Drone practice on Monday, as seen from the Clive the Alien installation on Scott Boulevard. And the City's partners in both the CCR site and the topping-out ceremony.
Tonight’s ‘Topping Out Ceremony’ at CCR signals ‘galactic new heights’
COVINGTON, Ky. – The salutation read: “Greetings, Earthlings.” The invitation – to an event steepe...
City seeking developers for hotel, other uses; subdivided parcels provide opportunities to local firms
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is looking for private developers to fill in four more pieces of its 23-acre blank canvas just west of downtown.
Requests for proposals (RFPs) have been released for Blocks C, D, E, and K for the new neighborhood-to-be now known as the Covin...
A screenshot from Streetcraft’s video, which is linked to in the article below.
Third-party video on CCR site gains international attention
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s CCR project has gone global.
A media group’s 12-minute YouTube video outlining the City’s vision for the transformation of the 23-acre downtown site has gained 216,000 views from around the wo...
This photo, used courtesy of Bray Construction Services, shows Bray building Phase 1 of the public infrastructure on the 23-acre site.
Federal RAISE grant to fund streetscape, transportation connections at CCR
COVINGTON, Ky. – From the beginning, the City of Covington has proclaimed that its transformation of the 23-acre former IRS site near the Ohio River would create more than j...
This massing model is NOT a rendering. But it gives a conceptual illustration of how the individual project would look in relation to itself and how it would fit in with the surrounding area.
Expected $228K a year tax gain will fund services in the rest of Covington
COVINGTON, Ky. – The pieces of the 23-acre Covington Central Riverfront neighborhood continue to fall into place.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...