Riverchase

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. A second announcement, on October 16, 1975, revealed more detailed development plans to the public.

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