By Gary Lloyd
TRUSSVILLE — Five parcels along Deerfoot Parkway in Trussville were auctioned off Thursday to three different bidders.
Each parcel was auctioned off individually.
VIDEO: Go inside the Deerfoot Parkway auction.
Steeplechase Land, LLC won parcels 1, 2 and 3. Parcel No. 1 was sold for $27,300, or $3,000 per acre. Parcel No. 2 was sold for $63,700, or $7,000 per acre. Parcel No. 3 was sold for $17,875, or $2,750 per acre. Parcels 1 and 2 are 9.1 acres each, while parcel 3 is 6.5 acres.
Jane Bailey, a former Trussville City Council president who’s now on the Trussville Planning and Zoning Board, won Parcel No. 4 for $41,870, or $5,300 per acre. Parcel 4 is 7.9 acres.
A woman who didn’t disclose her name but said her family has owned land in the area won Parcel No. 5 for $21,725, or $2,750 per acre. Parcel No. 5 is 7.9 acres. This acreage and Parcel No. 4 are near Fred’s Super Dollar and Roe Chandler Road.
Each bid winner had to put down $10,000 earnest money or 10 percent of the bid, whichever was higher. Closing on the parcels takes place in the next 30 days.
The sellers of the land were Charles Lewis and Jeff Lewis. The properties had been in the family for three generations.
The land is zoned for qualified commercial with road frontage on Deerfoot Parkway and Roe Chandler Road.
Granger, Thagard & Associates performed the auction at the Comfort Inn in Trussville. President Jack Granger said during the auction that the five parcels are “in the path of progress.”
“Is Deerfoot Parkway growing or what?” Granger said during the auction.
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