What is a car condo? High-end, collectible vehicle community coming to Barber Motorsports Park [Video]

Car owners who have really expensive cars and need a place to park them can soon buy a “car condo” at the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham.

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved re-zoning a 33-acre lot for the project, which will offer 51 car condominiums in the first phase of the development, with 54 more in a second phase.

“It’s a community,” said Ray Roll, director of development for Neyer Properties, which is developing the project. “We’re not going to allow this to be a garage. This is not a maintenance shop.”

The idea is that owners of collectible cars need a place to keep them, he said.

Many of the car owners will take their cars out on weekends to show them off, and may attend events at Barber Motorsports Park, which features an Indy racing track.

The car condos will be protected with a security fence …