Feel free to add on what I missed. I'm sure I probly left out something obvious. >_<

Mercantile Gallery Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/mercantilegallery.jpg
http://www.mercantilelofts.com/

Glassworks Commons
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Images/GWCommons.jpg

Gallery Square Lofts
http://www.gallerysquarelofts.com/rendering1.jpg
http://www.gallerysquarelofts.com/

East Market Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/devactivity/images/EMarketLofts.jpg
http://www.eastmarketlofts.com/

626 East Main
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/626EMain.jpg

Waterfront Park Place Phase II
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/WPPPhaseII.jpg
http://www.waterfrontparkplace.com/

Green Street Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Images/GreenStrLofts.jpg

The Midlands
http://www.midlandsproject.com/arial_render.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/

Cathedral Commons
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/devactivity/images/cathedralcommons.jpg

Seventh Street and Shipp Avenue
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20051111&Category=NEWS0102&ArtNo=511110426&Ref=AR&Profile=1008&MaxW=315


The Hub
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/devactivity/images/thehubrendering.jpg

The Reynolds Building
http://php.louisville.edu/news/images/instory/reynolds2is.jpg

Fleur-de-Lis on Main
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20060328&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=603280363&Ref=AR&Profile=1008&MaxW=500&title=1

RiverPark Place
http://www.goodyclancy.com/media/images/img_riverpark_01.jpg
http://www.poecompanies.com/

Museum plaza (includes 85 luxury condos, 150 lofts)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/eweezerinc/MPdown.jpg
http://www.museumplaza.net/

The Henry Clay
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20060607&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=606070432&Ref=AR&Profile=1008&MaxW=500&title=1

The Lofts of Broadway
http://www.loftsofbroadway.com/images/front_elev_cmyk.gif
http://www.loftsofbroadway.com/

Liberty Green (Hope IV)
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=B2&Dato=20060411&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=604110801&Ref=PH&Item=8&MaxW=455

The Louisville Lofts
http://www.thelouisvillelofts.com/sitebuilder/images/MainTower-420x465.jpg
http://www.thelouisvillelofts.com/

Seminary Woods
http://seminarywoods.com/seminarywoods/images/articles/1073421755.jpg
http://seminarywoods.com/

Cliffview Terrace

Thanks Eweezerinc.

I hadn't yet seen the rendering for Gallery Square...I really like that one

It was certainly my pleasure. ;)
I have been really wanting to put together a list of all these projects for a long time. Its nice to just scroll down and see how much is going on in terms of condo and residential development.

I agree, Gallery Square is really going to look awesome. Its going to do wonders for the lot and fit in quite well with the rest of the area. :okay:

I added Seminary Woods and Cliff view terrace, the two condo projects going up on Brownsborro road, No rendering yet for cliffview though. If anyone has one, post it. :tongue3:

The Midlands site came back up today, with more renderings!
This is gong to be very nice, and I think will give us some of the high-end retail we've been hoping for.
http://www.midlandsproject.com/

http://www.midlandsproject.com/3.jpg

http://www.midlandsproject.com/1.jpg

http://www.midlandsproject.com/8.jpg

http://www.midlandsproject.com/5.jpg

I really like the Midlands renderings, where will that be?

It will be right off I-264 on Brownsborro Road. I think its a great spot for something like this.
http://www.midlandsproject.com/sat.jpg

The Midlands is a great concept. I am especially pleased it is being built in the inner suburbs and not in exteme Eastern Jefferson County.

WOW.. I really like the midlands too. That area is very beautiful next to the "highway" which is ALWAYS CONGESTED..

The Midlands will be great, but I would not expect too much high end retail here. The goal is a new urbanist development, and I think this will be like a smaller, slightly denser version of Norton Commons.

For retail, I would expect a coffee shop, hair salon, nails place, dry cleaners, ice cream, tea shop, cafes, etc. I could see a Talbots or something like that, but I would not expect to see too much in the way of apparel retailers here. The more likely scenario is upscale local boutique retail similar to what we have around Chenoweth Square.

Nearby Glenview and Mockingbird Valley constitute one of the 20 wealthiest zips in the country and this will appeal to the baby boomer demographic there who will downsize from their mansions or other large houses. There are upscale retailers nearby like Rodes, Yudofsky, etc, but I really think the LOOK of the buildings that they are in is subpar. I think the Midlands European look totally fits into that area's history as there are nearby century old neighborhoods that have been surrounded by development from the postwar era.

Either way, this is easily the finest suburban development going on at this point and is a great example of inner ring suburb infill. I can think of a few more vacant tracts close to 264 where I would like to see more infill instead of crap going out in Oldham, Bullitt, etc.

I believe that The Midlands will bring some retail that isn't already here in Louisville. I picture it to be like some of the following:

The Boulevard St. Louis:
http://www.theboulevard.com/

Legacy Village (Metro Cleveland):
http://www.legacy-village.com/

Crocker Park (Metro Cleveland):
http://www.crockerpark.com/

The Glen (Chicago):
http://www.theglentowncenter.com/

I noticed the Boulevard while in St Louis. It is a fine development but one must take into account its prime location in the main retail area of STL across from the Galleria. I would be surprised to see these stores at the Louisville's Midlands.

Demographically and looks wise, the area around the St Louis Galleria is virtually identical to the area around Oxmoor and St Matthews Mall. For this reason, I foresee a development like this with Crate and Barrel and the like going into the Bullitt farm as that area is developed in the next 10 years. Since downtown's retail decline in the 1960's, St Matthews has been our primier retail area. The same can be said about STL Metro and the area around the Galleria.

^^^ Yes but some of the major retail in this area needs to get away from Shelbyville Rd. I think Mall St. Matthews and Oxmoor need more of a kick in the balls to get more/better retail in them, and if the Midlands gets built and has the capability to attract tenants that cause General Growth to raise an eyebrow we might see them try to compete. The Midlands has a lot going for it because of the hotel in the center of it as well as the residences and the strong demographics of its surrounding area.

^^^ Yes but some of the major retail in this area needs to get away from Shelbyville Rd. I think Mall St. Matthews and Oxmoor need more of a kick in the balls to get more/better retail in them, and if the Midlands gets built and has the capability to attract tenants that cause General Growth to raise an eyebrow we might see them try to compete. The Midlands has a lot going for it because of the hotel in the center of it as well as the residences and the strong demographics of its surrounding area.

I totally agree, LouisvilleS, but I just dont think these companies have enough faith in the Louisville market yet. What they dont understand is that Louisvillians will support the REAL deal upscale retail like Saks but these tweeners they give us like Von Maur arent cutting it. Everyone in Louisville knows to just wait for the sales at Von Maur bc they have let us expect that.

In the same way, the city refuses to support third toer minor league sports like AFL2. Give us a real quality, pro team, and well go gangbusters.

That said, well wait and see, but my understanding of the Midlands is a neighborhood town center (which means cafes, boutiques, coffee) versus a destination lifestyle center. However, I'll eat my hat if they land Crate and Barrel. Them and a couple others would make it a metro wide destination shopping area.

RiverPark Place has a new website up, along with some more(and better) renderings, plus shots of the project site and where they will be exactly.
http://www.riverparkplace.net/

I didnt know, but this will be the largest marina on the Ohio. I think that this is going to do a lot for the rich boating types, not to mention make it a more stylish and attractive thing to do. Kind of help with getting people over this idea that the Ohio River is toxic.
Yeesh. The water isn't going to give you a tumor. :sleepy:

A story on WHAS about RiverPark Place, plus they do a bit of talking about the increase of DT housing units. The more I see, the more I'm just plain excited to see this go up and find out what it will be like.
They said they've had inquiries on units from as far away as LONDON and JAPAN.

http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=72568&catId=49

http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20060627&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=606270357&Ref=AR&Profile=1008&MaxW=500&title=1
Monday morning, a historic brick wall that was part of the Mercantile Gallery Lofts collapsed.
I was scared things were going to get knocked off schedule and the developer was going to start panicing about the project, but they seem quite chipper about the whole thing and are excited about what can now be done without the limitations the wall caused.

Demolition to start on collapsing building
Demolition work is set to start Tuesday afternoon on a partially collapsed three-story building at East Market and Floyd streets, with the closed streets set to re-open by Wednesday morning.

