Work under way on apartments by river by Sheldon S. Shafer • The Courier Journal • March 11, 2012 After years of delays, work is nearing completion on RiverPark Place Marina, a 149-slip facility that will be a centerpiece of the RiverPark Place development just upriver from Waterfront Park along the Ohio River. Boats should … Continued
By: Sheldon Shafer • The Courier Journal • December 5, 2011 Twenty-two years after plans were first announced and more than three years after the most recent round of work was shelved, officials marked the resumption of construction Monday on the massive RiverPark Place project just upriver from Waterfront Park. Rain sent a planned ground-breaking … Continued
By: Devin Katayama • WFPL news • December 5, 2011 Developers are breaking ground on Louisville’s RiverPark Place project after years of delay. Project leaders say the development of the mixed-use community will roll out in phases over the next decade and will depend on market demand. On Monday, Mayor Greg Fischer joined developer Steve Poe (pictured) who … Continued
By: Bill Francis • WDRB News • December 5, 2011 It has been a long time coming, but construction is finally underway on a private development along Louisville’s waterfront. RiverPark Place is finally being built. For decades city leaders have talked about re-developing the area along the Ohio River at Towhead Island just east of … Continued
Construction Begins On Long-Delayed Project By: Lexi Scheen • WLKY News • December 5, 2011 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s been seven years in the making, but a major construction project in downtown Louisville is finally breaking ground.The site at RiverPark Place looks like a bare construction site, but the ground has been broken on what … Continued
By Kevin Eigelbach • The Courier Journal • December 2, 2011 The long-delayed RiverPark Place development has come to life in recent weeks, with developer Poe Companies LLC starting work on a 149-slip marina just south of Towhead Island on the Ohio River. On Dec. 5, the company plans to break ground on a 166-unit … Continued
Business First Louisville-based Poe Cos. has secured a $13.3 million loan to build a 192-unit apartment complex called The Reserve at Thomas Glen Apartments. The residential development would be built on 17 acres in northwestern Shepherdsville. Columbus, Ohio-based Red Mortgage Capital LLC provided the Federal Housing Authority loan, according to a news release from the … Continued
By Sheldon S. Shafer • sshafer@courier-journal.com • October 4, 2011 After more than three years of sitting idle waiting for the economy to turn around, work is resuming on the RiverPark Place housing and marina project off River Road just upriver from Waterfront Park. Financing has been secured to finish work on the 149-slip marina and … Continued
By Martha Elson • www.courier-journal.com • June 14, 2011 Twenty-eight new upscale apartments should be available by the end of the year in the Cherokee Triangle at a site that once was a recreational field for Louisville Collegiate School. The Grinstead Place “rental community” at 2320 Grinstead Drive is being built by a partnership of Poe Companies … Continued
Business First • December 29, 2010 Kentucky Kingdom It might be March before the park’s fate is known. Or, it might not. The Kentucky State Fair Board reached an interim agreement in the spring with Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Co. to redevelop and reopen the park. In October, that agreement was extended to March 31, and officials … Continued
By Alison Furuto • ArchDaily • November 11, 2010 Like many large scale projects around the country, REX’s Museum Plaza, in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, had just broken ground and had given light to many dreams for the downtown community when the nation’s financial crisis hit the city. Needless to say, financing came to … Continued
By Sheldon S. Shafer • sshafer@courier-journal.com • November 2, 2010 The on-again-off-again RiverPark Place housing and marina project along the Ohio River is poised to resume construction in the spring after 21 12 years of inactivity, according to its backers, who say they’ve arranged new financing for it. City and waterfront officials have been pushing for … Continued