Jun 14, 2016, 4:15pm EDT
HopCat – Louisville will open July 30. The big bar, boasting about 11,000 square feet, has been under construction on Bardstown Road in the Highlands, at the former Spindeltop Draperies Inc. property, since last year.
The first 200 people in its doors that day will get a card good for a free order of its “crack fries” every week for a year. Crack fries are so named because they’re addictive, says the internet.
Throughout the building there will be specially commissioned original works of art, including an iconic mural titled “Aesop’s Fables” on the building’s exterior by DXTR, an artist from Dusseldorf, Germany, the release says.
HopCat – Louisville will be the ninth location for the brand, which is owned by Barfly Ventures in Grand Rapids. Renovations by HopCat and building owner Priam Capital are expected to result in an investment of more than $3.5 million.
The opening comes on the heels of the launch of HopCat – Lexington in October.
“We’ve worked hard to make HopCat – Louisville unlike any other,” Mark Sellers, founder and CEO of BarFly Ventures, said in the release. “I believe we’ve created a location that will serve as a hub for Kentucky craft beers and a magnet for local beer lovers as well as those visiting Louisville from around the world.”
The bar will feature at least 30 varieties of Kentucky-made beer on tap every day along with 102 rotating taps featuring craft beers from around the U.S. and the world.
The new location will also will bring BarFly Ventures’ waste reduction program to Louisville. The program has a goal of composting or recycling 90 percent or more of the waste generated at BarFly restaurants.
Churchill Downs DAS Room
Horse racing in Kentucky dates back to 1789, when the first race course was constructed in Lexington. Almost 100 years later, in 1875, Churchill Downs officially opened its gates in Louisville, and began its tradition as “Home of the Kentucky Derby” and the longest continually running sporting event in America.
Calhoun Construction served as the Construction Manager/General Contractor building a DAS Room for their new telecommunications system. As the General Constractor we self-performed the metal stud framing, drywall hanging and finishing, ceiling, and paint. Maintaining an aggressive schedule and was able to complete the buildout prior to the start of the racing season.
AT&T (NYSE: T) and DAS provider Mobilitie released some numbers (after the 2016 Kentucky Derby) for mobile data usage rates at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby, including what the companies are calling a record of 815 GB used during a single hour.
The record for peak hourly usage occurred between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. EST during the race and includes data that ran over the DAS network as well as over AT&T’s nearby Cells on Wheels (COW) and cell sites. Overall, the companies say AT&T customers near Churchill Downs burned through 11.4 terabytes of data during the weekend. The total means data use has grown 430 percent over the past four years.
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Square Footage: 500 sq ft
Year Completed: 2016
Project Location: Louisville, KY
Contract Type: Construction Manager/General Contractor
Homewood Suites by Hilton
Since 1985, when Bruce White started the company with a single hotel, White Lodging has been driven by strategic growth and genuine care for guests, associates and owners. Because of these characteristics, White Lodging has become a trusted hospitality partner for the industry’s premium brands, including Marriott International. White Lodging was the first franchisee of Fairfield Inn & Suites and one of the earliest franchisees of Courtyard by Marriott hotels.
White Lodging has continued to make innovative and strategic business decisions in key markets and nourished existing partnerships, resulting in sustained, profitable growth. Original partnerships, such as the one with Marriott International, continue to thrive, and new partnerships have blossomed with Global Hyatt, Starwood and Hilton. To date, White Lodging is the largest manager of Residence Inns, Courtyard by Marriotts and Hilton Garden Inns in the United States. As the vision grows, White Lodging will continue to strengthen these partnerships as they develop and manage hotels and restaurants together.
Calhoun Construction and Wilhelm Construction are acting as the Construction Manager on the construction of the new 8-story, Homewood Suites in Downtown Louisville. The new hotel will consist of 133 suite rooms, along with a full-service kitchen, pool, exercise room and conference space. The building is supported by a foundation of grade-beams and mat slabs supported by auger-cast piles. The building structure consists of structural stud and concrete braced by two cast-in-place concrete cores and one grouted masonry core. The hotel will occupy a former PARC surface parking lot to add to the growing downtown skyline.
Construction is scheduled to start in November 2016 with completion in 1st quarter 2017.
