Norfolk Southern’s purchase leads to major investment

March 29, 2010

Source: Birmingham Business Journal With a manufacturing base, proximity to several interstate highways and a number of industrial parks, the Birmingham region is clearly attractive to the railroad industry. That was particularly true in the case of Norfolk Southern, which announced plans in 2009 to invest $112 million to build an intermodal facility in McCalla. … Read More

Brokers overcame challenges to make CSX facility possible

March 29, 2010

Source: Birmingham Business Journal It’s no small trick, finding a place to transfer manufacturing materials from trains onto trucks. Yet developers located just such a patch of ground in their efforts to create the CSX Intermodal Facility in Bessemer. “Birmingham is topographically challenged in the first place. Trying to piece together 25 acres of flat … Read More

Pullman site reborn with addition of Liberty Pipe in Bessemer

March 29, 2010

Source: Birmingham Business Journal Liberty Pipe’s new home within the 115-acre Interstate Industrial Park in Bessemer bears little, if any, resemblance to the Pullman railway manufacturing facility that once occupied the site. To revive the building after six dormant years, developers renovated the electrical system, removed five large paint booths, replaced roof tiles, added drive-in … Read More

Distributor Eagle Fence picks Fultondale’s former 84 Lumber site for operations center

February 5, 2010

Source: Birmingham Business Journal Eagle Fence Distributing LLC has purchased a site in Fultondale with plans to move its operations from Warrior, Ala., and expand its distribution and manufacturing base. Birmingham’s Graham & Co. said it represented Eagle Fence in the purchase of the former 84 Lumber facility in Fultondale, north of Birmingham. According to … Read More

International Wines uncorks expansion with $1.8M purchase

January 19, 2010

Source: Birmingham Business Journal International Wines has purchased a new building off West Oxmoor Road and plans to expand its burgeoning wine distribution business. The Birmingham-based company bought a 41,000-square-foot warehouse for nearly $1.8 million on Snow Drive, according to public records. The warehouse is a stone’s throw from its current location, which is also … Read More

80-job pipe coating plant coming to Bessemer

January 12, 2010

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Source: Birmingham News A Pennsylvania company will invest $5 million and create 80 new jobs with a new plant in Bessemer. Liberty Group of Morrisville, Pa., will set up a regional … Read More

Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport expands its cargo capacity

January 4, 2010

Source: The Birmingham News The Birmingham Airport Authority has paid more than $7 million for 25 acres of land and nearly half a million square feet of industrial building space next to its air­cargo operation, an indication the airport may have big plans for industrial growth. Al Denson, director of the Birmingham­ Shuttlesworth International Airport, … Read More

Alabaster to get get core mold plant, 15 jobs

November 30, 2009

Source: Birmingham News A South Carolina-based company is investing $1.5 million to set up a manufacturing operation in Alabaster that will create as many as 15 jobs in its first year. Supreme Cores Alabama Inc. will operate in a 21,000-square­ foot industrial building on a 10-acre site where it will produce mold cores made of … Read More

Graham & Co opens Gulf Coast office

October 23, 2009

Source: Birmingham Business Journal Commercial brokerage firm Graham & Co said it has opened an office on the Gulf Coast. Birmingham-based Graham recently acquired the Panama City, Fla., office of GVA Advantis, a national brokerage firm out of Washington, D.C., said Gardner Lee, a managing partner at Graham. Graham took charge of GVA Advantis’ three … Read More