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Covington Central Riverfront


Come Monday, CCR work moves from deconstruction to construction

Bray to build site’s infrastructure; Drees to follow with first homes COVINGTON, Ky. – Less than two years after an O’Rourke Wrecking excavator punched the first hole in the sprawling IRS “Flat Top” complex, the City of Covington has announced two milestones in the pending transformation of what is now a cleared field into a 23-acre mixed-used neighborhood ful...

The increasing allure of the Covington riverfront’s 23 acres

Conceptual renderings of the Covington Central Riverfront site from the City’s master plan show “Block G,” where the law school and medical school would sit. Note these are NOT renderings of the future complex. Senate unveils $150M proposal to make former IRS site the new home of Chase law school, UK med school COVINGTON, Ky. – One magazine cover story labeled it...

‘The 5-billion-dollar mile’: Bulldozers at the ready for 23 acres

City seeks legislative support, contractor to prepare site for developers COVINGTON, Ky. – With private developers waiting in the wings, the City of Covington hopes to break ground in early spring on installing the public infrastructure that will transform a 23-acre “blank canvas” a block south of the Ohio River into a shovel-ready site. The City has issued a formal re...

Getting the lay of the land

Developers, brokers visit 23 acres to eye 4 parcels on table COVINGTON, Ky. – Developers and brokers interested in the first four parcels of the 23-acre Covington Central Riverfront site in downtown Covington got a chance to tour the cleared site today with the City’s economic development, procurement, and infrastructure staff. The optional visit was to show how the 23 acres...

Developers, broker sought for 4 pieces of IRS site

A conceptual rendering that shows the levee park and public plaza, and how the parcels and buildings are meant to create a neighborhood feel. New phase begins to reintegrate 23-acre ‘island’ with mix of office, commercial, residential and other uses COVINGTON, Ky. – The transformation of the 23-acre former IRS site has entered a new phase – the City of Covington is...

Goal for Central Riverfront site: ‘Right developers doing the right projects’

A conceptual rendering of the Covington Central Riverfront project. Firm to help City sub-divide parcels, create marketing strategy  COVINGTON, Ky. – The mostly behind-the-scenes work to prepare the 23-acre former IRS site downtown for private development is continuing on simultaneous fronts. Even as a team of architects and engineers are immersed in designing the street grid,...

For 55 years an ‘island,’ IRS site to be woven back into urban fabric

Virtual ‘fly-through’ video, renderings show proposed ‘look, feel’ of 23-acre’s future in The Cov COVINGTON, Ky. – The takeaway from a new virtual “fly-through” video is immediately clear: The “look” and “feel” of what’s now a 23-acre blank canvas in downtown Covington will be nothing like the expansive and steri...

KZF to lead team designing infrastructure on 23-acre former IRS site

O’Rourke Wrecking continues to demolish the 17-acre former IRS “Flat Top” located less than a block south of the Ohio River. COVINGTON, Ky. – KZF Design Inc. will lead the team of architects, engineers, urban planners, and consultants whose drawings will lay the foundation for public infrastructure that will ready the 23-acre former IRS site for private development. ...

Breaking it down

COVINGTON, Ky. -- Excavators are like a Swiss Army knife or Leatherman – with the right set of attachments, you can pretty much handle any job. Which is another way of saying that O’Rourke Wrecking has ALL the tools, and it’s employing a variety of them as its crews continue to sweep clean the 23-acre former IRS data-processing complex and prepare the site for development. ...

State pledges $45.5MM in future tax revenue to IRS project

O’Rourke Wrecking continues to demolish the 17-acre former IRS “Flat Top” located just west of Madison Avenue. City gets OK to create TIF District to pay for infrastructure costs COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington can use up to $45.5 million in future state tax revenue to help develop the 23-acre site downtown where a former IRS data-processing facility is being t...
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