Louisville construction is booming. Within the last three years, over 30 major new developments have been proposed in the city + over 15 more are currently underway — now there’s a reason to raise the roof.
Here’s a closer look at five of those projects:
Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door whiskey experience, $3 million+
The famous musician’s brand experience, dubbed The Last Refuge, is slated to open later this summer inside a 150-year-old NuLu church and neighboring art gallery.
Features:
- Retail store with Heaven’s Door products, Dylan’s albums and books + local goods
- Music venue
- Bar and restaurant
- 4,000-sqft courtyard
Publix, $4.6 million+
While the popular grocery chain has announced three locations in Louisville, it’s only broken ground on one, a 55,701-sqft store at 2500 Terra Crossing Blvd. in the East End. Its expected to open before the end of 2023.
Features:
- Drive-thru pharmacy
- Publix Liquors — the first one outside of Florida
- Cult-followed subs known as “Pub subs”
Japanese Garden, $22 million
Part of Phase 1 of the Waterfront Botanical Gardens’ Master Plan, the forthcoming two-acre expansion was designed by world-renowned Japanese landscaper Shior Nakane.
Features:
- Tea house for traditional tea ceremonies
- Cherry tree promenade
- Bonsai garden + bamboo grove
- A 19-ft waterfall
Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus, $100 million
This dual project will bring the first hospital west of 9th Street in over 100 years + a 120,000-sqft facility to house Goodwill’s headquarters and social-service agencies, like Volunteers of America. Opening dates are still being determined.
Features:
- Adult and pediatric primary care physician offices
- Emergency room services
- Drop-in daycare center
Louisville VA Medical Center, $840 million
This hospital project — over a decade in the making — will replace the existing Zorn Avenue VA Medical Center at a new location off of Brownsboro Road along the Watterson Expressway. Construction is on track to be complete in 2026.
Features:
- Full-service hospital with 104 beds
- Parking garages
- Central utility plant
