Barber Companies Highland Ave Building

The Barber Companies is renovating the historic building at 2001 Highland Avenue in Five Points South.

(Courtesy Barber Companies)

Buck Mulligan's Public House is located at 2011 Highland Ave. S. in Birmingham's Five Points South and is a tenant in the building that is being renovated. (Tamika Moore/tmoore@al.com)

A historic building in Five Points South is getting a makeover through the state's Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program.

Barber Companies is renovating the building, but doesn't have new tenants yet. The building at 2001-2011 Highland Ave. currently houses Buck Mulligan's and Pop's Neighborhood Grill.

In the past, the building has housed Club Crush, Bell Bottoms and Louie Louie's.

Don Erwin, Vice President of Corporate Development for the Barber Companies, said the goal is to bring the building as close as possible back to the way it was in the 1930s and 40s.

The building is about 14,820 square feet and was built in the 1920s. Erwin said it's too early to give a total cost estimate, but that the exterior renovations will come close to $1 million.

There's no new tenant spaces for the building, so interior renovations will be general, Erwin said.

"We just think it's time. We're also able to take advantage of the historic building program the state has, and that allows us to take more risk that we otherwise would, so we're renovating it without knowing exactly what the tenant mix will be," Erwin said. "This is a historic building that deserve to shine at its best."