The former Charnette Bridal Store building was under renovation as part of the Mercantile Gallery Lofts development when an exterior brick wall collapsed early Monday. No one was injured.

Project officials will unveil their updated plans for the site early next week.

“We are excited about the opportunities for the site because of things that were limiting in the past based on the structure that was there,” Blue said.

Mercantile Gallery Lofts
http://www.mercantilelofts.com/art/art_large.jpg

New updates on the Midlands website, including a new flash intro showing much of the planning process and preliminary designs. This project appears to be very well put together and thought out.
Detailed lists and records of the meetings already held tell a lot about the project. So far it looks like a 6 story hotel is a no, as is a home Depot and any other big box retailer. Deck parking is being looked at, and seems to be supported by near by residents over the surface lots in the models, just as long as it isn't seen from the surrounding neighborhoods.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/eweezerinc/mid21.jpg

http://www.midlandsproject.com/comp3.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/eweezerinc/mid1.jpg

http://www.midlandsproject.com/DEST2554.jpg

They just added these style boards. I believe these are all existing complexes that it will model itself after.

http://www.midlandsproject.com/styleboard-1.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/styleboard-2.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/styleboard-3.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/styleboard-4.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/styleboard-5.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/styleboard-6.jpg

We have a bit more detail now on Seminary Woods. Specifically there are two buildings, the Regency(10floors) and the Ambassador(4floors).
The development will include one 10-story building with 61 luxury units and three levels of underground parking and one four-story building with 30 units and two levels of underground parking.

http://seminarywoods.com/seminarywoods/images/articles/1073426461.jpg

Great thread Eweezerinc. Thanks for putting all this together. Maybe we can get a sticky like the Charlotte condo thread?

Thanks! It was tough going aound the net finding all the places I could. I should probably do a more thorough search though on real-estate sites. I see a lot of new things on them when I bother to dig.
As far as a sticky, eh, I don't think we quite have enough news generating weekly to keep it active. (it'd be more active than that Memphis thread though...)

I was driving down Franfort avenue and it looks like the Clifton Lofts are officially a realized dream. The building looks great.
http://www.cliftonlofts.com/

http://www.cliftonlofts.com/images/Clifton%20banners%202_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg

http://www.kcrea.com/files/property/710000/715579/1126885_Clifton_Lofts_5.30.06.jpg

All the SOLDS are encouraging:
http://www.cliftonlofts.com/floorplans.html

Downtown condos to break ground
Project the last on old Brinly-Hardy land


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Downtown condos to break ground
Project the last on old Brinly-Hardy land

By Sheldon S. Shafer
sshafer@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal



After nearly two years of delays, groundbreaking is set for Tuesday morning to mark the start of construction on a condominium venture across from Louisville Slugger Field.

Construction of the five-story, $27 million Fleur de Lis on Main, an 82-unit complex southwest of Main and Preston streets, should be completed by late 2007, said partner Henry Potter, who also is project architect.



Fleur de Lis will be "a cornerstone of downtown living," Potter said, noting that the partners have received no public subsidies for the project.

Units will sell for $220,000 to $540,000. Three units already are under contract and all units are expected to be sold by 2010, said Potter, whose partners are businessmen Phil Scherer, Dale Boden and David Bowen.

The Fleur de Lis project will complete development of nearly all of the former Brinly-Hardy Co. land that the city acquired in the mid-1990s for the ballpark. Other development on the former Brinly-Hardy property has included the Preston Pointe office-condo building, Park Place Lofts and a Marriott Residence Inn.

Barry Alberts, executive director of the Downtown Development Corp., the city's lead agency on urban projects, said Fleur de Lis will make an already healthy downtown housing environment even stronger.

Two other major housing developments are targeted for the Fleur de Lis block bounded by Main, Preston, Floyd and Market.

The Mercantile, 84 condos that will sell for $179,000 to $399,000, is under construction near Floyd and Market. The Hub, an 84-condo project, is to go near Floyd and Main, with units for $500,000 to $1.2 million.

All 22 condos at Park Place Lofts, which opened last year on the southeast corner of Main and Preston, quickly were sold. Peter and Stephanie Stadlberger paid about $250,000 for one unit, moving from the East End nearly a year ago.

The location is close to galleries, restaurants, Waterfront Park and arts venues. Slugger Field adds vibrancy to the area on game days, Stephanie Stadlberger said.

The Stadlbergers' condo faces the dirt lot where Fleur de Lis will be built. "It will be good to have it developed. It doesn't look too nice right now," she said.

Although preservationists complained about demolition of the string of old Brinly-Hardy buildings, which dated to the mid-1800s, the city approved their razing, and Potter maintains they were "rubble."

In the last two years, the partners have redesigned the project five times, Potter said, to try to stay within budget while the price of steel and other materials was fluctuating. Now, the design is set with a steel frame, concrete floors and a brick and veneer exterior.

The partners are buying the land from the city for $662,850 and have lined up conventional bank financing, Potter said.

Two restaurants are interested in some of the nearly 20,000 square feet of ground level commercial space, Potter said.

Reporter Sheldon S. Shafer can be reached at (502) 582-7089.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps...EWS01/607300457

Thanks eweezer...heres hoping this thing doesnt take another 5 years, i mean its really not even that big! lol I have to admit its a concept that reminds me of Chicago condos and I really do like the renderings. Probably my favorite midrise condo construction going on right now.

RiverPark Place has updated their site with Faqs and a media section.
Its supposed to break ground early fall, so lets all get excited now, and then be really let down when it has to break ground next spring. :lol:
Naw, it sounds like this one will really happen completely on schedule and within budget. I trust Steve Poe.

http://www.riverparkplace.net/

More RiverPark updates. They've given a more detailed floor plan for each of the units, including the lofts not in the main towers, and have laid out howthe lots will look. I'm not digging the surface lots, but they aren't huge, and I think the surface parking is a lot easier for boaters who dont live at the complex. I guess.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/eweezerinc/RiverParkPlace1.jpg

eweezer, remember this is only phase 1. If this thing sells like they plan, the surface lots will be the site of 3 more 15-20 story towers! There will be 2 towers on the east lot and 1 tower on the west lot. Riverpark is planning to be 1500 units when completed but phase 1 is only 600 units. 1500 units in one project...that is more than many cities have planned for all of downtown! I really think they are trying to create a "Lakeshore Drive" kind of scene. (Ands certainly no offense to the grand city of Chicago but please dont mind if little Louisville tries to emulate you. After all, we send alot of our young people to work in Chitown anyways! :) )

Right before I read your post, I was posting Louisville in the Waterfronts and Riverfronts thread, and noticed that the lots were not there in the master plan. You're probably right, that these in fact will only sit temporarily until garages are finished and the first units fill up. I feel all better now. Yay RiverPark. ^_^

http://www.pbase.com/abdulsharif/image/62397227/original.jpg

wow, from the master plan it seems 6 ~20 story buildings are planned in ADDITION to the 2 towers that are set to break ground in phase 1. Additionally, it appears there will be 4 more 5-10 story midrises. What an ambitious project! I remember them saying they want to make it one of the premiere waterfront communites in the country and it is modeled after that thing in Boston (and designed by Goody Clancy from Boston).

As my friend who moved here from Minneapolis said, Louisville has got some big time balls for a city our size and we are really booming. What a great time to be a Louisvillian.

I have to admit, while I love the concept of Riverpark Place, and I can certainly see it's appeal to people, this projects architecture is not my cup of tea...to me it looks very "New South".

Now, with that said, I read other forums where this project is bashed for being too "bland" and Museum Plaza is also bashed for being too "crazy". Louisville is a city where both these projects can coexist and work together. It perplexes me how we can be called "bland" and "radical" in the same sentance sometimes. :sigh:

Enough of my rant: I just cannot wait to see this project rise to the sky!

If every tower is built in RiverPark Place (eleven 15-20 story buildings and maybe higher), its "skyline" alone will be better than any small city in the country and better than many medium sized metros like Lexington and Columbia, SC. It really is probably the most ambitious residential highrise project I have seen in any city outside the top 10 metros. All this for what amounts to a third skyline downtown! (in addition to the CBD which will add several new highrises including the 61 story Museum Plaza and hospital district which has several buildings in the 10-20 story range) And this doesnt count highrises and midrises in the Highlands (among them the 22 story willow tower) as well as around the Watterson (16 story Kaden and 15 story Watterson City just to name a couple) and Hurstbourne Ln (where a couple buildings reach 14 stories)!

