Riverchase
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Riverchase is a 3,000-acre planned community divided by the Cahaba River on the Jefferson County/Shelby County border on either side of U.S. Highway 31. A large portion of that land was owned by a former slave, Damon Lee. It was purchased from his son, Rosedale grocer Afton Lee, Sr.
The community was planned as a joint venture of Harbert Construction Corporation and the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. The $500 million scheme was announced at a luncheon at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center's Exhibition Hall in June 1974.
Much of Riverchase was annexed by Hoover in 1980.
See also
- Chace Lake Country Club
- Chase Corporate Center
- Loehmann's Village
- Ridge Crossings Apartments
- Riverchase Business Park
- Riverchase Country Club
- Riverchase Galleria
- Summerchase Apartments
- Waterford Landing Apartments
References
- "Cahaba town will be born Tuesday." (June 1974) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound