Year in Preview: Retail across the city

The new Chick-fil-A restaurant opening on Highway 31 may be residents’ most anticipated new construction, but City Manager Jeff Downes said there are many more projects on the way this year.

First quarter

► Sprouts Farmers Market, a grocery store specializing in fresh, healthy foods, will open on Highway 31.

► America’s First Federal Credit Union, which will open its first Vestavia Hills location, will open on the site of the former library on U.S. 31.

► PT Orthodontics, which is currently under construction at the corner of Manor Brook Drive and Dolly Ridge Road, will open.

► Heights Dermatology, an established practice, will move to Cahaba Heights from the former Trinity Hospital area.

► A development of retail stores will open at the Prominence Shops at Liberty Park.

► A small medical office development will be completed on Blue Lake Drive.

Second quarter

► The new Chick-fil-A will open on Highway 31.

► The Rime-MedJet corporate headquarters will move from the Urban Center to Patchwork Farms off Cahaba River Road.

► A new retail development next to Heights Dermatology will open on Dolly Ridge Road.

Third quarter

► Aspire Rehabilitation, a 120-bed physical rehabilitation facility, will open at Patchwork Farms off Cahaba River Road.

Fourth quarter

► Resort Lifestyle Senior Living, a 130-unit luxury senior living residence, will open at Patchwork Farms off Cahaba River Road.

► A 100,000-square-foot retail development anchored by a grocery store, expected to be Publix, will open across from Lifetime Fitness at Patchwork Farms off Cahaba River Road.

► The current public works facility may become the site for a new 10,000-square-foot retail center.