Press
Apr 6, 2007
The Courier-Journal The 150-year-old stone and brick facade of the Heigold House began its journey yesterday to a new location with help of four large self-propelled dollies and wood platforms. The facade, which has been a fixture off River Road near Towhead Island since 1955, will become a signature entrance to Butchertown once its move to nearby Frankfort Avenue is complete. Edwards Moving & Rigging of Simpsonville moved the facade a short distance to the west yesterday, where it will sit until some power lines are moved. The facade will then be moved a bit farther west to a temporary spot in a nearby Waterfront Park parking lot. The facade will probably move to its new home on Frankfort just south of River Road this... Continue Reading »
Feb 22, 2007
Housing, marina slated near Towhead Island Sheldon S. Shafer The Courier-Journal Ground will be broken next Friday for the $200 million RiverPark Place between River Road and the Ohio River near Towhead Island. The Army Corps of Engineers recently approved a permit for the project just upriver from Waterfront Park. The permit clears the way for a riverfront development that city officials first envisioned in the early 1990s. A project called FallsHarbor at the 42-acre target site fell through in 1999 after years of plan revisions. The RiverPark Place project will feature 621 dwellings, the area’s largest Ohio River marina, and commercial, office and extensive park space. “RiverPark Place will be a unique neighborhood on Louisville’s waterfront,” Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson said. “Our city was founded because of the Ohio River, and we have worked hard in the past decade to reclaim it.” RiverPark Place “has been a long time in coming,” said David Karem, president of the Waterfront Development Corp., which is overseeing the project. Steve Poe, chief executive officer of the Poe Cos., is the lead developer on the project. Other partners are Louisville businessmen Nolen Allen, Clyde Ensor and Mike Ehrler, and architect K. Norman Berry. Berry’s firm and Goody Clancy of Boston designed RiverPark Place. The housing will be in four five-story buildings along River Road and two 16-story towers closer to the river. Included will be 552 condominiums, both townhouses and loft units, and 69 apartments. The condos will sell for $139,000 to $1.5 million. Since last summer, when sales began, nearly 100 of the condos have been secured by contract. And of 150...
