Birmingham Residents Have A Say On Plans For Carraway Hospital Site
By Ameera Steward
Anything is better than a vacant 50-acre building site near where they live, say most residents who reside near the long-abandoned Carraway Hospital site. Birmingham-based Corporate Realty is working on plans to transform the property — located among several neighborhoods near the northern edge of downtown: Norwood, Druid Hills, Evergreen, and North Birmingham — into retail, hotel and entertainment space.
“It’ll build up the city and the neighborhood and just bring some more living,” said Druid Hills Neighborhood Association President Amie Evans. “You know, just use that space. It’s just sitting there now vacant. It’s an eyesore. It’s just blight. It has to be something to better the neighborhood. It’s got to bring something for the economy and for this area. It should build us up.”
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