Economy

Avondale Church Buys Last of Trinity Hospital Campus

Redeemer Community Church has bought all the land that remained of the Trinity Medical Center campus off Montclair Road. (Source: Redeemer Community Church)
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An Avondale church bought the remaining land at the old Trinity Medical Center off Montclair Road on Friday with plans that include making the property its new home.

“We now own the entire site, representing over 25 acres with 1,200 parking spaces and plenty of open land to develop,” Redeemer Community Church said in a statement. “What began as a plan to purchase two buildings and a single parking deck has grown into an opportunity that is both more cost-effective and better suited for Redeemer’s desire to create a space for deep hospitality, joyful fellowship, and faithful evangelism.”

Redeemer announced its intention to buy the old hospital building, which also previously was home to the Montclair Baptist Medical Center, in the spring but has since expanded its plans and bought all the land that remained of the old campus. The total sales price was $15.22 million in three transactions, the Birmingham Business Journal reported.

Redeemer’s website for the project, which it calls For Generations to Come, doesn’t give development plans for the property. It does say the property will become its new church home and the foundation for long-term gospel impact in the area, and its larger size will allow the church the room it needs to grow.

Redeemer, a nondenominational evangelical Christian church, opened its 600-seat Avondale sanctuary in 2014 with fewer than 200 people. The congregation has grown to nearly 2,000, according to the website.

“The Avondale campus has served us well,” the church’s statement reads, “but it can no longer sustain the growth God has given us and the convictions we hold.”

The old hospital property has been mostly vacant since Trinity moved to U.S. 280 in 2015 to become Grandview Medical Center.