Article & rendering of planned $20-million UA nursing school building :
http://media.www.cw.ua.edu/media/sto...-3385600.shtml
Also, according to the Tuscaloosa News, Innisfree Irish Pub plans to move from its current small location downtown to the much larger Norris Radiator building, possibly adding a full restaurant. To my knowledge, this is the first private investment within the "downtown revitalization district." The city's parking deck is well under construction, as well, and the block where the Federal building will go has a sign "coming in 2010."
Surin of Thailand has opened on the university strip, which fills
an empty building there. The Strip is arguably a more pedestrian-oriented area than downtown itself.
According to this old article, the Federal building will be built to LEED environmental standards :
http://www.constructionequipmentguid...ine=Demolition
The office building under construction by the river is LEED certified, as well:
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/articl...NEWS/804270320
New design for "Riverwalk Place" development will no longer include
mid-rise condos:
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/articl...NEWS/406990380