IRONDALE, Ala. (TRIBUNE) – New renderings of the future Irondale Municipal Complex were revealed during Mayor James D. Stewart, Jr.’s State of the City Address last week, showing what the city’s new home will look like.
Designed by Gardner Architects, LLC, the approximately 50,000 square foot facility will be located at 1847 Crestwood Boulevard where the former Marks Fitzgerald building and Regions Bank, which the city purchased, stand.
Chris Basinger of the Trussville Tribune reports the Regions Bank building will be demolished while the 28,000 square foot Marks Fitzgerald building will be heavily renovated to be incorporated into the larger complex.
The building will house the new council chamber, municipal court, police department, water department, city administration, and more.
The council chamber will feature seating for 160 people, two story high ceilings and wood paneling, and will also serve as a courtroom.
The police portion of the building will have three floors and will include a training classroom, fitness area, sally port, evidence labs, and a state-of-the-art dispatch center.
“Our goal is to build the future in the City of Irondale with this new municipal complex,” Stewart said. “Not only will we be modernizing our city facilities for citizens and employees, but we will also be vacating our existing spaces in the downtown core, and thus paving the way for a redevelopment of that area with restaurants and entertainment.”
He continued, “The new Irondale Municipal Complex will truly change the face of Crestwood Boulevard with its modern, sophisticated design, and it is our hope that the city’s investment will attract other new development to the Hwy. 78 corridor.”
The project will go out to bid in the next few weeks and construction will begin later this year.