The Midlands project slow to shape up

Like a motorist in heavy traffic, a proposal for a large mixed-use development on Ky. 22 is moving slowly, with stops, starts and some frustration.

Progress has been slow because planning officials want to know more about how the project will affect traffic in the area, which is already heavy.

Two years in the works, the proposal is scheduled for another review tomorrow by the Louisville Metro Planning Commission's land-use committee. The committee has reviewed the proposal at least three times, but concerns linger.

"This is not a typical development," committee member Sue Ernst said at the latest review Aug. 10.

The project, proposed by Fenley Real Estate and called The Midlands, would occupy 38 acres at 4906 Ky. 22 and 2000 Warrington Way.

The site, including the old Hildebrand Farm, is along the east side of the Watterson Expressway and south of Ky. 22 and U.S. 42.

General plans are for 192 apartments, 117 condominiums, shops and offices with a total of 185,950 square feet. The plans also include two restaurants with a total of 17,000 square feet and a six-story hotel with 150 rooms. Fenley owns an office building on the site with 37,800 square feet that would become part of The Midlands.

Access to the project would be from Ky. 22, Carlimar Lane and Haverhill Road.

Using the "new urbanism" style of development, The Midlands would include a town center, residential units and offices above stores, wide sidewalks between buildings and streets, and architecture with a traditional look.

The project would be a natural extension of an existing commercial area, according to Fenley's application.

Jill Mueller, who lives in the area, told the committee at a July review that more development would lead to "complete gridlock."

The most commented-upon feature is a roundabout at the project's entrance from Ky. 22. Besides presenting a distinctive appearance, the roundabout is designed to keep traffic moving in and out of The Midlands more smoothly than would an ordinary intersection with a traffic signal.

Traffic is a big concern because congestion and three signals near the Watterson often keep U.S. 42 traffic backed up. The U.S. 42 intersection with Ky. 22 and ramp off of and onto the northbound Watterson exceed capacity during rush hours and operate at a failing level of service, according to the state Department of Highways.

About 55,600 vehicles are driven each day on U.S. 42 between the Watterson and Ky. 22, according to the department. A total of 9,396 vehicles would enter and leave The Midlands over 24 hours, according to a traffic analysis that URS engineers of Atlanta conducted for Fenley.

The added traffic from The Midlands would not worsen the flow of traffic on U.S. 42 if the roundabout is installed and traffic signals on U.S. 42 are retimed, said Glenn Price, a lawyer representing the development company.

"Our goal is to not make traffic worse," Price said at the Aug. 10 review. However, The Midlands would not improve traffic.

Reconstruction of the U.S. 42-Watterson interchange would be the best way to improve the flow of U.S. 42 traffic, according to the traffic analysis. The highway department plans a long-range study of the intersection, but it is still several years away.

Local officials expect some relief for U.S. 42 when the Westport Road-Watterson Expressway interchange opens, but highway officials don't know when that will happen, department spokesman Andre Clifford said.

Paula Wahl, engineer supervisor with Louisville Metro Planning & Design Services, told the committee during that review that she wanted more details on current traffic conditions before commenting on any efforts by the developer to improve them.

Tom Pinto, with the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District, said he wanted more information on traffic before he could assess The Midlands' effect on air quality.

Once traffic and related issues become clearer, a public hearing will be scheduled before the full Planning Commission, which will consider land-use issues.

Fenley wants the site rezoned from single-family residential and office-residential to planned development, which allows a mix of uses as long as they are compatible.

Fenley also wants the site's form district changed from neighborhood, which would allow homes and small businesses, to town center, which would allow larger-scale mixed uses.

The Louisville Metro Council will have final say on the 32.6 acres of the project that are in Louisville. The Graymoor-Devondale City Council will have final say on 5.4 acres in that city.

http://www.midlandsproject.com/

More on the Midlands. It seems to be shaping up, but I still think it is going to be such a slow process getting to a ground breaking.

Hearing Thursday on big development at Ky. 22 and the Watterson

A proposal for apartments, condominiums, stores, offices, restaurants and a hotel on Ky. 22 just east of the Watterson Expressway is set for a public hearing after months of delays, caused by questions about the project’s impact on traffic.

Fenley Real Estate, which proposes the approximately 38-acre project called The Midlands says it will not add to traffic congestion in the area. Whether the Louisville Metro Planning Commission agrees could determine whether the commission endorses the project at its hearing Thursday.

Fenley’s general plans are for 192 apartments, 117 condominiums, and shops and offices with a total of 185,950 square feet. The plans also include two restaurants with a total of 17,000 square feet and a six-story hotel with 150 rooms. Fenley owns an office building on the site with 37,800 square feet that would become part of the project.

Access to The Midlands would be from Ky. 22 and Carlimar Lane and through the site of the existing office building. The project needs zoning and form-district changes. About 32.6 acres of the site are in Louisville. About 5.4 acres are in Graymoor-Devondale.

The Louisville Metro Council and the Graymoor-Devondale City Council will make the final decision after the Planning Commission makes a recommendation.

The commission’s land-use committee discussed the proposal at several meetings, concentrating on its impact on traffic on Ky. 22, U.S. 42 and the Watterson Expressway. Relatively little has been said about the project’s design or compatibility. The commission is expected to discuss land-use issues at the hearing.

In an unusual move, Paula Wahl, engineer supervisor with Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services, last month asked the commission members to visit the area during rush hours. Wahl noted that Ky. 22 traffic can back up from U.S. 42 past the site proposed for The Midlands’ main entrance.

Wahl also noted that traffic on the Watterson headed from St. Matthews to the U.S. 42 off ramp frequently backs up to Westport Road and, at times, to Shelbyville Road. Westport Road is about a mile from U.S. 42 and Shelbyville Road is about two miles away.

Fenley’s lawyer, Glenn Price, said The Midlands would not improve traffic, as some projects are designed to do.

“Our job is to see that we do not contribute to a worsening of the traffic situation,” Price told the committee in August.

Price said the Westport Road-Watterson Expressway interchange, expected to open in about 2010, will relieve back ups on the Watterson. The Midlands would not be completed until the interchange opens.

Retiming traffic signals near the project would help move additional traffic that it would generate, the developers say.

One of the project’s keys — a roundabout at its main entrance off Ky. 22 — is also supposed to help. A roundabout would eliminate the need for a traffic signal there and would keep traffic moving, according to plans.

Continuous traffic on Ky. 22 would make it difficult for motorists to turn left from intersecting streets, said Theresa Stanley, who lives in the area and monitors development there.

Mayor Peggy Swain of Crossgate, just east of the site, said she supports The Midlands.

Graymoor-Devondale city attorney John Singler advised officials there not to comment on The Midlands before they vote on whether to endorse the portion of it that’s in their city. Likewise, members of the Louisville Metro Council decline to discuss proposed zoning changes until they have heard all the evidence pertaining to them.

WHAT’S NEXT

What: Louisville Metro Planning Commission public hearing on a large mixed-use proposal called The Midlands on Ky. 22, just off U.S. 42 and east of the Watterson Expressway.

When: 6:30 p.m. tomorrow

Where: Old Jail, 514 W. Liberty St.

The Terraces At Indian Hills

http://jeffersondevelopmentgroup.com/properties/residential/viewer.php?prop_id=11

http://jeffersondevelopmentgroup.com/images/properties/residential/terraces_indian_hills/00.jpg

The Cherokee Grande

http://jeffersondevelopmentgroup.com/properties/residential/viewer.php?prop_id=30

http://jeffersondevelopmentgroup.com/images/properties/residential/cherokee_grande/00.jpg

I LOVE RPP That is going to be a great development along the Ohio! It will be nice to see the city stretch east of I-65 too.

I really hope that RPP isn't scaled back.

^^
The interest and novelty seems to really be driving this project strongly. What we're seeing is the first phase, and the rest will fill in over the next 10-15 years. Hopefully it all happens because those master renderings are AMAZING.

I really need to update this thread..... :crazy:

my only complaint is that they should try to bring more of the River into the interior of the project. They appear to have a small portion that looks canal-like, but why not bring a canal into the middle where the street is?

my only complaint is that they should try to bring more of the River into the interior of the project. They appear to have a small portion that looks canal-like, but why not bring a canal into the middle where the street is?

