The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District and The Benoit Group, a developer that’s part of Southside Development Company, have closed on the $39 million Edgehill at Southtown redevelopment deal, the authority said this week.

Edgewill will be comprised of 143 new one-bedroom apartment homes for Birmingham senior citizens age 62 and up.

There will be a business center and community lounge for residents, an exercise room, onsite storage, off-street parking and Wi-Fi.

The family housing portion of the development closed in March, said Dontrelle Young Foster, HABD president and CEO.

A new mixed-used development called Edgehill at Southtown will occupy much of the 26-acre tract between UAB and Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham along University Boulevard.

The mix of residential development, hotel and office space, parking garages and retail space will sit on the west side of Red Mountain Expressway, on the opposite side of the expressway from St. Vincent’s Hospital.

The development will include 850,000 square feet of office and commercial space, with room for retail and restaurants.

The new development on the site of Southtown will include up to 560 housing units, equally divided between federally subsidized housing and market-rate rentals. The initial plans called for 220 subsidized units.

The re-development plan calls for green space including “pocket parks” and a buffer along the west side of Red Mountain Expressway.

The family building will consist of 60 midrise apartments anchored by a 4,000-square-foot clubhouse.

The new developments will be on the vacated part of the Southtown Court housing community.

“The former 22-acre public housing community, Southtown Court, served generations of families since its construction in 1941,” Foster said. “This effort – along with others in HABD’s portfolio like the $50 million redevelopment of Smithfield Court – will help transform Birmingham’s public housing landscape to better serve future generations, and we’re proud to be leading the charge for creating more affordable housing opportunities in Birmingham.”

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