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The '''Pita Stop building''' is a small retail strip located on the southwest corner of [[11th Street South|11th Street]] and [[12th Avenue South]] in [[Southside]]. It's familiar refers to the [[Pita Stop]] restaurant which occupies most of the building. | The '''Pita Stop building''' is a small retail strip located on the southwest corner of [[11th Street South|11th Street]] and [[12th Avenue South]] in [[Southside]]. It's familiar name refers to the [[Pita Stop]] restaurant which occupies most of the building. | ||
The building was owned by [[HealthSouth]] and used to store old computer equipment. In [[2000]] then-[[Fairfield]] mayor [[Larry Langford]] asked CEO [[Richard Scrushy]] to make some of the vacant space available to [[John Katopodis]] for his [[Council of Cooperating Governments]]. He later proposed that the unused computers be refurbished and given to schools. Katopodis helped create the [[Computer Help For Kids]] non-profit which shared office space with the Council. | The building was owned by [[HealthSouth]] and used to store old computer equipment. In [[2000]] then-[[Fairfield]] mayor [[Larry Langford]] asked CEO [[Richard Scrushy]] to make some of the vacant space available to [[John Katopodis]] for his [[Council of Cooperating Governments]]. He later proposed that the unused computers be refurbished and given to schools. Katopodis helped create the [[Computer Help For Kids]] non-profit which shared office space with the Council. | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 27 June 2008
The Pita Stop building is a small retail strip located on the southwest corner of 11th Street and 12th Avenue South in Southside. It's familiar name refers to the Pita Stop restaurant which occupies most of the building.
The building was owned by HealthSouth and used to store old computer equipment. In 2000 then-Fairfield mayor Larry Langford asked CEO Richard Scrushy to make some of the vacant space available to John Katopodis for his Council of Cooperating Governments. He later proposed that the unused computers be refurbished and given to schools. Katopodis helped create the Computer Help For Kids non-profit which shared office space with the Council.
After Scrushy's dismissal from HealthSouth under the cloud of a massive accounting scandal the company sold off its Southside holdings to UAB for $33 million, which included an option to buy the Pita Stop building. Katopodis sued HealthSouth saying that he had been promised the building as partial payment for consulting work. The company filed a countersuit alleging mismanagement of contributions and the two parties reached an undisclosed agreement in March 2008, shortly after testimony began.
With the dispute over the title to the building concluded, UAB's offer of $450,000 was accepted. The university plans to lease it back to the Pita Stop restaurant.
References
- Whitmire, Kyle (February 19, 2008) "Langford consultant has tricky ties; and an office at the Pita Stop building." Birmingham Weekly
- Wolfson, Hannah (June 27, 2008) "UAB buys Pita Stop building." Birmingham News