alabaster rendering — Rendering of the new Alabaster Recreation Center and Library. (City of Alabaster)

This past week, more than 30 new building permits were issued statewide for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Nearly half of those permits were for projects in the Birmingham metro.

The largest of these was a $43 million permit for the new Alabaster Recreation Center and Library. Here’s more:

New rec center and library in Alabaster

map — Map of new Alabaster rec center project. (City of Alabaster)

Demolition began on the former Thompson Intermediate School property last fall to make way for the new recreation center and library, a $43.7 million project.

The new municipal facilities will be located near the intersection of Alabama 119 and Thompson Road.

According to the city, the rec center will include:

Multiple indoor courts
Event and meeting space
Indoor walking track
Workout and fitness area
Outdoor pool and splash pad

The new library will nearly triple the space of the current library.

More on these new Alabama building permits

Thanks to our friends at Report Construction LLC, we have the list of all of the new million-dollar-plus construction projects approved in Alabama last week. Each week, they pull together information from building permits issued to get all the details on these projects. You can get access to all of their construction permits right here.

Here’s more on these new building permits in Alabama this week:

Date	City	Builder	Owner of Project	Project Address	Amount
05/29/2025	Alabaster	Clements Dean Building Co	Owner Information Not Provided	10019 Highway 119	$43,676,000
05/29/2025	Auburn	Moores Construction LLC	Moores Construction LLC	801 Ogletree Road	$1,200,000
05/22/2025	Birmingham	W&H Systems Inc	Unites States Steel Corp c/o Ryan LLC	3200 Rodeo Court	$2,087,600
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Pylon Building Group	Jefferson County Community ETC	3600 S 8th Ave Suite 300	$1,827,700
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Shelby Company LLC	John Carroll Catholic High School	300 Lakeshore Parkway	$1,610,500
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Blackstone Construction	801 Tom Martin Drive LLC c/o 801 TM Holding LLC	801 Tom Martin Drive	$2,455,000
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Rader McCary Inc	Massey Building Group LLC	2025 N 3rd Ave	$1,142,000
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Robins and Morton	Ambulatory Surgery Center	50 Medical Park Drive E Suite 310B	$6,237,000
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Rader McCary Inc	Billboard Fund 1 LLC (60%), Good Things LLC (40%) ATTN Robert Cook	2828 Messer Airport Highway	$9,115,000
05/22/2025	Birmingham	ABSI LLC	Zhang Chao Bin	7000 Crestwood Blvd	$1,346,000
05/22/2025	Birmingham	Jim Cooper Construction	University of Alabama Birmingham	1700 S 6th Ave	$1,438,500
05/22/2025	Decatur	Building Construction Associates Inc	Lucian D. And Doris N Mcculloch	212 Lee St Ne	$4,800,000
05/22/2025	Gadsden	FortyDot4 Engineering Design	Owner Information Not Provided	216 W Meighan Blvd	$1,500,000
05/29/2025	Guntersville	Green Contracting	Richard & Carol Higley	3791 Colonial Drive	$1,200,000
05/29/2025	Hartselle	Fite Construction	Bank Independent	1211 Highway 31 NW	$3,465,000
05/29/2025	Huntsville	Lee Builders Inc	Chuck Faulkner	270 State Docks Rd Se	$13,218,935
05/22/2025	Huntsville	Freedom Real Estate & Capital LLC	Freedom Tower LLC	885 Haysland Rd Sw	$2,929,083
05/22/2025	Huntsville	Tampa Construction Enterprise Inc	John Tampa	310 Clinton Ave Nw	$2,664,915
05/22/2025	Madison	Summit Structures	Summit Structures	451 Lanier Rd	$4,064,380
05/29/2025	Madison County	Stutts Corporation Inc	Stutts Corporation Inc	12945 US 231-431 N Hwy	$3,448,380
05/22/2025	Mtn Brook	Thornton Construction Company	Brett and Elizabeth Kirus	2513 Country Club Circle	$2,124,600
05/29/2025	Oxford	Bradford Building Co Inc	Owner Information Not Provided	115 Commons Way	$1,600,000
05/29/2025	Oxford	Kronospan LLC	Kronospan LLC	1 Kronospan Way	$1,433,397
05/29/2025	Prattville	Webb Construction Group Inc	Owner Information Not Provided	1785 Fairview Avenue	$2,683,805
05/29/2025	Prattville	Hollis & Spann Inc	Owner Information Not Provided	422 Old Farm Lane	$13,845,278
05/29/2025	Prattville	Hollis & Spann Inc	Owner Information Not Provided	424 Old Farm Lane S	$10,487,962
05/29/2025	Tallapoosa County	Lake Martin Builders Group	Dunn	162 Larkwood Lane	$1,013,760
05/29/2025	Tallapoosa County	M&M Construction Specialties LLC	Ballard	84 Illini Point	$2,365,216
05/22/2025	Trussville	Murray Building Company Inc	Murray Building Company Inc	113 Chalkville N 7	$5,771,152
05/22/2025	Trussville	Griffin Building Group LLC	Owner Information Not Provided	5036 Pinnacle Square	$5,771,152
05/22/2025	Trussville	Blalock Building Company Inc	Owner Information Not Provided	6400 Huskey Parkway	$13,907,500
05/29/2025	Vestavia Hills	Nick Willis	Nick Willis	1100 Montgomery Highway	$4,215,000
05/29/2025	Vestavia Hills	James Rogers	James Rogers	2310 Hunters Cove	$1,067,306