Glen Iris Park apartments

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Glen Iris Park apartments was a proposed redevelopment of the Glen Iris Park residential subdivision as a 990-unit apartment complex. The proposal was made in 1970 by the Alabama Land Investment Corp. with Redmond Industries of Houston, Texas

The developers worked with a Texas architect on a plan that would respect the natural terrain by terracing the apartment buildings, and to preserve as many as 85% of the trees on the property. Features would include four swimming pools, several tennis, volleyball and handball courts, and a community house with sauna baths.

The developer calculated that the redevelopment would increase the ad valorum property tax payments to the city from around $3,500 to $205,000 per year.

Glen Iris residents, believing that change was inevitable, voted unanimously in favor of selling out at the above-market prices offered, and the Birmingham City Council approved rezoning the subdivision to R-6. The agreement, however, failed to move forward after William Anderton, a non-resident Glen Iris Park property owner, objected. A provision in the agreement to recommend for a return to single-family zoning was not acted upon. The attorney involved in drafting the agreement died in a traffic accident before the matter was brought back to the City Council.

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