Hoover council approves new shopping center on Alabama 119
The Hoover City Council on Monday gave approval for developer Jim Mitchell to put a neighborhood shopping center at the corner of Alabama 119 and Doug Baker Boulevard.
It’s the same site where the City Council rejected a Valero gas station in January 2015.
An adjacent property owner told the Hoover zoning board in September that he knows something will be built on the vacant site, and he believes this is much better than the gas station and convenience store previously proposed.
Mitchell today said that now that the shopping center has been approved, his engineer and architect will get busy on more definitive plans. He will probably start meeting with contractors next week about which type of construction materials to use, he said. New tariffs are having an impact on the cost of materials, he said.
Mitchell said he hopes to begin work soon on underground work, such as drainage. Above-ground construction probably won’t start until 2019, he said.
In other business Monday night, the Hoover City Council:
- Went against the recommendation of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission and denied a request to allow a 14,240-square-foot PetSuites Resort pet grooming, nutrition and boarding facility on 2 acres along John Hawkins Parkway.
- Approved changes to the zoning plan in The Preserve subdivision to allow for a grocery store in the town center and mixed-use development with both detached and attached residential dwellings north of the town center and upper floor housing within the town center. Original plans showed only attached residential units there, but U.S. Steel might like to develop some of the residential units as cottages or bungalows, the company said.