Starbucks will open its first Homewood store in SoHo Square later this month, a departure from the developer's pledge to find independent tenants for the $55 million development that wouldn't compete with downtown Homewood's established shops.
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The following is a chronology of the events leading up to Cyprus Properties being given a contract to develop the city hall, police records building (DARE) and the vacant lot between. There are documents to back up every fact stated. However, The developers with which we have spoken who participated in the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, feel very strongly that it was a distinctly unfair playing field.
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A Birmingham-based developer's letter to Homewood City Council President Ginger Busby had residents abuzz with questions recently about how the city handled the sale of the former city hall complex.
Inkana Development has frozen plans for the $50 million Montelena luxury condominium development off U.S. 280 between Mountain Brook and Homewood. Signs have been removed from the site for the seven-story condo building, and the sales office has been relocated.
The magic that made Homewood into a jewel of Jefferson County suburbs - with soaring property prices, schools in the state's top tier and neighborhoods that wear their history with pride - could be lost in unchecked development that changes the city's character, some residents say.
Construction of Hallman Hill, a $100 million-plus development in central Homewood that blends retail and residential properties, is slated to start this summer, says Bill Dobbins of Arlington Properties, the developer.
The project, to be built in two phases, will be 194 condominiums and 12,500 square feet of commercial space, Dobbins says. It is located at the present Homewood Gardens apartment complex site.