Pig construction on schedule for January completion

Work has begun on the new Crestline Village Piggly Wiggly.

Site work to prep for the building has already started as well as work on the former CVS parking lot on Church Street, according to Mike Schor, senior project manager with Brasfield & Gorrie.

Foundation work is scheduled to begin in about a week if weather permits. Rain has set back the project’s timeline the past few weeks.

Overall, construction is on schedule to be complete by the end of January.

You can expect to see the building go vertical with block walls by the end of August, and brick will go up by the end of October, Schor said.

Mountain Brook City Council approved plans for the new store in December. The urban-style store will be located on Vine Street between the Crestline Elementary field, Mountain Brook Board of Education building and former CVS location.

Plans call for 90 parking spaces would be in a lot adjacent to the store. The building itself will have 28,250 square feet of gross floor area. By contrast, the old store featured 11,400 square feet of retail space and 3,600 square feet of storage space and had 45 parking places, and typical suburban grocery stores are 40,000-50,000 square feet.

Mountain Brook’s city council also approved an economic incentive program for the development last year.