Hey buddy, this ain't Venice. You want that kinda development, go to Europe. This is a America, mmkay!!

j/k. My guess is that it would take another mountain of paper work to get that permitted through the Corps of Engineers. I know this project had a hell of a time getting out of the "dream" stage due to them. I would be cool, but hopefully its connection with Waterfront Park will accomplish the connection with the river. I know the foundations were out for bid about a month ago. Hopefully we'll see some dirt turned soon.

Do you all think that more high rises are going to be built in Downtown soon after Museum Plaza (I suppoose it's hard to say, but you all might have more insight than myself)

This is to supplement eweezerinc's post about Cliff View Terace b/c I was able to find a rendering to the project::: chekc it out---------
------> http://www.legacyhomeslouisville.com/cliff_view_terrace

I love this thread....let me know if you all find out more about condo projects....new and old .....thanks

Hey, I think I've commented on atleast one thread that I had serious doubts about any major development extending past west of 9th street, but I might have to retract that....read this article from jULY 30 2005:
By Bill Pike
bpike@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Louisville Metro officials picture condominium and apartment buildings as tall as 14 stories along the Ohio River just east of downtown.

They also picture renovated warehouses being transformed into condos, apartments, stores and other uses in the aging Shippingport area just west of downtown.

To get those developments rolling, they want the Louisville Metro Council to approve new regulations for both areas to permit taller buildings and more intense uses.

The changes sought by the Waterfront Development Corp. and the Downtown Development Corp. have raised questions among some property owners, even though the proposal would not affect current uses of neighboring properties.
I got it from the Poe Companies website under the media section of Riverpark Place. This article basically encourages me to thinbk that people in gov't have serious plans to begin the expansion into west louisville....I'll keep my fingers crossed and eyes open.

Oh, this is going to be interesting.
Now we actually have people up and about, encouraging dense highrise activity in East and West DT. The housing boom has just begun in Louisville.

Coming up in a few weeks, I will rake together all the residential developments that have been announced and post an updated list of all the new stuff.

Yeah, I think you are absolutely right....it's so encouraging....the anticipation is exciting....thanks for taking the time to prepare an update....no rush though!! thanks again

Condo proposal is revised
By Martha Elson
The Courier-Journal

http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20070124&Category=NEWS0102&ArtNo=701240543&Ref=AR&Profile=1027&MaxW=500&title=1

Developer Kevin Cogan has revised the design of his proposed Cherokee Grande condominiums on Cherokee Road after objections to the size and height by planning officials.

But it still would be a six-story building with about 30 units. At 70 feet high, it would be about twice as tall as other buildings on the street.

Cherokee Grande -- Cogan's new condos across from Cherokee Park are called Park Grande -- would replace the Aquarius Apartments at 1049 Cherokee Road.

The Cherokee Triangle Association board voted last week to support enforcing current building regulations for the Traditional Neighborhood Form District.

Those regulations place a 45-foot limit on height, unless yard space is significantly increased, said planner Mike Wilcher, case manager for the zoning request with Metro Planning & Design Services.

"It's a massive, hulking condominium tower," said Stephen Reily, who lives across the street from the site of Cogan's proposed project. He's also a member of a Triangle association subcommittee that met with Cogan Jan. 3.

"There's nothing like it on Cherokee Road," he said. "We believe it's completely out of scale."

Triangle Association president Tony Lindauer said the neighborhood had areas down-zoned where possible in 1987 to prevent denser development but that there are nearly 30 sites that could be candidates for buildings similar to what Cogan has proposed.

If a precedent is set to allow major changes, "then the whole landscape of the neighborhood changes dramatically" and becomes more like downtown, Lindauer said. "Then we would have to go to Norton Commons to see what the Cherokee Triangle used to look like."

After publicizing the proposal last September during the Bellarmine University Women's Council Showhouse at Park Grande, Cogan filed a pre-application for a zoning change last month with Metro planners. He also applied for approval of the design (a "certificate of appropriateness") from the Landmarks Commission.

In an unusual move, the Planning Commission will have the Landmarks Commission's architectural review committee for the Cherokee Triangle review the plans first -- to rule on whether the building is compatible with the area, Wilcher said.

That review is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 28.

The building concept was designed by architect Vadim Kaplan of Studio-A Architecture. An earlier concept showed a more monumental-looking white structure with columnar-shaped sides. The developer's description of the approach in the public planning file says it has been revised to look like four building masses resembling adjacent residences, with the upper stories set back.

While that is an improvement, it is "still fundamentally a six-story building in the context of three-story buildings," said Dave Marchal, the city's urban design administrator, who will do the staff report for the Landmarks Commission. Scale and mass are still the main issues, he said.

Wilcher's staff report on the basic site plan said the building is too tall and wide and inconsistent with the area. The staff "cannot recommend approval of a taller structure" at this location, it said.

The report says an alternative plan has been supplied to Cogan for a 28-unit building with a three-story, U-shaped design, with a setback penthouse.

The developer's approach statement argues that there are other large buildings in the Triangle occupying two or three lots among single-family homes. "What holds the character of the neighborhood is, in fact, this diversity within a range of architectural styles," it says.

Wilcher's staff report counters that the taller buildings that successfully merge into the neighborhood are in more appropriate settings. The report says the 1400 Willow condo is the tallest in the neighborhood.

"Successful groupings of buildings, such as the apartment buildings near the Castleman Statue on Cherokee Parkway, as well as extraordinary buildings such as the Willow and the Dartmouth are exceedingly tall but have very large setbacks and a close relationship to the park."

The Cherokee Triangle Association would love to have the Aquarius Apartments replaced with something appropriate, said Mike Bosc, a public relations specialist who is helping the association with communications about the project.

The association was pleased with the concessions made in the redesign, and "if it stops at three stories, they would love it," Bosc said.

OK, so here is the updated residential projects list. I’ve gone ahead and included some of the denser, urban-ish suburban projects because they are pretty exciting too, I think. I know I’ve mssed some, but particularly I think there were a few out of Old Louisville, the Highlands and around Brownsborro Road that I forgot, so please feel free to tack on what you know.
Here it goes…

Mercantile Gallery Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/mercantilegallery.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/ul2009/mercantile.jpg
http://www.mercantilelofts.com/

Glassworks Commons
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Images/GWCommons.jpg

Gallery Square Lofts
http://www.gallerysquarelofts.com/rendering1.jpg
http://www.gallerysquarelofts.com/

East Market Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/EMarketLofts.jpg
http://www.eastmarketlofts.com/

Waterfront Park Place Phase II
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/WPPPhaseII.jpg

http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/WaterfrontPPII.jpg
http://www.waterfrontparkplace.com/

114 S First
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/devactivity/images/114SFirst_000.jpg

Green Street Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Images/GreenStrLofts.jpg

The Midlands
http://www.midlandsproject.com/arial_render.jpg

http://www.midlandsproject.com/3.jpg
http://www.midlandsproject.com/

306 E Main
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/310EMain.jpg

Debrovy’s Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/Debrovy_000.jpg

The Hub
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/devactivity/images/thehubrendering.jpg

Fleur-de-Lis on Main
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F6AEC407-34E1-4DA7-8F39-23AF4C05BE48/0/FleurdeLisCondoslg.jpg

RiverPark Place
http://www.goodyclancy.com/media/images/img_riverpark_01.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/abdulsharif/image/62397227/original.jpg
http://www.riverparkplace.net/

Museum plaza (includes 85 luxury condos, 150 lofts)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/eweezerinc/MPdown.jpg
http://www.museumplaza.net/

The Henry Clay
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/HenryClay.jpg

Byck’s Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/Bycks.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/ul2009/Bycks.jpg
http://www.byckslofts.com/

Liberty Green (Hope IV)
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=B2&Dato=20060411&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=604110801&Ref=PH&Item=8&MaxW=455

http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/LibertyGr1.jpg
http://www.libertygreen.org/

The Louisville Lofts
http://www.thelouisvillelofts.com/sitebuilder/images/MainTower-420x465.jpg
http://www.thelouisvillelofts.com/

Seminary Woods
http://seminarywoods.com/seminarywoods/images/articles/1073421755.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/eweezerinc/Mypics026.jpg
http://seminarywoods.com/

