Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex<\/a> to the Five Points South. Meanwhile, I-65 and Red Mountain Expressway frame the east and west boundaries.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s inside this rectangle? UAB, Five Point South, Southtown, Mid-town, Parkside, Civil Rights District, Central Business District, the BJCC and much more.<\/p>\n
First six months of 2025 takeaways\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the new Rev Birmingham some encouraging trendlines occurred in downtown Birmingham over the past six months. They include:<\/p>\n
Employment is up, but mixed: Overall downtown employment was up 1.8% compared to the first half of\u00a0 2024. The good news \u2014\u00a0 downtown Birmingham\u2019s northside (Everything north of the railroad tracks) has increased by 4.9%. Unfortunately the southside saw a 3.8% decline in employment. It is the first time Birmingham showed such a decline since 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residential development continues to grow: In Q1\u2013Q2 2025, 443 new residential units were delivered in downtown Birmingham. Multifamily rental occupancy held steady at 86.4%, up from 81.4% at the same time in 2024.<\/p>\n
Expanded dining hours means growth: Downtown Birmingham\u2019s brunch scene is expanding \u2014 think new openings such as Toasted Yolk, Brick & Tin and Epice.<\/p>\n
Additional first half of 2025 numbers and facts from the report about downtown:<\/p>\n
Currently 19 development projects are under construction<\/p>\n
Office occupancy stands at 77%<\/p>\n
Downtown Birmingham\u2019s hotels are occupied at 61.2 year to date<\/p>\n
Birmingham\u2019s office occupancy has recovered to 99.7% of Q4 2019 pre-COVID pandemic levels. Other regional cities have fared far worse. For example, Atlanta is at 61.9% and Austin, Texas 69%<\/p>\n
Downtown Birmingham\u2019s most visited spots are: The BJCC (787K), City Walk (563K) Railroad Park (162K)<\/p>\n
\u201cDowntown Birmingham continues to show signs of resilience and momentum, from strong residential infill to emerging market opportunities that signal where future growth can happen . This report doesn\u2019t just measure progress. It points to where strategic investment and collaboration can make the biggest impact in our city center.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Fleming, president and CEO of REV Birmingham<\/p>\n
Get the report<\/p>\n
To access the full report, visit downtownbhm.com\/do-business<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe following organizations helped make the report possible: CBRE, Colliers International, Daniel Corporation, Dobbins Group, EGS\/Cushman Wakefield, Graham & Co, Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau, Harbert Realty, J.H. Berry & Gilbert, Inc., Retail Strategies, Shannon Waltchack and Tessa Commercial Real Estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham skyline. (Pat Byington \/ Bham Now) REV Birmingham released its Q1\u2013Q2 2025 Economic Vitality Report today about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[64,63,99,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-155733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Birmingham skyline. (Pat Byington \/ Bham Now)<\/p>\n![\"map\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Downtown-Birmingham-Economic-Vitality-Report.png-1.webp\" "\\"Downtown")
Downtown Birmingham study boundaries (Rev Birmingham)<\/p>\n