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Square Footage: 97,123 sq ft
Year Completed: 2018
Project Location: Louisville, KY
Contract Type: Construction Manager
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It’s been well over a month since we checked in with construction at the Omni Louisville Hotel in Downtown Louisville, and in that time the 30-story tower has risen off the ground. These things go fast when there’s minimal ground or subterranean work like an underground parking garage. So expect some dramatic concrete work to quickly rise up this summer.
The construction site as of last Thursday was distinctly vertical, resembling a sort of concrete hair growing upward from the former Water Company Block bound by Second Street, Liberty Street, Third Street, and Muhammad Ali Boulevard. Many columns will hold up the second floor ballroom space, which will have distinctly fewer columns. To bridge the enormous ballroom spaces and support the roof, a large steel structure will eventually be installed. Meanwhile, the L-shaped tower will continue to rise around the ballrooms.
Omni Louisville
The more than $300 million Omni Louisville Hotel includes 600 hotel rooms, 225 apartments, two convention ballrooms, and a mix of retail that includes a coffee shop, speakeasy with a bowling alley, restaurants, and an urban market. An enormous above ground parking garage will also be built on the site of the old Water Company Headquarters on Third Street, but so far its construction has been slower to start. (You can check out all the apartment buildings comprising Louisville’s current urban apartment boom here.)
The structure was designed by the hospitality division of Texas-based HKS Architects and interiors are the work of Dallas’ waldrop + nichols studio. Birmingham, Ala.–based Brasfield & Gorrie is serving as the project’s general contractor. Check out the latest interior and exterior renderings of the project from our coverage of the project’s ceremonial groundbreaking on January 29.
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A newsletter from Omni sent to the Courier-Journal and Business First reports that construction progress is moving along on schedule to make its spring 2018 grand opening. That newsletter described what’s clearly visible on the site: that work on the structure’s auger-cast foundation is progressing and vertical support columns are rising off the ground. Omni Project Manager Jeremy Dawkins said construction activity will pick up this month as the tower conspicuously rises into the sky.
The construction newsletter went on to note that the project will require over two million linear feet of wire and half a million feet of conduit, according to Evelyn Strange, president of Louisville-based Advanced Electrical Systems (AES).
If you see anything noteworthy at the Omni Louisville Hotel Site or anywhere else around town, drop a note in our tipline or to tips@brokensidewalk.com.
University of Louisville Student Activities Center – Phase 1 and 2 Renovation
The University of Louisville Student Activities Center, or The SAC, is the main hub for student activities on the University of Louisville campus. The west wing of the SAC houses the campus bookstore, campus food services, a fast-food court, the Cardinal Corner Game Room, SAC Multipurpose room, as well as, the Student Activities and Dean of Students offices.
The east wing of the SAC includes Athletics.
The University of Louisville has space to reserve both for its student groups and the community at large.
Calhoun Construction served as general contractor on the first phase of the Student Activity Center renovation. This first phase included demolition of former athletic courts and locker rooms to allow for construction of new classrooms, offices and labs for the Health and Sport Science department. This department along with the PEACC department moved into their new spaces which allowed for the complete demolition of the old Student Services Annex building just to the south of the west wing of the SAC. At the completion of the demo of the old annex, the next phase of the renovation project will be ready which will include construction of an addition to the SAC.
Calhoun self-performed the selective demolition, drywall, acoustical ceilings, as well as doors and hardware on the project. Phase 1 work was completed in a tight 8-week construction schedule which was completed prior to the 1-month demolition of the Annex building.
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Square Footage: 40,000 sq ft
Year Completed: 2016
Project Location: Louisville, KY
Contract Type: General Contractor
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Jun 2, 2016, 12:13pm EDT
If you have passed the future home of the Omni Louisville Hotel lately, you probably noticed all the commotion on the site.
Crews have been on the site, bounded by Second, Third and Liberty streets and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, for a few months now, but it has only been lately that we have seen vertical progress.
Jeremy Dawkins, Omni project manager, said in a new Omni newsletter that the project is still on track for a spring 2018 opening.
The project’s general manager, Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie, also has tasked contractor F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc., of Indianapolis, to establish the vertical support columns that have begun dotting the construction site in the last week or two.
