out more than 30 acres for the structure.

The site is between the Under Par driving range and the Church at Stone River. The staff at Waldrep’s current office has reportedly outgrown its facility. Decatur’s Planning Commission approved consolidating two parcels between Danville Road and Oak Lea subdivision in November of 2022.

Here’s what we know about this project:

The permit is listed at $5 million
The office building will be approximately 19,000 square feet
Among the features of the 34-acre campus are a theological research library and a 1-acre prayer garden.
Dunlap Contracting Inc. is listed as the contractor
Pugh Wright McAnally did the engineering for the complex and 5R Designs did the architectural drawings

The nonprofit has 18 employees when it’s full-staffed. Waldrep said he expects to add more employees, and the new office will have room to accommodate them.

More on these new projects in North Alabama

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 more projects in North Alabama issued permits this week:

Date	City	Builder	Owner of Project	Project Address	Project Zip Code	Amount
07/20/2023	Albertville	Native American Construction	Albertville Housing Authority	1100 Head Street	35950	$1,000,000
07/20/2023	Albertville	Aviagen	Aviagen	2030 Brashers Chapel Road	35950	$1,500,000
07/19/2023	Decatur	Sue Jac Inc	Friedman Decatur LLC	1468 Northpark Dr NW	35601	$1,561,636
07/19/2023	Decatur	Dunlap Contracting Inc	Phil Waldrep Evnagelic Association	2916 Danville Rd SW	35603	$5,078,927
07/20/2023	Guntersville	Fite Construction	Lawler Hotels LLC	2577 Paddle Wheel Drive	35976	$10,944,026
07/19/2023	Huntsville	Chain Store Construction, Inc	Walmart Business Trust	2200 Sparkman Dr NW		$3,219,538
07/19/2023	Huntsville	Fulcrum Construction LLC	Amanda Smith	2235 National Blvd SW		$1,616,793
07/19/2023	Madison	Highland Wake Construction	Owner not listed	1770 Slaughter Road	35758	$6,735,000
07/19/2023	Madison County	Persons Service Corp	Persons Service Corp	14751 US 231 431 N Highway	35750	$1,419,200

Past Permits

351149774 264389706251469 6917477168311345002 n 1 — One of projects in North Alabama approved recently was for the 1010 Elliston apartment. (1010 Elliston)

In case you may have missed any of our previous reports on million-dollar-plus projects in North Alabama, here are some of our reports from the last several weeks: