Construction is beginning on a new winery and restaurant in Clift Farm.

Madison County issued a permit for the Cooper’s Hawk Restaurant and Winery earlier this month, according to permits pulled by Southern Exposure Information.

Since April 10, it was one of 421 permits issued in the Huntsville area, totaling $84.7 million across Madison, Limestone and Morgan counties.

Cosgrove Construction is building the $6.5 million, 12,448-square foot restaurant at 8228 U.S. 72 West just north of the Madison City limits. It is the franchise’s first location in Alabama.

The restaurant franchise was founded in 2005. The Cooper’s Hawk concept includes four components: an upscale casual dining restaurant, full-service bar, private barrel-aging room, and Napa-style tasting room and retail gift store, according to the restaurant website.

Steak, chicken and seafood are among the items on the menu in addition to a wide selection of wine and beers. Brunch will also be served at the restaurant.

Cooper’s Hawk has restaurants in 14 states, with seven, including the one in Madison, opening later this year.

Other projects

Brasfield & Gorrie is working on a $3.3 million Class A office building, which is managed by COPT Defense Properties. The 127,000 square-foot building is at 8100 Rideout Rd. SW in Huntsville.

Brasfield & Gorrie’s work in the Huntsville area has spanned projects in the commercial, aerospace, government, healthcare and industrial sectors. That includes a $25 million, 125,000-square foot building at 8500 Redstone Gateway that was issued a permit in March.

Notable projects include NASA test stands, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Bryant Bank, Alabama School of Cyber Technology, Dynetics, U.S. Courthouse, Davidson’s Technologies’ headquarters and Redstone Gateway buildings 1000, 1200, 7000 and 8500.

Action Builders – a custom home builder – was issued a permit to construct a $1.5 million, 6,251 square-foot home at 173 Carter Rd. in Madison.

Summit Structures is constructing a $1.2 million, 10,000 square-foot building at 1575 Jordan Road in Huntsville. The business is Schrimsher Automotive.

Lennar Homes was top homebuilder in the area. It was issued 50 permits totaling $11 million. Davidson Homes was issued 39 permits totaling $6.2 million and Real Estate Trainers of America was issued 28 permits totaling $5.3 million.

Madison County issued 177 permits totaling $43.3 million. Huntsville issued 180 permits totaling $27 million. Madison issued 31 permits totaling $8.9 million. Decatur issued 33 permits totaling $5.5 million.