“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      

 

 

24.  Waterfront  Park  

• 85-­‐acre  park  constructed  on  old  industrial  properties    • Annual  attendance  of  1.5  million    • Currently  planning  for  a  22-­‐acre  westward  expansion    • Award  winning  -­‐named  one  of  the  Nation’s  Top  10  Parks  

by    ULI  in  2006.  Phoenix  award  winner  2003  Grand  Prize  for  Excellence