The city of Birmingham wants to turn an abandoned half-built cathedral into the site of a new hotel directly across Carraway Boulevard from Top Golf, near Protective Stadium and the Uptown entertainment district.

The city traded the land to Trinity CME Church a decade ago and contributed $500,000 to construction costs, hoping it would become a key piece of downtown vitality. The church was forced to move out of Collegeville to make way for a new railroad-crossing bridge.

Instead of becoming a vital worship center and daycare as planned, the abandoned construction project on a piece of land at 1129 Carraway Boulevard became an unfinished eyesore. The city sued , demanding the land and the money back, and reached a settlement last year .

On Monday, the city announced it is looking for

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