A former Birmingham hotel with 122 rooms was approved for a $9.2 million remodel permit this week in order to transform it into veterans housing.
The property — a Spark by Hilton Birmingham Colonnade just off US 280 and near The Summit — was purchased by the nonprofit Tunnel to Towers for $11 million last fall, according to ALdotcom. Upon purchasing, the goal was to make 110 rooms with “stable housing [and] onsite access to life-changing services” for veterans.
“The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is excited to announce its plans to transform this former hotel into a beautiful and dignified home for approximately 110 veterans in the Birmingham area,” said Sr. Vice President of the group’s Homeless Veteran Program Gavin Naples, back when the purchase was made…