The Covington Central Riverfront project will be impacting drivers and pedestrians around Madison Avenue and Third Street over the next seven weeks as electrical infrastructure is installed. Construction crews are installing an electric conduit at the former IRS site development, a 23-acre site just west of Madison Avenue and north of Fourth Street known as […]
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Engineering firm selected to manage construction of biomedical center at former IRS site
Engineering firm HDR Incorporated has been selected to manage the development of the biomedical center planned for the former IRS site in Covington. HDR Incorporated is a national firm that offers architecture, engineering, consulting, construction and related services. The company has over 200 offices across the United States, including one in Cincinnati. Christine Russell, the […]
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Covington breaks ground on mixed-use development at former IRS site
The demolition of the former IRS processing center in Covington, KY is complete, and the city is now embarking on a mixed-use development project to transform the site into offices, housing, retail, a public plaza, and parks.
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Kentucky House budget omits former IRS site development funds
Funding requested by Covington city officials for the Covington Central Riverfront project located at the site of the former IRS building is not included in a proposed two-year state budget passed by the Kentucky House on Thursday. No funds for the 23-acre development are found in the proposed budget in House Bill 6, approved by […]
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Covington to buy around $260K of fill soil for Central Riverfront developments
The Covington Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of $260,000 of soil and fill material for the Central Riverfront development project at the former site of the IRS data processing center at the city caucus meeting on Tuesday night. Covington’s Economic Development Director Tom West said the 26,000 cubic yards worth of materials would eventually […]
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Covington residents petition for affordable housing, public hearing at IRS site
A group of residents has submitted a petition for a public hearing on affordable housing at Covington’s Central Riverfront development project. “This is not just a few of us that feel this way,” said Covington resident Thurman Wenzl at the Covington Board of Commissioners meeting on July 18 before presenting a paper copy of the […]
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How Covington is working to attract developers to former IRS site
Florida-based marketing firm BusinessFlare presented strategies to the Covington Board of Commissioners last week on how to attract developers to the Covington Central Riverfront development project. The project will be located on the former site of the IRS data processing center along the Ohio River. The IRS announced that it was vacating the city-owned land […]
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Covington seeking development proposals for parcels on former IRS site
The City of Covington is searching for developers to revamp multiple parcels of land on the 23-acre site of the demolished IRS processing center. The parcels are located along 4th Street, varying in shape and size. Each parcel has a different use outlined in the city’s master development plan for the Covington Central Riverfront project. […]
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Covington in process of subdividing former IRS site, aims to request construction proposals soon
The city of Covington announced that they are subdividing the IRS property and plan to advertise construction proposals for some of the site’s parcels by the end of May. Covington’s Economic Development Director, Tom West, broadcasted the plan during Thursday’s Covington Business Council luncheon. So far, their subdividing work is based on a parcel study […]
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Covington makes behind-the-scenes headway on Central Riverfront site
The City of Covington has already garnered lots of interest from developers who want to work on the Covington Central Riverfront site. So far, 35-40 out-of-town developers and 10-15 local developers have reached out to the city, according to Covington’s Economic Development Director Tom West. But before the city begins an official search for developers, […]