“How’d They Do That?” Mobile Workshop Tour of Louisville Tuesday, October 7th
1. Museum Plaza
• Planned 62-‐story, mixed-‐use building • Original design by Rem Koolhaas’ NYC office • Project was abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funding • Louisville Metro now owns the site and is actively
marketing it to developers • Hosting a “pop-‐up plaza” from Sept. 19 to Oct. 25 through
the program ReSurfaced
2. Whiskey Row
• Built between 1852 and 1905 and was once the center of Louisville’s bourbon industry
• Public/private partnership avoided demolition in 2011 • Plans to convert east section of the block to mixed use
development with construction beginning in the near future
• Current uses of western portion of the block are residential and popular restaurants
3. KFC Yum Center!
• 22,000 seat, multi-‐purpose arena constructed in 2010 ($450 million)
• Former electrical substation • Home of University of Louisville men’s and women’s
basketball and women’s volleyball • Funded through a TIF
4. Kentucky International Convention Center
• Opened in 1977 with a major expansion in 2000 • Currently has 300,000 square feet of event space • Slated for $180 million expansion and renovation • Building was expanded with controversy over 3rd Street
in 2000 and given face-‐lift
5. Omni Development
• 600-‐room Omni Convention Hotel • 200 apartments, retail, and grocery • 850 space interior parking garage to be built by PARC • Completion of development expected by 2017
6. 4th Street Live
• 350,000 square foot entertainment/retail complex • Opened in 2004 • Formerly an inward facing urban shopping mall • Developer has the ability to close the street to traffic • Employs roughly 500 people 500 people
7. Spalding University
• Catholic university founded in 1814 • Student enrollment approximately 2,000 • Oldest Catholic University west of the Allegheny
Mountains
8. Simmons College of Kentucky
• Established in 1879 at current location • Historically African American college with focus in
religious studies, currently in process of obtaining Historical Black Colleges and Universities designation
• Student enrollment approximately 120 • Dynamic leader in Reverend Kevin Cosby
9. 4th & Oak Intersection
• Largely vacant/underperforming commercial node • Has undergone multiple planning efforts, but produced
little investment • Former grocery store received downtown zoning
designation to allow it to be built • 4th St Corridor was focus of ULI Rose Fellowship in 2013
10. Parkway Place
• One of two remaining public housing complexes • Public Housing project constructed in 1943 • 637 total units on 26-‐acres • Houses community and day care center. • Surrounded by primarily industrial land use
11. Rhodia
• 16.8-‐acres former industrial property • Louisville Metro owned since 2002 with intent to be
redeveloped as an industrial job anchor • Purchased for a steel stamping operation that was a first
tier supplier to Ford, the deal fell through • Serves as a gateway into the Park Hill neighborhood • Utilized EPA brownfields grant to help aid environmental
remediation • Louisville Metro is actively marketing the property in
traditional and non-‐traditional ways
12. University of Louisville Student Housing
• The Bellamy and the Province were the first off-‐campus student housing projects
• Developed in 2009 • Former industrial property • Westward expansion of University • Approximately 400 units
13. Cardinal Towne Center
• Continued University of Louisville’s move to developer owned and operated campus housing
• Multi-‐use development catering to University of Louisville students
• 253 residential units/35,000 square feet retail space • Underground parking • Retail node for the University
14. The Grove (University of Louisville Student Housing)
• 252 units • Scheduled opening Fall 2014 • Former manufacturing site • Louisville Metro Gov’t provided pre-‐development
financing for environmental remediation
15. Churchill Downs
• Opened in 1875; major expansion in 2005 • Designated National Historic Landmark • Capacity of 120,000 • Home to the world famous Kentucky Derby • Recently installed world’s largest LED screen
16. Paristown Pointe
• Potential gateway into downtown • Anchored by Louisville Stoneware • Current public/private partnership to develop the area
into an Arts District
17. Sheppard Square
• Housing project constructed in 1942 • $95.5 million dollar investment ($22 million Hope VI) • Scheduled completion 2015 • Housing Authority committed to a one for one
replacement of subsidized units
18. Medical Center
• Hospitals -‐ University of Louisville, Jewish, Norton, Kosair, and Frazier
• Home to Louisville Metro Health Department • 25,000 employees with nearly the same amount of daily
visitors
19. Liberty Green
• Opened in 2006 as a replacement for the 1940’s Clarksdale Housing projects
• $200 million dollar investment (Hope VI funded) • Mixed income and mixed-‐use neighborhood
20. Dosker Manor
• 685 units constructed in 1968 • Subsidized living facility for sometime incompatible mix
of elders and people with chronic illness and disabilities • On-‐site programs include Dare to Care, Elder Serve, and a
resident council • Highly developable property
21. Nucleus
• University of Louisville TIF • Life science and innovation center established in 2008 • Block will consist of 4 buildings and a parking garage
once completed • First building opened 2013
22. NuLu
• 5 block arts and entertainment district with restaurants, retail, galleries, and boutiques
• Funding in place for a $10 million streetscape improvement (currently in planning stage)
• Roughly $100 million in public and private investments since 2008
• Strong focus on local business and sustainability
23. Slugger Field
• Historic Chesapeake & Ohio rail transfer station park yard that included a car crushing machine featured in a James Bond Goldfinger movie
• AAA baseball park opened in 2000 on a former rail yard • Capacity of over 13,000 • Will host local USL soccer team beginning next year