Cherokee Grande
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20070124&Category=NEWS0102&ArtNo=701240543&Ref=AR&Profile=1027&MaxW=500&title=1

Cliffview Terrace
http://k.b5z.net/i/u/6037756/i/CVT_Rendpage.jpg

Legacy Lofts
http://k.b5z.net/i/u/6037756/i/LL_website.jpg

Indian Terraces at Indian Hills
http://jeffersondevelopmentgroup.com/images/properties/residential/terraces_indian_hills/00.jpg

Zirmed Gateway Towers
15-20 Condos
http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=B2&Dato=20070214&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=702150394&Ref=TS&NewTbl=1&MaxW=300

Norton Commons
http://k.b5z.net/i/u/6037756/i/NCview.jpg

http://www.nortoncommons.com/map/map_masterplan.gif
http://www.nortoncommons.com/

Edison Park
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/ul2009/58971-400-0.jpg

Providence Point
http://www.haganpropertiesinc.com/res/images/pic/providence-point_01.jpg

http://www.haganpropertiesinc.com/res/images/pic/providence-point_05.jpg

Signature Point
http://www.haganpropertiesinc.com/res/images/pic/signature-point_01.jpg

Proposed “Beta Community” on 4th street
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/ul2009/betacommunity.jpg

Central Park Lofts

The Magnolia

wow...so much is changing...thanks

RiverPark Place went out for bid yesterday, so expect some action on that soon.

RiverPark Place went out for bid yesterday, so expect some action on that soon.

utility work has started and groundbreaking is march 2, i believe they are trying to get the first tower open by 2009.

^^
Whoa, that fast approaching.
There will be a lot of opportunity for some really fun construction updates around DT this summer. (RPP, MP, Fleur De Lis, ZirmedGT) I'll finally have a car to drive around so I can actually contribute regularly.

Hey this is a nice update...thanks! Hopefully we will see even more projects annonced and coming up soon

Driving around yesterday, I noticed they are starting to install the piling for Waterfront Park Place's expansion. It will be nice to get rid of that unfinished area.

^^
Especially if there is a restaurant and retail like they had planned. It will be nice to have some business facing Waterfront Park.

Hey I think main and market and 4th street are really coming well together. Do you all think they focus on developing areas by streets in order to improve DT? If so, which street would they focus on next, Broadway? 3rd street? Jefferson? Does this idea make sense or not?

I think that a natural shift (after the main area of the CBD is, for the most part, filled in) will be over to Jefferson and Broadway. At least, I hope. So many surface lots, but the historical buildings like Heyburn really deserve to be on great, urban streets. Not surrounded by asphalt.

The only other place I can think of is the Lofts of Artspace....I think it is just an idea right now, but it seemed like it was going to happen. That is the condos at the top of the building in the 300 block on west broadway where all of the arts groups are consolidating their administration and such.

http://www.butchertownhouses.com/prices.html

Check out the above link---it's about a project in butchertown. Nothing massive, but still a plus!

Condos finally rise from much 'heartache'

http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20070314&Category=ZONE04&ArtNo=703140391&Ref=AR&MaxW=500&title=1

A year ago, Norm Risen was wrestling with a problem at least 11 stories high.

"You can't believe the heartache and stress I went through," Risen said. "Saying it was stressful wouldn't describe what it was."

Risen is the lead developer of Seminary Woods, a condominium project under way at U.S. 42 and Seminary Woods Drive. Some financing for the $100 million project had fallen through, delaying construction of its two buildings -- one with 11 stories above ground and one with four.

"People were wondering if they would ever get it built," said Michael Patterson, who until January was mayor of Glenview Manor across U.S. 42 from the site.

"The first bank didn't work out," Risen said. But another one did: "Thank goodness for National City."

With financing nailed down, construction of the high-rise building proceeded swiftly. "Once they got going, that building went up in a hurry," Patterson said.

The first units should be ready for occupancy in June and the high-rise should be finished in September, said Risen, a partner with his sons in Whittington Realty Partners.

Risen's original proposal for a single 22-story tower in 2001 raised widespread opposition among area residents. Planning officials agreed, saying such a tower didn't belong in suburbia. After changing it several times, Risen settled on his current plan.

The 11-story building was to have 63 condos. The smallest units will have about 1,800 square feet and the largest -- the penthouse -- will have 7,200 square feet.

Prices will range from about $700,000 to about $5.8 million for the penthouse, which will have a rooftop terrace with 6,600 square feet and a view of downtown several miles away and the Ohio River.

All units will have 10-foot ceilings, marble foyers and bathroom floors, granite countertops and space in a wine cellar.

The building will have a three-level underground garage. Five private garages will be available -- for another $150,000 to $200,000 each -- for the owners of the penthouse, two "sub-penthouses" and two two-story units, Risen said.

The original plans were for 10 floors. By redesigning the roof, the developers added an 11th floor, without making the building taller.

Units in the smaller building will have the same square footage, prices and amenities as those in the taller building. It also would have a two-level underground garage. Risen hopes to begin construction next year on the smaller building and finish it within two years.

However, plans for the second building are somewhat in flux. That's because the Louisville Metro Council approved the entire project in 2003 for 91 units. But some buyers in the higher building want double units, meaning the smaller building could have more condos than originally expected.

Larry Klein bought a double unit on the seventh floor with a total of 4,000 square feet in 2005. "It's the premiere property being developed right now," said Klein, owner of Willis-Klein Showrooms. "Everything about it is top-shelf."

Klein said he was especially impressed with the view from his terraces. "In the summer, when everything's green, it will be breathtaking," he said.

Twenty-nine condos have been sold. "We're getting buyers from Oldham County to the Highlands, and a few from out in the state. About half of them are empty-nesters," Risen said. "We're getting physicians, pilots, business executives, retirees and a couple of young professionals. It's pretty varied -- much more so than we thought it would be."

Another 27 would-be buyers backed out because of the delays, Risen said.

Architecture of the buildings would be similar, with red-brick exteriors, large square windows and stone foundations. Risen called the architecture "elegant traditional."

"I think it will be a lovely building," said Robert Pfeifer, whose Glenwood Road home would be in the shadow of the high-rise. "I think it will be an asset to the community."

Many area residents thought the current high-rise was too tall, even though it would have half as many above-ground floors as Risen's original proposal. But complaints about the building have died down, Patterson said.

"The building actually looks nice," Patterson said. "Maybe people like it or maybe they're resigned to it being a fait accompli."

Risen said that seeing the building go up has given him "a tremendous sense of accomplishment." But it also has made him leery.

"If I had known all the problems that would come up, I wouldn't have done it. But I'll do more. We have one in Venice, Florida, we're starting on."

Apartments will be converted to condos

Residents of the new Highland Lofts condominiums won't have far to go to get to Bardstown Road restaurants and stores.

The condo site -- a converted apartment building thought to be 100 years old or older -- is on Bardstown Road, just east of Patterson Avenue.

It's in a mostly commercial area in the Cherokee Triangle. Converting the building from eight apartments to six condos will promote more residential stability, Highland Commerce Guild treasurer Felisha Dowdy said. "People love this area, and for the most part, people want to live in this area," said Dowdy, an employee of Commonwealth Bank and Trust Co. in Highlands-Douglass who has worked on Bardstown Road since 1999.

Highland Lofts LLC bought the apartment building at 1231 Bardstown for $725,000 about two months ago from Metro Entertainment LLC. The developers expect to spend about $800,000 on the renovation project.

The new owners are Kendy Darling and Brian Puryear of Glenview and Stewart and Terra Scovil of the Cherokee Triangle. Puryear is president of PDG Realty, with an office in St. Matthews, and Stewart Scovil is president of Scovil Real Estate.

Puryear and Stewart Scovil were at the condo site last week and showed off a third-floor balcony overlooking Bardstown Road that had a view encompassing downtown buildings.

"You can watch Thunder (Over Louisville) on your balcony," Darling said.

Prices will range from $289,900 to $399,900 and up. Work began recently on the conversion, which is expected to take six to nine months. The first unit is expected to be completed in about 45 days.

Metro Entertainment includes Gene Rosenstein, who said his partnership had owned the building for about three years before deciding to sell it.

Puryear said he had several calls about the condos over Derby weekend, including a couple from people who are thinking of moving back to Louisville.

