2121 Building

2121 Building in November 2005

The 2121 Building is a 17-story, 276-foot-tall high rise office building located at 2121 8th Avenue North in Downtown Birmingham. It was developed in 1962 by Cobbs, Allen & Hall for the Bloomefield-Sender Enterprise of Memphis, Tennessee.

The 227,447 square-foot building was designed by John H. Summer and Associates of Atlanta, Georgia and cost $2.5 million to construct. It occupies a 200-foot x 190-foot L-shaped tract on the south side of 8th Avenue between Richard Arrington, Jr Blvd North and 22nd Street North. Original tenants included the Internal Revenue Service's Alabama district office.

In 2006 the building's interior underwent significant renovations. Alagasco designed and installed a 3-unit hybrid boiler system to replace the building's original boiler. Because the multi-jurisdictional Personnel Board of Jefferson County is the primary tenant, the various municipalities who participate in the employment system were asked to contribute to the cost of renovations.

Tenants

• Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Jefferson County Extension Office
• ClasTran
• FBI Birmingham Division (formerly)
• Freshwater Land Trust
• Regional Planning Commission (formerly)
• Personnel Board of Jefferson County

References

• Beiman, Irving (August 1961) "Financing completed on 15-story building" Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound

External links

• 2121 Building on Emporis.com
• 3-D model of the 2121 building by Jordan Herring