Louisville's Whiskey Row Lofts add Signage

The Whiskey Row Lofts development across the street from the KFC Yum Center adds outdoor signage to the building. The large black letters are facing the arena and spell out "Whiskey Row Lofts." The lofts part of the 19 Million dollar development should open up fairly soon. Most of the retail spaces have already been occupied. The latest development on the retail front was the announcement of an additional bar, called "Troll's Pub Under the Bridge" which will be located at the Washington Street side of the development. According to a Business First article, the bar will feature an eight foot troll sitting outside the establishment.

Construction Start of Louisville's "The Edge" condominiums at Liberty Green

As I was driving through the Liberty Green neighborhood near downtown Louisville, I noticed some new construction activity. Excavation as well as some foundation work has started at the site of where City Properties is supposed to build their "Edge" condominium project. The ground was broken here last year. "The Edge" is part of the home owner ship portion of the Liberty Green project. For more on the project as well as some renderings click on this earlier story:

http://louisvilledevelopment.blogspot.com/2010/10/edge-at-liberty-greens-groundbreaking.html

Ice House Lofts Louisville Construction

Driving around downtown Louisville I've noticed some signs of construction at the backside of what will be known as Ice House Lofts. When finished The Sofo development on the 200 block of East main street is supposed to have 50 one bedroom apartments. It seems like this project is very much delayed. The construction might still be stalled. I drove past it on a saturday so I did not see any workers actually working. As you can see in the picture, they have put up construction particle board in all of the backside windows. I don't think that has been there before.

Cardinal Towne Development Update

After breaking ground in August, the Cardinal Towne apartment development near the U of L campus is taking shape. As you can see in the picture, the elevator shafts have been completed as well as the underground parking garage. Once finished the project situated on the old Masterson's property will feature four stories with 360,000 square feet of student housing and retail. As many as 540 student can find a place to live there. Some of the tenants already signed on for the retail portion include Jimmy John's Sandwiches, Qdoba, Heine Brothers Coffee, Comfy Cow, Papalinos Pizza, Le Peep, and Home Run Burgers and Fries. The building will be completed in phases with the first students moving in for the fall of 2011.