He said he has done similar conversion projects in Old Louisville and is currently working on a 76-unit project called Westport Woods off Murphy Lane. Scovil said he has worked on new construction in the Glenmary area near Fern Creek, among other projects.

The Highland Lofts units are 1,300 to 1,400 square feet and one with stairs down to a basement area will be closer to 2,000 square feet. Among the attractions will be tall ceilings, a wood-burning fireplace, off-street parking and large closets.

"It's a solid building," Puryear said.

http://cmsimg.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=B2&Date=20070514&Category=ZONE01&ArtNo=705160304&Ref=AR&MaxW=500&title=1

Went rummaging around and found the Cardinal Crossings website with a rendering I haven't seen.

Cardinal Crossings
http://www.cardinalcrossings.com/cardinal/index.html

http://www.cardinalcrossings.com/cardinal/_images/arial.png

I'm not too excited about all the parking in the back, but it appears that it will be facing warehouses and railyards, so not a big deal. The development and existing factory hugs the street, which is the important thing.
http://www.cardinalcrossings.com/cardinal/_images/properties/siteplan.jpg

http://www.cardinalcrossings.com/cardinal/_images/properties/conceptionalelevation.jpg

Roof Top veiw
http://www.cardinalcrossings.com/cardinal/_images/properties/rooftopview.jpg

Loft project opens on Market
Effort continues area's development


After some delays, 42 condominiums are ready for occupancy in the Mercantile Gallery Lofts project at Market and Floyd streets in the burgeoning East Main-Market corridor near Louisville Slugger Field.

The project's completion adds to a string of restaurants, galleries and, especially, market-rate housing that has sprung up near the park in the past three to four years.

Eight units at Mercantile Gallery have been sold since full-fledged marketing of the $10 million development began last month.

The partners are developer Todd Blue; architect Jim Walters, whose Bravura firm designed the project; and investor Rowland Miller.

The units range from $179,000 to $400,000, not counting the $850,000 penthouse that is still available. Thirty-one units have one bedroom; the rest have two.

Ben Tidwell, who works at Humana, moved into one of the loft units last month, paying $189,000. He said the benefits include a "10-minute walk to work and being able to walk to a lot of restaurants and other activity that is really close by."

Having Waterfront Park nearby is attractive, as are the building's common amenities, "where I and my friends can hang out after work. I also will do some grilling in the courtyard."

The common areas on the ground level include a theater room, billiards and poker tables, a fireplace lounge that can be reserved for gatherings or meetings, a fitness center, a laundry, and an open central courtyard that will be completed in a month or so.

Units feature granite countertops, solid wood cabinetry, exposed wood-beam ceilings and stained concrete floors.

The project included the renovation of two major structures that have been combined -- the former OEM Building, which has five stories and dates to 1933, and the former Rosenbaum Building, which has four floors and dates to around 1880.

A third smaller building was once a warehouse operated by Brinly-Hardy, a lawn-equipment company that provided the land for Louisville Slugger Field and moved to Southern Indiana. That structure, built around 1960, is the Mercantile parking garage.

The project was delayed when a wall of a fourth structure, the old Charnette Building, which was built around 1900, collapsed more than a year ago.

The Charnette Building has three floors and about 9,500 square feet of space and sits at the corner of Floyd and Market.

The original plan was to develop it with four or five condos. But Blue said the latest plan calls for the former Charnette to have retail on the ground floor and offices on the upper two floors. That renovation will be completed by mid-September, Blue said.

"Historic buildings are very fragile. It is very hard and tedious, a labor of love, to save some buildings," Blue said.

All the condos are completed, with some interior items awaiting modifications to fit each buyer's particulars.

Blue said he is confident that all or most of the units will be taken by year's end.

Noelle Haygood, the sales manager for Mercantile Gallery Lofts, was hired in late June for the first serious attempt to market the units.

Haygood and Blue said there has been strong interest from workers in the nearby medical center. Haygood said the buyers to date have been mostly young professionals.

"We also have seen a lot of interest from empty nesters and divorcees with children," Haygood said.

Haygood, practicing what she preaches, bought one of the units recently for $400,000.

She said she can walk to Waterfront Park, Louisville Slugger Field and a string of nearby restaurants and galleries. "I love everything about this place," she said.

"The Mercantile is an edgy and unique loft development that adds to the vibrancy of downtown," Mayor Jerry Abramson said. "With its sweeping views of the city, it will appeal to young and old alike."

It says on the web site that Byck's has 4 units left, which is great.
I recieved an email invite to see a show at the new Bunbury Theatre, which is in the Henry Clay. I had no idea that they would put a theatre in the building, so that is a pleasant surprise. More theatres DT are always good. I'm not too interested in the show, but I'd like to go just so I can try and get a glimpse of the progress inside the building.
And this newer rendering of Edison Park has got me pretty excited about the project. They're looking much more like row-homes now.

http://www.ldmd.org/living-downtown/images/Edison.jpg

Edison Park does look nice!

On the main page of Boom Louisville, there is a cool video showcasing Legacy Lofts and the adjacent businesses, including the urban grocer The Bodega.

http://www.boomlouisville.com/index.html

Anyone know anything about Ice House Lofts?
http://www.sofodevelopment.com/

"Ice House Lofts, a moderately priced housing development at a stellar location next to Waterfront Park, Louisville Slugger Field, the proposed Iron Quarter District of Cobalt Ventures and the new Louisville Arena. 217 East Main Street is the largest tract of property that can be developed for housing in the middle of the before-mentioned attractions on East Main Street. Ice House Lofts will be the premiere loft housing location in the Waterfront Park, Main Street, and East Market Street Arts District neighborhood for young professionals with 56 one-bedroom lofts with on-site parking, balconies, and decks. Made of concrete, steel and insulating cork, the Ice House Lofts will also be economically "green" with very low utility costs. Each loft includes a bike locker for riding downtown and Waterfront Park."

First I read about it - I knew that there had been plans for the old ice building, but then I thought they fell through and the property was back on the market.

Perhaps a new proposal is brewing.

Ice House Lofts are going to be on the September 8th, 2007 Downtown Housing Tour - they must be moving along.

http://www.downtownhousingtour.com/

I know this isn't downtown but I couldn't find the Seminary Woods thread. I also never thought I see the day when these actually opened!

Seminary Woods to hold grand opening next week
Business First of Louisville

Seminary Woods, a $56 million upscale condominium project at U.S. Highway 42 and Seminary Drive in eastern Jefferson County, will hold its grand opening next week.

There will be three grand opening events, on Dec. 10, 11 and 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. each day. Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson will attend the Dec. 10 event.

When the development was initially planned in 2003, it was expected to be completed by summer 2005. But it was plagued by financial problems and opposition by the surrounding community. In 2005, an Atlanta bank pulled out of financing the project, further stalling construction while developers searched for alternative funding.

In early 2006, National City committed to finance the project and construction work resumed.

Condominium prices range from $700,000 to $5.8 million. To date, 25 of the 63 units have been sold, according to a news release.

Does anyone know if the Louisville Lofts are still ago?

Does anyone know if the Louisville Lofts are still ago?

well ive driven by that site before and seen no activity. what youi are starting to see is smaller infill projects all over the place instead like these http://phoenixloftsky.com/ and there are plenty more where these came from all over the highlands, old louisivlle and butchertown.

I think I drove by recently by chance(it looked like the building but might have been something different), and the site was fenced off. Dunno if that indicates anything, but I hope if these particular plans fall through that something else will happen with the building soon.

Check out their web cam. Two cam's to chose from and both are very good quality and can be viewed at the same time side by side. I had to use Internet Explorer to get the page to work right. The log in name is "web" (without the quotes), no pass word needed.
http://www.fleurdelisonmain.com/

Nice! Love the webcams! I hope we'll start to see some facade work soon. It just recently struck me that we may see some sort of red cladding, and not a sort of brick as I thought before. The renderings are looking to be a much brighter red than I recall. No matter the facade, I think this project is going to look amazing and add a lot to Main Street.

I agree Main Street seemed so open before this project went up. It is amazing what a little infill for an area can do.

With tons of pics!!

Condos rise on Main Street (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080119/NEWS01/801190408/1008)
31 of 82 units at Fleur de Lis sold
By Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, January 18, 2008

Construction of the Fleur de Lis condominiums close to Main and Preston streets near Louisville Slugger Field is in full swing, and 31 of the 82 units have been sold.

