http://louisvilleloft.com Living well in Louisville, KY Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:58:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Louisville City Center Project, a development of the Cordish Group, owner of 4th Street Live!, has grown in size and cost as the plans have become more concrete.  The latest estimates now expect the entire project to top $442 million, as more features have been added. According to officials, this ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/12/11/louisville-city-center-project-plans-grow/ The October NAR report shows that the Louisville area real estate market remains relatively healthy when compared with the rest of the country.  Home sales for 2007 are less than 1% behind last year's pace.   Moreover, median prices for both homes (3Q: -0.4%) and condos (3Q: +4.2%) are not in ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/12/04/real-estate-prices-steady-but-inventory-still-high/ Museum Plaza, the $490 million downtown mixed-use mega-project with a hotel, condos, lofts and office space among restaurants and  art exhibition areas, last week received unanimous approval from the Louisville metro council committee for a $130 million bond issue to pay for public improvements.   This is a key step in ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/12/03/museum-plaza-bond-issue-approved/ The results of the 8664 study with retired traffic engineer, Walter Kulash, were presented to an eager audience of over 200 of the public at Kentucky Center for the Arts.      According to Mr. Kulash, the removal of I-64 through downtown would greatly simplify the current mess known as Spaghetti Junction where three ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/11/28/8664-has-public-forum/ The University of Louisville has outlined an investment in its new Health Sciences Campus totaling about $2.2 billion and expected to result in about 8,700 new jobs in the life and health sciences.  The new taxing district will cover about 30 blocks including the University of Louisville downtown medical facilities ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/11/28/u-of-l-health-sciences-tif-approved/ The longtime nightclub known as O'Malley's Corner is being rebranded as City Block along with a $5 million investment.   The owners will be rebranding two of the six nightclubs on site.   One of the new clubs will include a small theater. Although the nightclubs suffered immediately following the opening ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/11/28/omalleys-corner-is-now-city-block/ Last week, a surprised metro council discovered that $45 million in bonds issued by the city of Louisville would be required for the privately financed Museum Plaza project. According to reports, the $45 million bond issue would cover part of the $139 million in public improvements, such as floodwalls, lighting and ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/11/26/museum-plaza-needs-45-million-jump-start/ Museum Plaza, the 62-story Louisville mega-project with condos, lofts, hotel and offices, will have its groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday of this week. The developers plan a barbecue and commemorative hard hats for the first 500 attendees. They will be able to enjoy the views from the "top" of the ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/10/22/museum-plaza-groundbreaking/ The Preston Pointe office and condominium building in Louisville, by Potter & Associates Architects received a Citation for Excellence from the Kentucky Society of Architects.   The architects met in Columbus, Ind., at their annual convention where the the award was presented. http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/10/21/preston-pointe-architects-receive-award/ The beige book report from the Federal Reserve, an anecdotal look at economic conditions across the country named for the color of its cover, highlighted the continued strength of Louisville real estate, in contrast to the rest of the Eighth District. "Through August, year-to-date home sales were up in Louisville, but ... http://louisvilleloft.com/2007/10/18/beige-book-highlights-continued-strength-in-louisville/