The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday ended an agreement with a firm that initially planned to turn the site of the former Ensley High School into a mixed-use affordable housing development.
“They were depending on a status from the state, which they applied for twice but did not get,” mayor Randall Woodfin told the council. “They were never able to close their capital stack to go with vertical construction. After four years we thought it was important to open the process up and continue to move along with other possible developers to honor what we want to do with this site.”
Councilor Sonja Smith, whose district includes the property, said the vote is an encouraging move toward the property’s being put back to use for the community…