The City Center offers the infrastructure, technology, and amenities that modern businesses need to succeed. Whatever your business needs, the City Center's got IT!
We've got Fiber!
The City Center is rich in fiber. Multiple carriers provide downtown businesses with more fiber per square mile than any other area in the State of Alabama.
We've got Power!
The City Center is powered by an underground 13.2 kV network distribution system. This highly reliable power distribution grid provides redundancy and protection against power shortages and blackouts.
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We've got a Unique Urban Environment!
You can't fabricate urban energy! If the opportunity to work in a safe environment near clients in the state's largest business center is important to you, then your place of business needs to be in the City Center. The presence of CAP makes the safest area in the City even safer. The City Center blends the cosmopolitan edge of an urban center with the unique characteristics that make Birmingham a charming southern city. With the region's best restaurants and chefs in Five Points South, cultural amenities like the Museum of Art, the Civil Rights Institute, and the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, and hip and trendy urban dwellings in the Warehouse Loft District, the City Center will appeal to your employees and clients.
We've got Office Space!
Operation New Birmingham is committed to assisting businesses in their search for new office space. Whether you are looking to purchase and renovate a historic building, lease space in an existing renovation or modern high-rise, or purchase a parcel of land, the City Center has lots to offer. Visit www.yourcitycenter.com for more information on available buildings in the City Center and renovation incentives.
We've got easy access to a regional workforce!
A downtown location allows a business to draw upon trained employees from throughout the Central Alabama region. Ten senior colleges and universities are located within an hour's drive of Birmingham, including the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the University of Alabama, Birmingham-Southern College, Samford University, and Miles College. In addition, numerous technical colleges and trade schools have campuses in Birmingham.
We've got Community Partners!
Operation New Birmingham, the City of Birmingham, and Jefferson County are committed to making the City Center the #1 choice for IT business. ONB also works with Innovation Depot, a business incubator specializing in technology firms to keep firms graduating from the incubator in the City Center. ONB also works withTechBirmingham, a not-for-profit entity formed to lead, support, and coordinate the start-up, attraction, growth, retention, and expansion of technology-based businesses, investments, and jobs for the entire Birmingham metropolitan region.