Business Happenings

Now Open

Summit Express Urgent Care, 1360 Montgomery Highway, Suite 114, is now open. Dr. Nicol Pettway is now seeing patients.

978-7550. summitexpress.net.

New Ownership

SouthStar Properties, LLC has merged into Lawrence-Arendall-Humphries Real Estate, Inc. (LAH). SouthStar was founded by Kim Mangham-Barelare in 2009 and has grown to 26 agents and sales volume in 2013 that exceeded $40,000,000. SouthStar has offices on U.S. 31 in Vestavia and on Oxmoor Road in Homewood. LAH’s office is located at 2850 Cahaba Road, Suite 200 in Mountain Brook.

870-8580. lahrealestate.com.

Rocky Ridge Auto Care, formerly Wooten Automotive, is now owned by Andy Ladner. The auto repair business is located at 2505 Rocky Ridge Road.

822-3208.

News and Accomplishments

Elm Construction, LLC, 4100 Autumn Lane, Suite 104, placed third in the “Whole House $250,000-$500,000” category in the 2014 Alabama Remodeling Excellence Awards. It also placed first in the “Bath Remodel Over $50,000” category. The yearly awards are given to contractors from across Alabama by the Home Builders Association of Alabama.

378-7965. elmco.com.

Banks Home Building, 4206 Brasher Drive, placed first in the “Whole House Over $500,000” category in the 2014 Alabama Remodeling Excellence Awards.

440-1232. bankshomebuilding.com.

Case Remodeling, 4220 Cahaba Heights Court, Suite 116, placed third in the “Residential Specialty Projects” category in the 2014 Alabama Remodeling Excellence Awards.

968-6000. casebham.com.

Saunders Bradford, 4100 Autumn Lane, Suite 108, placed second in the “Space Renovation” category in the 2014 Alabama Remodeling Excellence Awards.

871-1717. saundersbradford.com.

Jeff Roberts, Vestavia resident and private wealth advisor for Ameriprise Financial, 33 Inverness Center Parkway, Suite 300, has been named to Barron’s magazine’s top advisor rankings in the United States for 2014. 

313-9150. jeffrobertsandassociates.com.

Relocations and Renovations

Principal Financial Group has relocated its Birmingham office to 3500 Blue Lake Drive, Suite 280. The office was formerly located in the Riverchase section of Hoover.

444-9004. principal.com.

Hirings and Promotions

ARC Realty, 4274 Cahaba Heights Court, Suite 200, has hired Zoe Langner as an associate broker and Kayla Crook as a Realtor.

969-8910. arcrealtyco.com. 

RealtySouth, 2409 Acton Road, Suite 137, has hired Stacey Gregory as a Realtor. She will be based in the Over the Mountain - Acton Road office.

978-9000. realtysouth.com.

Re/MAX Southern Homes, 903 Montgomery Highway, has hired Rick Bratton as a residential Realtor.

979-8500. rickbratton.remax-alabama.com.

Closings

Hungry Howie’s Pizza, 790 Montgomery Highway, Suite 104, has closed.