Avondale Works

Avondale Works was a proposed 71,590 square-foot office complex announced in September 2016 by Marc Eason and his son, Adam of Cushman & Wakefield/EGS Commercial Real Estate. The project was to be a redevelopment of existing office and light industrial buildings that had been developed by the older Eason in the 1980s on 1st Avenue North between 39th and 41st Avenue North in North Avondale.

The $10-11 million project, as designed by Richard Carnaggio of CCR Architecture, would have created 20,000 square feet of new shared spaces, including conference rooms, restrooms, break areas and outdoor green spaces to foster interaction between business tenants. Existing buildings on the perimeter of the site would be demolished to create a total of 228 parking spaces. WatsonBruhn expected to break ground on the project in January 2017 and be completed in mid-2018, but the developers never secured enough tenant commitments to proceed.

Instead Eason proposed a residential redevelopment of the property in 2018, with around 40 residential lofts averaging 1,500 square feet. Later the project site was redeveloped for a single industrial tenant.

References

• Godwin, Brent (September 16, 2016) "Transformative office development planned for Avondale ." Birmingham Business Journal
• Tomberlin, Michael (October 20, 2016) "From industrial to innovational: Avondale Works looks to transform Birmingham properties." Alabama NewsCenter
• Chambers, Jesse (November 22, 2016) "Innovative new office campus to bring fresh energy to North Avondale." Iron City Ink
• Van der Bijl, Hanno (September 17, 2020) "New Class A industrial building in Avondale planned for national company." Birmingham Business Journal