"The Fleur de Lis condos will be a great addition to our growing downtown -- and a great place to live," Mayor Jerry Abramson said.

The land is part of the old Brinly-Hardy property that the city acquired in the mid-1990s and which included the land for Slugger Field.

The partners in the Fleur de Lis project are Louisville architect Henry Potter and businessmen Phil Scherer, Dale Boden, David Bowen and Paul Keith. In various combinations they also were partners in the Preston Pointe office-condo project, the Billy Goat Strut apartments and several other developments.

Fleur de Lis should have a model completed by early May, with all or most of the units ready for occupancy around September, Potter said.

"We looked at most of the downtown condos and lofts, and the (Fleur de Lis) design is superb," said Catherine Aponte, who with husband Joseph has purchased one of the units.

The total project cost will be about $30 million, with Huntington Bank of Cincinnati providing the main construction loan, Potter said.

The condos are priced from $240,000 to $550,000. They include two- and three-bedroom units with 1,100 to 2,000 square feet of space.

Potter is pleased that the partners have obtained 31 signed contracts for units. He expressed confidence that all the units will be sold by the end of next year.

Purchasers so far include retirees, young professionals, empty-nesters and both single and married professionals, Potter said. "We've had out-of-towners, and people from the Highlands to Prospect."

No tenants have yet signed for about 20,000 square feet of commercial space on the first level, but Potter expects to have a restaurant, coffee shop and a financial institution.

Each condo will have bay windows and a balcony overlooking either Preston or Main, or one of two interior courtyards. Some units on the upper floors will have views of the Ohio River.

Each courtyard will have benches, a fountain and reflecting pool.

There will be 156 underground and 15 ground-level parking spaces.

The city, which is providing no direct financial incentives for the development, has given the partners a long-term lease with an option to purchase the one-acre site for $660,000. Potter said they plan to take title no later than next year.

Preservationists complained in 2004 when the Fleur de Lis partners decided to raze the string of Brinly-Hardy buildings, some of which dated to the mid-1800s. But the partners contended they were too deteriorated to save.

The partners are incorporating into the lobby an arch made of Brinly-Hardy bricks, and they also plan to have a photo display of Main Street's booming industrial era a century ago, Potter said.

The partners broke ground in August 2006, but construction didn't begin in earnest until four or five months later.

"It took a while to get financing in place," Potter said, adding that fluctuating prices for materials, chiefly for steel, also caused delays as the partners "did a lot of head-scratching to get the budget in line."

Now the "superstructure" is in place and nearly all the steel work is done, Potter said. "The roof is starting to go on, the interior walls are going up and the electrical work is under way."

The Apontes recently sold their home and are temporarily living in a St. Matthews apartment, awaiting their move downtown in late summer or early fall. They are buying a fifth-floor unit for $435,780 that has two bedrooms and a den.

Catherine Aponte is a psychologist and her husband is a retired psychology professor.

"We have been empty-nesters for quite a while and are ready to move out from under the responsibility of home care," she said.

She said they look forward to being close to downtown's restaurants and cultural activities.

And Waterfront Park "will be our new front yard and playground" when their grandchildren visit.

Gallery Square Lofts open tomorrow (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080402/NEWS01/804020901/1008/NEWS01)
Site is near former Clarksdale housing
By Sheldon S. Shafer, Courier-Journal, April 2, 2008

Gallery Square Lofts, the first major private housing investment project completed since the city razed the Clarksdale public housing complex, will formally open tomorrow.

Gallery Square cost about $5 million to develop and includes 18 residential and two commercial condominiums at the northwest corner of Clay and Jefferson streets.

"This outstanding development proves that our decision to tear down Clarksdale is paying dividends for the city," Mayor Jerry Abramson said. "Gallery Square is an attractive, modern addition to east downtown."

Chris Poynter, a partner in Gallery Square and a spokesman for the mayor, said the partners would not have invested in the venture if Clarksdale, immediately across the street, had not been cleared.

He noted the housing developments nearby either in the planning or construction stages as well as the many new galleries and restaurants along East Main and East Market streets.

Poynter said he believes the neighborhood in five years could be as popular as the Highlands. Gallery Square Lofts, he said, offers an opportunity "for true urban living."

The project site is about a half-acre. The partners bought the land for $426,000. Construction started in fall 2006 and is completed, except for some finishing touches.

The development includes two commercial spaces -- an 1,800-square-foot space at the corner of Clay and Jefferson and a 900-square foot retail/gallery space that fronts Clay Street. Both are available for sale or lease.

The project has two residential condo designs -- one bedroom, one-bath flats and two bedroom, two-bath townhouses with private rooftop decks. The residential units range in size from 800 to 1,600 square feet and will sell for $199,000 to $377,000.

Gallery Square is being developed by two corporations, WEM LLC and Modern Living LLC. The individual investors are architect Michael Koch, Tom Eifler Sr., Walter Wagner Jr., Bruce Madison, Jody Zimmerman, Ryan Stultz and Poynter and his father, Darrell Poynter. Darrell Poynter was the project general contractor and Koch was the architect.

Gallery Square and Koch recently won a New Landmark Award from the Louisville Historical League for excellence in architectural design in a new project.

The project includes four, three-story buildings, all organized around a central courtyard. Seven of the residential condos already have been sold, and an eighth is under contract, said Stultz, who is the project sales manager.

Although the problems in the mortgage market may have slowed sales, Stultz is optimistic that all or most of the condos will be taken by year's end.

Stultz said the buyers primarily have included retirees and young professionals.

Jim Klump, a retired property manager who had lived in St. Matthews for the last five years, moved into one of the Gallery Square units in mid-February. He paid $377,000 for it.

He said he loves the layout and amenities of the condo and also living in "an interesting and exciting" downtown neighborhood close to galleries, restaurants and the arts. And he said he feels secure when he walks his dog, Petey, around the neighborhood at night.

"I think I'll be here a while," Klump said.

5-story condo plan still deemed too big (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/ZONE01/804090661&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL)
By Martha Elson, Courier-Journal, April 8, 2008

The proposed Cherokee Grande condominiums, which would replace the Aquarius Apartments on Cherokee Road, are still not off the ground.

And an offer last week by neighborhood investors to buy the property, between Grinstead and Highland avenues, could lead to a new plan for the site.

After a second round of revisions, the plan for a five-story, $20 million project by Jefferson Development Group was rejected recently by a Metro Landmarks Commission committee, which said the building would still be too tall and massive.

Jefferson Development, led by Kevin Cogan, has until Friday to appeal to the full commission.

In the meantime, real-estate investor John Cullen, a former president of the Original Highlands Neighborhood Association who lives across Cherokee from the site, said Jefferson Development officials told him they were considering an offer he and other investors made Thursday for the property.

Most likely, the group would submit a scaled back design for condos, Cullen said. He would not say how much his group offered but said it was at least as much as the developers paid.

Cherokee Grande LLC bought the property at 1049-1051 Cherokee Road -- where the Aquarius Apartments would be razed -- for $2 million in October 2006, according to county tax records. The proposed Cherokee Grande building would have 24 condos and 55 parking spaces.

Calls to Cogan and Jefferson Development President Rob Webber were not returned last week or Monday.

Besides appealing, Jefferson Development could also revise the plans again or submit a new plan, said Dave Marchal, the city's urban design supervisor, who wrote the metro planning staff report on the proposal.

"I think they are really close. No one wanted to see Jefferson Development walk away," said Marchal, who had recommended approval of the plans.

But the commission's Cherokee Triangle architectural review committee denied a request for a "certificate of appropriateness" on March 12, required because the Triangle preservation district is overseen by the Landmarks Commission.

Some neighbors strongly oppose the proposed development. But Wayne Jenkins, a former Landmarks commissioner and former architectural review committee member who lives in the Cherokee Triangle, said he supported the plans at the March 12 meeting. He called Cherokee Grande an "exuberant, exciting, historically correct building."

A year ago, Marchal had recommended denying an earlier version of the plan, but then more revisions were made, including pushing back the penthouse area on top.

Marchal said last week he thinks the plan could be accepted if it had only four stories, including the penthouse level.

At five stories, the building would still be taller by two stories than any structure on the block, and would "conflict with (the) historic character of the single-family residential scale of the neighborhood," the review committee report said.

