North Perry Properties

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Vicinty map with area marked-01 The City of Montgomery owns a number of parcels around 401 North Perry Street (collectively the “North Perry Property”) in the warehouse district of north downtown. With the pace of downtown revitalization on picking up over the last ten years, this particular part of downtown north of Madison/Jefferson Streets has not seen the same level of change and investment that other parts have seen, for example, Dexter Avenue, Commerce Street, and Maxwell Boulevard.

In order to be purposeful and look forward over the next years, the Department of Development is beginning work to explore the potential for redevelopment of the North Perry Property, which is currently used for overflow Biscuits parking. In 2015, The Department of Development hired Goodwin Mills and Cawood (GMC) to assist it and to begin exploring in earnest the potential for North Perry Property redevelopment.

The North Perry Properties study had the following components:

Data Collection

GMC collected digital base map information on the site and related adjacent properties. Information included City of Montgomery GIS data, FEMA flood maps and recent aerial photography.

Questionnaire

GMC and the Department of Development created a 4-question survey that was distributed to a broad range of interested parties. The mailing list included downtown property and business owners, property developers, city staff, and tourism/chamber officials. The intent of the survey was to gather information about the perception of the North Perry Street parcels.

Stakeholder Meeting

The purpose of the Stakeholder meeting was to convene local stakeholders from business, design and development community, local government, and other interested parties to gather ideas and identify opportunities, issues and barriers to redeveloping the North Perry Property.

Developer’s Roundtable

Building upon input from the Stakeholder Meeting and base analysis from GMC, the design team developed scenarios for redevelopment of the three parcels. The purpose of the Developer’s Roundtable was to convene a small group of property developers and potential investors to get feedback on design and market feasibility.

Next Steps

We see Block A holding great potential for a large anchor commercial tenant or similar destination user on the ground floor of the southwest corner at Tallapoosa and Court Streets. It also holds prime opportunities for residential above and structured parking to support it all.

This video shows just how close the North Perry Properties are to other downtown attractions and amenities.