Seven Springs
Seven Springs (formerly Westhaven) is a proposed residential subdivision of 47 houses near the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and 24th Street Southwest in Birmingham's West End. The project was first proposed in 1989 by Rick Bentley of Business Realty Investment (BRIC). He was granted a city-backed loan of $320,000 to develop the subdivision with the property secured by mortgage.
No progress was made and, in 1997 the city declaired BRIC in default and foreclosed on the property. Bentley filed suit claiming wrongful foreclosure and alleging that the city caused his firm intentional harm. The case was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court where Bentley prevailed.
. After he won the suit he shelved the redevelopment plans until 2008 when he went before the Birmingham City Council to request public investment in infrastructural work for the project.
As planned, the first 10 of the 1,300-1,650 square-foot, 3-bedroom, 2-bath houses would be completed by 2011 with the remainder completed in 2012.
References
- Bryant, Joseph D. (March 18, 2008) "West End house plan back on track." Birmingham News