Pepper Place

Pepper Place is a multi-building, 350,000-square-foot retail and office development in and around the former Dr Pepper Building and Martin Biscuit Building on 2nd Avenue South in Lakeview. The redevelopment began as a project of Sloss Real Estate in 1990.

Pepper Place is the home of the popular Pepper Place Market on Saturday mornings during the summer.

In February 2019 Pepper Place began operating as a permitted "Entertainment District", allowing businesses within the district with alcohol licenses to allow drinks to be taken off premises within the district's boundaries and during certain hours.

In early 2021 Sloss Real Estate successfully lobbied for a change in the city code to allow for string lights to be stretched over a public street. It installed lights over 29th Avenue South between the Martin Biscuit Building and the Dr Pepper Syrup Plant.

Tenants

Alabama Outdoor sign at the Pepper Place

Dr Pepper Bottling Plant 2801-2807 2nd Avenue South 2801: Scene event venue LIVE Design Group Suite B: The Collective hair salon Suite C: Ona's Music Room jazz club (2010-), former location of The Winery at Pepper Place (2010–) former location of Lawrence Lee Vowels architect 2805: Left Hand Soap Company (2021–), former location of Wildflower Designs (1996-2009), Charlie Thigpen's Garden Gallery #100: Aero Joe pilates studio, former location of Europa Antiques #200: Black Benak public relations 2807: Billy Reid (2019-), former location of Architectural Heritage, King's House Antiques/King's House Oriental Rugs 2800 3rd Avenue South: The Son of a Butcher (July 2021–) 2810-2812 3rd Avenue South (200 28th Street South) 2810: Suite 100: Barri Thompson Interiors, Krumdieck Architecture & Interiors Suite 200: OvenBird restaurant, former location of C & I Ventures About Town magazine The Winery at Pepper Place 28th Street South former location of Masonry Arts showroom Studios at Pepper Place 2817-2825 2nd Avenue South 2817: Design Supply / Cantley & Company custom cabinets (2019-), former location of Interiors Market Suite F: Prentiss Douthit stationers 2821: Suite A: Terrific New Theatre Suite A-1: Thrive Clay Studio, former location of Prodigi Studio LLC Suite B: former location of Innerspace art gallery, Illuminations lighting showroom Suite B-1: Momentum leadership development Suite D: Connect IT, Murphy Media, Praetorian Systems Group Suite E: Schilleci & Tortorici attorneys Suite G: Chapel Steel, Albert Kahn Associates architects Suite K: Farm Stand by Stone Hollow Farmstead, former location of Design Innovations, Birmingham Candy Company Suite L: Mental Floss offices Cantley & Company custom cabinets Green Box Module architects (2008-2010) Green Building Focus Substrate Radio (2013-) We Have Doughnuts former location of Yellowhammer Creative (2019–2023) 2825: Design Details The Kitchen Center FarmStand (2019-), former location of Pepper Place Winter Market former location of Lite Box Gallery, Alabama Folk Art Museum 212-224 29th Street South 212 (Suite P): Lumbar (2018-), former location of Pepper Place General Store (-December 31, 2010) 216: former location of Scout Branding Company (2006-2014) 224: Ignite Cycle fitness studio (2019-), former location of Atmosphere Home Essentials furniture (-2018) 2814-2828 3rd Avenue South

Dr Pepper Syrup Plant 2829 2nd Avenue South Suite 20: former location of Williams Partnership architects Suite 100: Odette (Laura Vogtle 2025–), former location of Richard Tubb Interiors (1990–2024) Suite 200: Peritus public relations Suite 220: Yeatts Law Firm Suite 300: Hodges & Associates advertising Suite 307: former location of Birmingham Pledge Foundation Suite 310: Wicker Park Capital Management Michael Alfano Design Ryan Freeman Inc. contractor Annie Kammerer Butrus art studio The Blueroot Company, former location of Agnes gallery former location of Dungan Nequette Architects, The G Brand, ActionSportsArt Martin Biscuit Building al.com offices Bettola restaurant, former location of Vittoria restaurant Cantina restaurant ChipRewards GoPro Event Solutions Hot and Hot Fish Club (2019-), former location of Cantina event room (-2017), Alabama Outdoors pop-up shop (2018) 2901: The Red Cat coffee, former location of Amani Raha nightclub, Juniper bar Suite 130: American Legal Search Suite 140: Morgan Advanced Materials Suite 200: former location of FitzMartin marketing Suite 220: former location of Humphryes & Arnett attorneys Suite 230: Brik Realty, former location of Liberating Technologies DeKalb Office (2010-) Value Centric Marketing Group Martin Biscuit Annex former location of Zoe's Kitchen offices 2924 3rd Avenue South ARC Document Solutions (2014-) Hop City (September 2012-) former location of Nelson-Brantley Glass Contractors (2008) Blueprint Building Blueprint on 3rd restaurant, former location of Imaging Technologies (2008-2014) 3022 3rd Avenue South Frontera

References

• Paul, Donna (January 25, 2011) "Daughter of Birmingham Plans Revival" The New York Times
• Godwin, Brent (January 16, 2019) "Pepper Place gains entertainment district status." Birmingham Business Journal
• Stettheimer, Samuel (November 12, 2024) "Tenant revealed for Pepper Place design shop." Birmingham Business Journal

External links

• Pepper Place website
• Pepper Place at slossrealestate.com
• Pepper Place history at pepperplace.com