Trinity Medical is under contract to buy the unfinished "280 digital hospital" on a 30-acre tract from Daniel Corp., which acquired HealthSouth's 103-acre corporate campus in the 280 corridor in late January for $43.5 million. Talks with Trinity began two months ago "in earnest" for the medical real estate at 1 Grandview Pkwy., Charlie Tickle, chairman and CEO of Birmingham, AL-based Daniel Corp., tells GlobeSt.com. "It was just a good set of circumstances that came together for us and the city."

Meanwhile, Irondale City Council held an executive session last night to weigh its options after investing millions of dollars into infrastructure work for Trinity's 107-acre site off Interstate 459 at the Grants Mill Road exit. Mayor Tommy Joe Alexander is expected to issue a statement today.

According to the Birmingham News, city officials put up $55 million of incentives to wrestle Trinity Medical Center from Irondale. The plan was to build a 454-bed hospital to replace its vintage nine-story building totaling 817,885 sf at 800 Montclair Rd.