Site Selection

Industrial Sites Under Active Development

Two pad-preparation projects are underway right now in the region, meaning your timeline from site selection to groundbreaking is shorter than you think.

Hamilton I-22 Industrial Park — 18 Acres A $1.47 million investment is currently grading 18 acres and preparing two building pads at our Hamilton I-22 Industrial Park. The first pad is sized for a 25,000 SF technology building. The second accommodates a 50,000 to 100,000 SF general industrial building. Utilities, fiber, permitting pathways, and incentive structures are already in place. This is not a speculative pitch — the work is happening now. For a prospect that has been burned by rural locations that looked good on paper but couldn’t deliver, this site is the answer. We have methodically de-risked industrial development in Northwest Alabama, and this park is the proof.

Brilliant I-22 Gateway Industrial Park West — 20 Acres A second active project is investing $780,000 to grade a 20-acre site and prepare a building pad with direct I-22 access in Brilliant. Two active construction projects running simultaneously reflects the momentum building across this region right now.

Large-Scale Campus Sites on I-22: Scale and Convenience in the Same Location

For companies that need room — a large manufacturing campus, a defense contractor requiring buffer acreage, or a distribution operation built to grow — we offer something genuinely rare: two locations on I-22 where 1,000+ acre sites can be assembled as single-user campuses, with ownership already packaged and ready to move.

What makes these sites different from typical large rural parcels is their context. They are not isolated. Both are within close reach of hotels, retail, restaurants, workforce development resources at Bevill State Community College, and the full-service infrastructure of Hamilton — yet they sit directly on I-22 with the interstate visibility, access, and buffer acreage that large employers and defense projects require. You get the scale of a rural campus with the practical convenience of an established community. That combination is harder to find than you think.

New: 76-Acre Site in North Fayette County

A newly available 76-acre site in northern Fayette County sits at the front door of the planned West Central Alabama Highway (right of way acquisition in progress), which will connect Fayette directly to Exit 30 on I-22 — a drive of just 12 to 15 minutes once the corridor is complete. This site represents a ground-floor opportunity in a corridor being built for industrial growth, with Fayette’s existing water, sewer, and workforce infrastructure already within reach.

Available Existing Buildings

For companies that need to be operational quickly, we have two substantial existing industrial facilities available now.

276,000 SF Industrial Facility — Bear Creek, Marion County A recently renovated 276,000 SF facility available for sale in Bear Creek. Move-in-ready capacity for manufacturers, distributors, or processors who need significant space without the timeline of new construction. Contact us for full specifications and pricing.

Former SHOWA Manufacturing Campus — Fayette, Fayette County The former SHOWA Group campus in Fayette is one of the most significant industrial real estate opportunities in rural Alabama. SHOWA operated here as one of Fayette County’s largest employers and the nation’s only domestic producer of single-use nitrile gloves — this campus was built and operated to serious industrial standards.

The campus offers approximately 277,700 SF of industrial space across four buildings on 42 acres (30-acre main campus plus a separate 12-acre parcel north of 8th Street SE):

• Building 1: 93,636 SF production building (306′ × 306′, 20′ eave height) with connected 48,068 SF material warehouse (244′ × 197′, 20′ eave height)
• Building 2: 40,000 SF (500′ × 80′, 60′ eave height)
• Building 3: 48,000 SF (600′ × 80′, 60′ eave height)
• Building 4: 48,000 SF (600′ × 80′, 60′ eave height)

The scale, the acreage, and the proven industrial infrastructure make this a compelling opportunity for a manufacturer or industrial user that needs immediate capacity in a low-cost, well-connected location. Contact us directly for details.

The Bottom Line

The options above — two active pad-development projects, large-scale I-22 campus sites ready to assemble, a new highway-adjacent parcel, and two substantial existing buildings — represent a depth and diversity of industrial real estate that is genuinely unusual for a rural three-county region. We have built this portfolio intentionally. And behind it, we have the utilities, incentives, workforce pipeline, and experienced team to move your project from first conversation to ribbon cutting.

Let’s talk about your project. Tom Wisemiller | twisemiller@northwestalabamaeda.org Jamie Christian | jchristian@northwestalabamaeda.org 205-468-3213 | Toll Free: 1-800-399-7205