Tag: Ramsay-McCormick Building
Birmingham Council Extends Timeline to Build on Old Ramsay-McCormack Property
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday extended an agreement with developers tasked with constructing a five-story commercial building at the former site of Ensley’s Ramsay-McCormack tower, a long-derelict structure that the community lobbied for decades to have destroyed.
The council voted unanimously to extend the agreement with Ensley District Developers from Dec. 31 to June 30, 2025. Read more.
Work Begins to Take Down the Ramsay-McCormack Building, Façade Improvement Program Launched
Redevelopment on Ensley’s Ramsay-McCormack Building is finally underway, Mayor Randall Woodfin announced Thursday. The 10-story structure will be deconstructed and replaced with a five-story building constructed using salvaged materials from the original.
Woodfin’s announcement came the same day a city-run façade improvement pilot program was announced to target nine “priority redevelopment areas” in the city, including the Ensley Commercial Business District. Read more.
City Allocates $4M in Emergency Funding to Rehab Ramsay-McCormack
Plans to renovate the long-derelict Ramsay-McCormack Building in Ensley are underway. The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $4 million plan that could have the building revitalized and open by August 2021, developers say.
The council’s decision comes just one day before a lawsuit against the city over the building’s renovation is slated to once again go before a judge.
The 10-story office building, which was built in 1929, has been empty since 1986.
