LOUISVILLE, KY. — Kentuckiana Curb Co. Inc., which makes HVAC products and does business as KCC Manufacturing, plans to develop a 300,000-square-foot, $50 million facility in Louisville that will house corporate offices and manufacturing space. KCC acquired 20 undeveloped acres at 2706 Blankenbaker Road for the project, which is 14 miles east of downtown Louisville. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) will provide KCC with $6.5 million of tax incentives if the company adds 400 jobs over the next 10 years and pays an average hourly wage of $29 across those jobs, including benefits. Production at the new facility will include the design and manufacturing of HVAC equipment and sheet metal products. KCC currently houses 512 employees at its existing Louisville facility, which is located at 2716 Grassland Drive, two miles from the planned property. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Churchill Downs Inc. will invest $300 million to add 5,500 reserved seats, a 156-room hotel and 900 historical racing machines at Churchill Downs, home of the annual Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville. A historical racing machine is an electronic gambling system that allows players to bet on horse races or dog races that have already been run. The seven-story hotel will include 900 historical racing machines, a 27,000-square-foot ballroom, dining room overlooking the track, 92 trackside suites, four trackside presidential suites and multiple dining options. The project is expected to create 600 construction jobs and 300 permanent jobs upon completion. Churchill Downs Inc. expects the expansion to be complete in November 2021.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — A 12-story, dual-branded Hotel Distil and Moxy has opened on Louisville’s historic Whiskey Row. Poe Cos., White Lodging and REI Real Estate Services jointly developed the 315-room project. Louisville Business First reports project costs of roughly $100 million. The 205-room Hotel Distil is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection Hotels, a portfolio of independent and upscale hotels comprising more than 180 properties. Many of Hotel Distil’s design cues are taken from bourbon barrels and the distilling process, with the intent of paying homage to Louisville’s bourbon heritage. Examples include wood tones, staves, black metal accents and copper fixtures. The hotel design incorporates an original 1860s-era façade, which was saved following a fire in 2015 and served as the original location and barrel house for J.T.S. Brown & Sons, a Kentucky bourbon whiskey produced by the Heaven Hill Distillery company. Hotel Distil will offer guests a nightly celebration of Prohibition. Guests will receive an invitation at check-in to join the hotel’s lobby for a nightly toast at 7:33 p.m., which is 19:33 Universal Time, the year Prohibition was repealed. Attendees will receive a celebratory whiskey cocktail. The hotel’s event space totals more than 11,000 square feet across its ballroom, three meeting rooms and …
BOONE COUNTY, KY. — IDI Logistics has sold Building I within its Park South at Richwood Industrial Park. Building I spans 442,304 square feet. The undisclosed buyer plans to open a package sorting center at the location. Park South offers seven buildings, totaling nearly 5 million square feet. The property is located along Interstate 75/71, about 20 miles from downtown Cincinnati. Jeremy Kraus of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction. Mike Lowe, also of CBRE, represented IDI Logistics.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Cushman & Wakefield and Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Kentucky have brokered the $10.9 million sale of Paragon Place, a three-story, 83,153-square-foot office building in Louisville. Paragon Place is situated at 9100 Shelbyville Road, 12 miles east of downtown Louisville. Amenities at the property include a conference center, courtyard with a fountain and tenant storage space. Craig Collins of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Kentucky and Samir Idris and Andy Johns of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Banyan Street Capital and Oaktree Capital, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
GLASGOW, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Glasgow Self Storage, a 66,075-square-foot, 452-unit self-storage facility in Glasgow. The facility was built in 2010 at 908 Happy Valley Road. Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The buyer and seller were both undisclosed limited liability companies. Colby Haugness of Marcus & Millichap, the broker of record, assisted the team in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
LEXINGTON, KY. — The Thrash Group has opened Origin Lexington, a 120-room, 76,000-square-foot hotel situated within The Summit at Fritz Farm in Lexington. Origin Lexington includes 2,100 square feet of meeting space as well as 33 Staves, a restaurant named after the number of wooden stave pieces needed to form a full-sized oak barrel used to age bourbon. Amenities at the hotel include a fitness center, in-room yoga kits and in-room tents and sleeping bags. Birmingham, Ala.-based Bayer Properties is the owner and developer of Summit at Fritz Farm, an outdoor shopping center that has more than 60 retailers and restaurants across 54 acres.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — A joint venture between Hendon Properties and Harbert United States Real Estate Fund VI LP (HUSREF VI) has sold Westport Village, a 169,515-square-foot shopping center in Louisville, for $30.3 million. Westport Village is situated at 1315 Herr Lane, 10 miles east of downtown Louisville. Since acquiring the site in May 2016, Hendon Properties has signed 13 new leases totaling 56,000 square feet and renewed 32 leases totaling 102,000 square feet. Birmingham, Ala.-based Wicker Park Capital Management LLC acquired the center.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $17.7 million sale of Kentucky Towers, a 276-unit multifamily complex in downtown Louisville. The property is located at 430 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. The buyer was not disclosed, however, multiple media outlets report TEG The Flats on Fifth LLC acquired the property and will rebrand the 94-year-old building as The Flats on Fifth. Kentucky Towers offers studio through three-bedroom floor plans and communal amenities such as a fitness center, swimming pool, on-site retail and maid services. Colby Haugness, Jordan Dickman, J.D. Schmerge and Nicholas Andrews of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Greystone has provided a $125.2 million refinancing loan for a four-property multifamily portfolio in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The Fannie Mae financing features a 12-year term, 30-year amortization and six years of interest-only payments. The loan also includes a new ownership structure, with Nick Kozul of Bayshore Properties taking a 50 percent stake in the portfolio from current owner, Angie Djurin of North Street Properties. The four properties are the 470-unit Ventana Hills Apartments in Corapolis, Pa.; the 252-unit Berkeley Manor Apartments in Cranberry Township, Pa.; the 409-unit WoodSpring Apartments in Florence, Ky.; and the 252-unit Colts Run Apartments in Lexington, Ky.