“Beginning in June, visual progress will start being made as the project officially begins to go vertical with construction of each floor,'” Dawkins said in the letter.
Evelyn Strange, president of Louisville-based Advanced Electrical Systems Inc., Omni’s prime electrical contractor, said AES is taking its electrical power for the Omni and its parking garage from five dedicated LG&E underground vaults.
But Strange noted in the newsletter that a challenge is working in this type of setting and its limited space because of the sheer number of hotel rooms and apartments planned.
AES has worked on major projects in Louisville before, including the KFC Yum Center and Ford Motor Co.’s Kentucky Truck Plant expansion.
As we have previously reported, the 30-story, 853,000-square-foot hotel and luxury apartment complex will have about 612 hotel rooms and 225 luxury apartments, an urban food market, multiple restaurants, meeting and conference center space and a speakeasy with bowling lanes, among other amenities. (Check out the attached gallery to see how it will look.)
The project has been estimated to cost nearly $300 million, with the city and the state partnering with Omni to cover the costs.
Marty Finley covers economic development, commercial real estate, government, education and sports business.
University of Kentucky's Rupp Arena Press Box
University of Kentucky’s Rupp Arena is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Lexington Center, a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, which is located next to the Lexington Hyatt and Hilton hotels. Rupp Arena also serves as home court to the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program, and is named after legendary former Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp. With an official capacity of 23,500, it is the largest arena designed specifically for basketball, as well as the largest indoor arena by capacity, in the United States.
Calhoun Construction Services is serving as a trade contractor. Calhoun Construction has self-performed additional steel structures with a drop down landing Media Press Box containing steel stairs, new concrete floors and interior finishes.
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Square Footage: 3,000 sq ft
Year Completed: 2016
Project Location: Lexington, KY
Contract Type: Trade Contractor
Churchill Downs Broadcast Control Room
Horse racing in Kentucky dates back to 1789, when the first race course was constructed in Lexington. Almost 100 years later, in 1875, Churchill Downs officially opened its gates in Louisville, and began its tradition as “Home of the Kentucky Derby” and the longest continually running sporting event in America.
Calhoun Construction Services served as the Construction Manager/General Contractor for the Churchill Downs Broadcast Control Room . The project consisted of demolition of the existing space, mechanical, electrical and architectural revisions to accommodate the new control room. The new Broadcast Control room houses the equipment and crew to produce simultaneously the “Big Board” and Churchill Downs Simulcast shows, and provide camera and data signals to NBC and NBCSN for their production of the Kentucky Derby.
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Square Footage: 1,568 sq ft
Year Completed: 2016
Project Location: Louisville, KY
Contract Type: Construction Manager
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Stonehenge Condominiums is located in convenient St. Matthews, near expressways, malls, parks, restaurants and recycling facilities.
Owners are encouraged to stay involved in the management of their property. Stonehenge is an owner-managed community.
Calhoun Construction Services is serving as a trade contractor performing masonry repairs to the existing condominiums.
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Square Footage: N/A
Year Completed: 2016
Project Location: Louisville, KY
Contract Type: Trade Contractor
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CBRE’s Louisville office is Kentucky’s leading commercial real estate services firm, having served the Metro Louisville area since 1996 in the areas of office, industrial, retail and investment properties.
Their industry-leading platform provides unparalleled service to meet any client requirement from acquisitions and dispositions to real estate portfolio management, leasing office, retail and industrial space and investment sales. More than 15 dedicated professionals se
SelecTrucks of Louisville has always been committed to customer satisfaction, to our dedicated employees, and to being your partner in transportation.
SelecTrucks of Louisville is more than just a used truck dealer. They sell all makes of trucks and our professional team of sales consultants will present unique solutions for your business, which include spec assistance, industry-exclusive financing and warranty coverage options, driver recruitment support and most importantly, service after the sale.
SelecTrucks of Louisville has been nationally recognized for outstanding owner-operator customer service, and will deliver the same level of service to their fleet customers.
Calhoun Construction Services served as a trade contractor on the Select Trucks Louisville update performing structural repairs and metal siding replacement.
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Square Footage: 1,500 sq ft
Year Completed: 2016
Project Location: Louisville, KY
Contract Type: Trade Contractor