Hibbett Sports Inc. has acquired a new site for its headquarters that will keep the retailer based in Birmingham, according to al.com. The move, expected to happen in April, will triple its office space from
about 38,000 square feet now to 115,000 at the new site.

The company, now based on Industrial Lane, will fill a large vacant office space about a mile away in the Oxmoor Valley area. About 160 people currently work at the corporate office, and Hibbett told al.com that it expects to increase by 50 over the next five years.

“We're excited to be staying in Birmingham,” Hibbett's chief executive, Jeff Rosenthal, said in an interview. “We have a lot of growth ahead of us.”

Hibbett's distribution center, which also is on Industrial Lane in the same building as the corporate office, is moving to Alabaster. The new distribution center, which won't be ready for about 18 months.