Vestavia Hills City Center sold for $76M to Mobile-based firm

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Vestavia Hills City Center. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

Vestavia Hills City Center has been acquired for $76 million by the Burton Property Group, a Mobile-based  commercial real estate investment, development and management firm.

Vestavia Hills City Center has 60+ shops, restaurants and businesses

Located on the west side of Montgomery Highway (U.S. 31), the popular 390,000-square-foot mixed-use retail and commercial destination presently has about 60+ shops, restaurants and businesses within the development.

Notable tenants include:

“Our goal is to be a long-term steward of the properties we acquire. Vestavia Hills City Center has an important place in the community, and we believe there is a strong opportunity to build on its existing foundation while creating new energy and momentum for the center.” 

Philip G. Burton, President and CEO of Burton Property Group

Burton Property Group’s first Birmingham-area acquisition

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Vestavia Hills City Center. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

According to its website, Burton Property has numerous investments in Mobile and Baldwin counties. Its most ambitious project is the River Walk Plaza, a transformational waterfront development in Downtown Mobile. 

Founded in 2012, Burton Property Group has executed nearly $1 billion in real estate projects making it one of the largest real estate development firms in South Alabama.

The $76 million purchase of the Vestavia Hills City Center is Burton Property Group’s first acquisition in the Birmingham market.

Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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