Louisville development "sticky" (Liberty, Martin: apartments, hotel, homes)

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by censusdata

I will be back in Louisville on January 7th (after taking my SRNA test at Etown Com. College).

I will try to get pictures of the following projects

1. New arena
2. New U of L housing on Shipp Ave
3. Zirmed Tower - I;ve heard about 7 stories worth of steel beams are in place
4. Any new stuff going on at the U of L Med Campus (new parking garage or research building had a foundation being dug
5. Fleur dis lis condos on Main Street should be nearly complete on the outside

Oh, are you moving back?

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by stx12499

Oh, are you moving back?

No, I am taking my state nurse aide registration test at Elizabethtown Community College - my CNA school was in Lexington but they only schedule the test at ECC. I'll take the short drive up to check on those projects and get some pictures

I will move back in August 2009 and stay until I finish at U of L, which is probably 3-4 semesters.

[censusdata]

It was raining the other day so I only took pictures of the new U of L housing development at 7th and Shipp Ave

As with most U of L projects, I really like the styling of the buildings. These have a very modern look to them, although they aren't brick which was a surprise













Site work has began on the other luxury apartment project on the north side of Shipp Ave

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by censusdata

It was raining the other day so I only took pictures of the new U of L housing development at 7th and Shipp Ave

As with most U of L projects, I really like the styling of the buildings. These have a very modern look to them, although they aren't brick which was a surprise




Site work has began on the other luxury apartment project on the north side of Shipp Ave

bleh! This is way too suburban for an urban city like Louisville. This reminds me of the crap I am looking out the window at right now around Lake Eola in Orlando, which is downtown although it looks in ways like a suburban office park (although it is a very nice area, just doesn't feel like a "downtown" of a metro of 2.5 million).

[censusdata]

Here are some pics from today of the arena construction site







The expansion to the east side of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium has begun



The Zirmed Tower is coming along nicely at 7th and Market



Reconstruction of The Oval's 3rd Street entrance is complete







The very dreary RR overpass for 3rd Street at Winkler was repainted with a Cardinal Red theme

[mdawg]

whats going on with capital plaza?

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by mdawg

whats going on with capital plaza?

I didn't see any action at the Capitol Plaza or Museum Plaza sites

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by censusdata

I didn't see any action at the Capitol Plaza or Museum Plaza sites

Business First publishes their year in review in it every december and in it the Barrister Group (developer for Capital Plaza) stated in november that they were pushing ahead with design but alot of their project viability depends on Humana's office announcement, which is expected 3rd or 4th quarter 2009. Get ready for the slow times, I dont think well see any construction on any major develpments downtown outside the arena in 2009 (and of course the smaller condo projects, liberty green etc). 2010 may be another story though because downtown Louisville is really set to take off.

[stx12499]

Also, while the Museum Plaza site itself shows no activity, the entire river road corridor and planned park to the west of MP are being updated, and the new transmission tower for DT is already up:

All your develpment news should be from here:


Broken Sidewalk .

Their last report on Museum Plaza was within the last month:

Broken Sidewalk . » Museum Plaza Falls Down, Climbs Up

With a site like this I NEVER look at the worthless Courier-Journal.

In the mean time the suburbs are really growing fast. Anyone taken a stroll around the gene Snyder recently? Several 6 story buildings or so are rising around it at several east end interchanges giving the city a much more metropolitan feel, and there are more large office and retail develpments planned for the Snyder corridor from Brownsboro to Bardstown rd in the next 3 years.

[mdawg]

yeah i live off the old henry rd. exit, its definitely building up around here.