However, it said the structure "does relate well to comparable larger, historic structures that occur at various points in the neighborhood."

This goes to show that even in so-called "enlightened" neighborhoods, people really don't buy into their own rhetoric about densificiation, stopping sprawl, transit, etc. It's pure, unadulterated NIMBY-ism all the way - no different from a suburban county. This shows the challenge of bringing even modest levels of change to our cities.

Uuuuuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhh. Seriously? 5 flipping stories.....

Here were some of the arguments against a four to five (variable heights) story residential project in Lexington, whose views would be buffered by a tree line:

"I sunbathe outside, and I don't want peepers looking over at me all day." (Coming from an elderly woman... you should have seen the faces!)

"I'd rather not have them look in my house." (Gee, x-ray goggles!)

"The developer has falsified the height using the computer generated rendering." (Leading to believe that the developer was making the building seem shorter for the purposes of calming the concerns.) "I'd rather see a scale model out of wood." (The laughter begins.)

Comon, people preach more density but complain when developers propose projects such as that. You live in a city, not in a rural subdivision; privacy concerns are grossly different as a result. You can't have a 100% buffer around your house or unit. Get used to it.

I read this article and my jaw just dropped. There are already several mid rises that surround the park, what difference will this one make? People in the Highlands are some of the worst NIMBYs

Again, this just goes to show that the urban intelligentsia are basically at their core just the same as suburbanites. They don't believe their own rhetoric. They'll talk a good game of transit, density, etc. But ask them to personally live it and see how far you get with most of them.

From my experience the only people who give into these ideas as much as we do are the people who actually live in urban areas. The Highlands, St.Matthews, and the like are still fairly suburban, especially around Cherokee Park.

Has anyone been around Liberty Green lately? I was in the area saturday and must say that this area has made a complete turn around. Galleries and restaurants are opening up everywhere. My bet is that this area is the next Highlands, Old Louisville when it comes to popularity, hopefully with far less NIMBYs.I'm looking forward to seeing what the residential units go up in Liberty Green.

From my experience the only people who give into these ideas as much as we do are the people who actually live in urban areas. The Highlands, St.Matthews, and the like are still fairly suburban, especially around Cherokee Park.

Has anyone been around Liberty Green lately? I was in the area saturday and must say that this area has made a complete turn around. Galleries and restaurants are opening up everywhere. My bet is that this area is the next Highlands, Old Louisville when it comes to popularity, hopefully with far less NIMBYs.I'm looking forward to seeing what the residential units go up in Liberty Green.

this is actually remarkably accurate...the people living around lexington road and cherokee and seneca park away from cherokee triangle are usually large wealthy families that are very highly educated and more indicitave of the makeup of much larger edge suburbs of surrounding cities...think of the population of carmel, in or west chester, oh, or franklin, tn. this is one of the facets thats makes louisville so unique, no where else in america will you find such a large city with such well educated actual families with small kids living so close to downtown.
this also seems to be a large click of people..they go to catholic schools and churches, attend lakeside swimclub, and volunteer at catholic picnics...i have never seen anything like it. yet on the other hand, you have bardstown road so closeby, which is arguably the most diverse and eclectic urban area in a 300 mile radius between chicago and atlanta. it is sort of an odd dichotomy but its part of what makes the highlands one of my favorite urban areas not only in the region, but also the country.

bolen, you may notice Louisville doesn't have a Carmel or a West Chester - yet. This is one of Jefferson County's huge advantages right now - there's basically not a lot of competition because the collar counties aren't there yet.

Butchertown mansions reborn as condos
By Sheldon S. Shafer • sshafer@courier-journal.com • July 14, 2008


Two historic Italianate mansions in Butchertown have been renovated into condominiums as the centerpiece of an $8 million housing development east of downtown called Edison Park.

Nineteen more units will be developed later on the property near Shelby and Washington streets.

Sycamore Station LLC, the developer, is a partnership of David Buchart and Ron Widman. The project takes its name from the nearby Edison House and museum in Butchertown.

The developers have restored the two three-story Italianate mansions, the older of which dates to 1868 and the other to the late 1880s. Each house, made of gray-painted brick, has three condos, priced starting at around $195,000. The houses are at 801 and 803 E. Washington and are connected on the upper level by a catwalk. The condos, all flats, have 12-foot ceilings, hardwood floors and an off-street parking spot.

One of the units is already under contract to sell, the developers said.

An old gymnasium on the property, built in the 1930s, will be converted into six loft units, said Donna Jones, the Paul Semonin real-estate agent for the project. And a vacant portion of the tract at Shelby and Franklin streets, behind the two mansions, will be developed later with 13 new brownstone-style condominiums selling for as much as $500,000.

A courtyard has been developed in the center of the project.

Buchart said the development offers residents many advantages, including being close to downtown, to Louisville Slugger Field, to Waterfront Park and to restaurants and galleries along Main and Market streets.

For more on this story, read tomorrow's Courier-Journal.

Reporter Sheldon S. Shafer can be reached at (502) 582-7089.

Old Butchertown buildings become new condos
New condos created in old Butchertown buildings


Aaron Silliman of Hikes Point is looking forward to being closer to Waterfront Park, 4th Street Live and the Baxter Avenue area at his new Edison Park condo in Butchertown.

Silliman, 25, a firefighter whose fire station also is nearby at 235 E. Jefferson St., is the first to buy a condo -- a third floor, one-bedroom unit -- at Edison Park in Butchertown. It's the former Wesley House Community Services complex at East Washington and Shelby streets, which held its grand opening last week.

The area "is close to everything, but still far enough away that you don't hear the traffic on Main Street," said Silliman, who will be moving from a house he owns.

He said he'll probably ride a bike to the fire station, a trip that would take three to five minutes -- compared to a 15- to 20-minute car trip from Hikes Point.

David Buchart, co-developer with Ron Widman of the $8 million Edison Park project, said Silliman's unit should be ready in 60 to 90 days. It's one of six condos being created in two renovated 19th-century Italianate mansions at the site. The six condos start at about $195,000.

Silliman said he was searching the Internet when he found Edison Park.

Nineteen other units, including six artists' lofts in an old gymnasium on the property and 13 new brownstone-style condos priced at up to $500,000 also are planned.

Edison Park is one of three major condominium conversion projects in the neighborhood, which is considered to be part of a general east downtown revitalization area.

The others are the Residence at Presidential Place condos in the former E. S. Tichenor design business building at 122 Adams St. and Mark Isaacs' Legacy Lofts, a 38-unit project that will use sustainable energy at 830 E. Main St. The first units are scheduled to be completed there in September.

At Edison Park, Butchertown Neighborhood Association board member Leah McKinley said the association especially welcomed the rehabilitation of the "handsome" mansions, saying "there's just no style to neighborhoods" when distinctive buildings are replaced.

Developer Phil Scherer, who lives in the nearby Preston Pointe development on East Main Street, said he's delighted to see the Edison Park project. The whole area is "undergoing another renaissance," he said.

"I don't come down here much," said Susan Stivers of Bellemeade, who was looking through the model unit at the Edison Park grand opening. "It's great that they're renovating old stuff instead of tearing up green space to build new" buildings. "All the woodwork is so nice."

Architect John Warmack, whose Design Plus firm worked on Edison Park, said the aim was "maintaining the character that existed" while modernizing the spaces.

The project has been of special interest to Kristen Lutes, executive director of the nearby Thomas Edison House museum on East Washington.

"I've been watching the progress every day," she said, while looking through the model. "It's more beautiful than I … thought it would be."

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Does anybody know what's going on with the Fleurs-de-Lis Condos? It looks like the west side of it should almost be ready to be habitable!

Does anybody know what's going on with the Fleurs-de-Lis Condos? It looks like the west side of it should almost be ready to be habitable!

Not until it all done

The next phase of Liberty Green:

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Along with a snap of the completed Fleur-de-Lis on Main, for those interested:

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Whoa! That looks very different then the renderings. Good though.

Another excellent project that will improve the areas surrounding downtown. The Shepherd Square redevelopment is another Hope VI project expected to cost around $200 million. It will replace existing housing projects with an array of mixed-income developments.

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I know those drawings are not final plans, but if what comes to fruition is anything similiar, that area will be amazing. Hopefully they will get better management than they did for Park Duvalle.