The city will lease, with the option to buy for $7 million.
The City of Birmingham will lease a former Buffalo Rock distribution center at 34 West Oxmoor Road, with an option to buy for $7 million. It will be used for police and fire operations and equipment storage. The Birmingham City Council this week approved a lease on a former Buffalo Rock Co. distribution center building for Birmingham Fire and Rescue and police operations and equipment.
“This warehouse space is sprawling and kind of ideal for storing the equipment that is utilized by our first responders, whether it’s training equipment, vehicles, what have you,” said City Council President Darrell O’Quinn. “The city of Birmingham has a lot of equipment that needs to be stored and secured.”
“I think the option to eventually purchase the facility is something that is very much needed because our current equipment management facility is sandwiched between a road and a railroad track and there is limited space to expand operations,” O’Quinn said. “I bought all the buildings they disposed of at one time,” Lumpkin said. “I bought the building next door and put Kroger in it.”
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