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Source: Birmingham News A coffee battle is brewing in Birmingham. Baton Rouge-based Community Coffee has infiltrated the Birmingham market with a new sales and distribution center in the Oxmoor Valley. Matt Saurage, chief executive of the 91-year-old company, said he believes Birmingham needs another strong regional brand to compete at the retail level in grocery … Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Source: The Birmingham News A Birmingham law firm is expanding its office with the purchase of a building in Liberty Park. Friedman, Leak, Dazzio, Zulanas & Bowling P.C. has purchased the office now occupied by real estate investment company Equity Resources LLC. The firm is investing $2.4 million in the building, including the purchase price … Read More