Welch Guster Building
The Welch Guster Building is a planned multi-tenant office building 2250 Bessemer Road, on the corner of Ensley 5 Points West Avenue, in the Five Points West district of Birmingham's Central Park neighborhood.
The building, designed by Roman Gary of CCR Architecture & Interiors, was constructed in 2022 in the site of a former Exchange Security Bank branch from 1960, more recently occupied by Schaeffer Eye Center.
Jack Schaeffer purchased the property for $100,000 in 2011 under a redevelopment agreement from the City of Birmingham, but that project was never realized.
In 2020 attorney Eric Guster bought the building from the city for the same price and announced plans to demolish it for construction of a new 3,800 square-foot office building. In November 2021 his updated plan for a larger 6,000 square-foot building for his firm and two tenants was approved by the Birmingham Design Review Committee. Wiggins Building Corp. constructed it at a cost of $1.1 to $1.5 million.
Tenants
- Guster Law Firm (2022–)
References
- Van der Bijl, Hanno (September 14, 2020) "Local attorney acquires former bank building in Five Points West." Birmingham Business Journal
- Van der Bijl, Hanno (November 18, 2020) "Guster plans new office building at former Regions branch." Birmingham Business Journal
- Coker, Angel (November 24, 2021) "Eric Guster receives approval for redevelopment project in Bham neighborhood." Birmingham Business Journal