The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Fourth Unit of Birmingham
Realty Co. First Avenue
Work Announced
BIG COLD STORAGE
PLANT is PLANNED
Will Be for Joint Use of All Merchants
in New Wholesale Center-Be-
tween Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Streets

| The fourth unit of the 81 900, 600 de-
| velopment of the Birmingham Realty
company jointly with the Louisville and
Nashville railroad on First avenue was
announced yesterday when l. Groom
Beatty, general manager of the B.r-
mingham Realty company. made it
known that his company would erect
for the Tyler Grovery company a build
ing costing $4,000.
The Birmingham Realty company, by
cooperating with the I4ouiville and
Nashville, has reclaimed quite a large
amount of property on First avenue be-
tween Fourteenth and Seventeenth
streets which will be occupied exclu-
sively by wholesale houses. The stores
have a railroad track directly in the
rear, while the Louisville and Nash
Vile will in time place subageney
there for the exclusive use of the
grocers or wholesale merchants of that
section. The company has already sew
eral large stores located on the prop
erty to assist In the huge development
outlined. 1t is stated that the Tyler
Grocery company building will be 100
feet by 1S5 feet deep. The building will
buildings there, and will be ready for
occupancy within the next few months.
The new store will give the Iyler
Grocery company almost double the
floor space in the store now occupied
by the company on Twentieth street and
Powell avenue In the new structure
every modern idea will be employed
for the efficiency of the plant. Special
gravity methods of loading will be en-
ployed, while the elevator will be of
the most up-to- date kind. 1t was stated
yesterday at the Tyler Grocery company
that the new building would be as free
from fire risks as possible and would
be so modern in construction that an
unusually low rate of insurance would
probably be given the building.
Still Have 800 Feet
In connection with the further units
of the Birmingham Realty plans in that
section to create a modern terminal
project the company, still retains 500
feet of the First avenue frontage. That
will give the company ample space to
eerct 16 additional units involving
100000, which will place the final cost
up to s1,00o,000 as first contemplated.
While it has not been officially an
nounced, it is stated that the company
has under consideration plans to be
executed for other wholesale houses
here which will be annuonced during
the next few sweeks Before the final
plans have been executed it is stated
that 20 buildings will have beeu
erected on this property
In addition to the outlay Of the Bir-
minghanl Realty company. the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad has ex-
pended equally as much in its part of
this new center of commercial activi-
ty The company destroyed its shops
and roundhouse facilities there and
n
the Birmingham Realty company space
for the stores. The Louisville and Nash
vile has had constructed ample side
track facilities in the rear of this CEN
ter which will provide the best of SER
vice.
Another feature of the terminal pro-
ject which was announced by Mr..
Beatty is the construction of a cold
storage house for the joint of all
the merchants In that section. The cold
storage plant will be built Immediately,
1t is stated Ii is to be modern in every
detail. il will provide facilities for
storing fruits, meats and all kinds If
furs and such compodities wnfcn, when
kept here, involves considerable trans
portation TO adequate warehouses
equipped with cold storage facilities.
This cold storage plant is said to oe
an unusually pressing necessity
Beatty Makes Statement
Mr. Beatty, who made the official
statement yesterday for his company
said:
The fourth unit Of our wholesale
development on First avenue will be
constructed for the Tyler Grocery COM
pany The building will require 100 feet
on First avenue by 1855 feet in depth
and Will be four stories high The
height viii be the same as the Roden
Grocery company and the Alabama
Grocery company buildings that are
now located in this section.
The building win be of brick and
modern in every. detail. II will cost
s50,000. Contracts have been signed and
the work will be well under way dur
ing the next few weeks. We expect to
erect other buildings on that property
just fast as the demand warrants
such action. We are negotiating now
with several persons in reference 10
stores there. This is one additional unit
in our plans on First avenue which
were set forth in The Age Herald some
months ago. With the Louisville and
Nashville improvements there and our
ownership of property in that section
this ideal wholesale section has been
made possible.
"The construction of the Tyler Gro
Gerry company building will make a
total of $4,000 that we have placed
on that property during the past year,
or little more.