University Tower

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University Tower was a proposed 15-story, medical-professional office building to be located on a 100 by 150 foot lot owned by J. Hamilton Perkins's Southeastern Properties, Inc. at the southeast corner of 19th Street and 8th Avenue South as part of the growing Medical District in Five Points South. At the time of its announcement in March 1960, the tower was slated to be the first major office building constructed in Birmingham along with Bank for Savings Building in 34-years.

The proposed $2.5 million building featured a strikingly modern design with porcelainized columns and spandrels. It further was to include interior parking, high-speed elevators, and street level retail.

The University Boulevard Parking Deck was later constructed on the site.

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