Cahaba Village Plaza
Cahaba Village is a mixed use retail and shopping center located on the former dirt pile site on U.S. Highway 280 at Green Valley Road. Developed by Bayer Properties, it is anchored by a 50,000 square-foot Whole Foods Market which opened in February 2007. The 15-acre development contains 46,000 square feet of retail space, two outparcels, and 22 residential condominiums, developed independently by Arlington Properties and marketed at between $470,000 to $580,000.
The project was designed by Crawford McWilliams Hatcher Architects with Nimrod Long & Associates handling the landscape plan. It is envisioned by the developer as a sibling of Mountain Brook's historic commercial villages, with "a design and atmosphere similar to that of Mountain Brook Village and English Village."1
Brice Building Company constructed the $25 million development which included a reconfiguration of Green Valley Road's intersection with Highway 280, as well as moving an existing water main and burying an existing drainage ravine in a culvert. The relocation of the intersection was at the center of a lawsuit between Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills while rezoning for the proposed shopping center spurred opposition from neighbors.
The planned Stoney River Steaks restaurant never materialized. Instead, an 8,900 square-foot three-unit commercial expansion was constructed, now housing Yogurt Mountain, Alfred Angelo bridal shop, and one other tenant.
Tenants
- Alfred Angelo (opened November 2009)
- Bryant Bank
- Canterbury Nails and Spa (opened 2010)
- Diamonds Direct
- FedEx Kinko's
- Fleet Fleet Sports
- Jennifer Hunt Gallery
- Jilebre Salon
- Manhattan South (closed April 2011)
- Mountain High Outfitters
- Newk's Express Cafe
- Nothing but Noodles (opened 2010)
- Maki Fresh
- Peterbrooke Chocolatier
- Ritz Camera
- Wine Loft
- Whole Foods Market
- Yogurt Mountain (opened 2009)
References
- Tomberlin, Michael (June 26, 2005) "Cahaba Village work to begin." Birmingham News
- Nicholson, Gilbert (October 1, 2004) "Cahaba Village is going up." Birmingham Business Journal
- Geiss, Chuck (May 5, 2004) "Naked Birmingham: Publisher's Notebook." Black & White
- Goodman, Sherri C. (August 1, 2007) "Cahaba Village lines up new retailers." Birmingham News
- Thornton, William (December 3, 2008) "Bayer Properties plans addition to U.S. 280's Cahaba Village." Birmingham News
External link
- Cahaba Village marketing brochure at bayerproperties.com