

Just a couple miles down the road from the Downs is a neighborhood they sometimes call Lively Shively. Since a conglomeration of clubs lost a legal battle with metro government a few years back, stiffer city laws forbid actual nudity in the clubs, but ladies are still shaking their money-makers at a variety of locations. Reporter Sheldon S.While the slow extinction of gentleman’s clubs in the downtown area may make some folk blue, Derby fans still have options when it comes to more adult-centric dance entertainment. Chestnut St. The permit estimated the construction cost at $250,000 for the planned 2,700-square-foot business. »The city has issued a building permit for an Au Bon Pain Bakery/cafe at Norton's Children's Hospital at 231 E. The property is the former Fetzer Refrigerator Co. The garage is intended to serve his adjacent retail and banquet facility, the filing indicates. » David Steinbrecher has filed plans for a two-level, 46-space parking garage at 209 E.

McCartin has developed several major Hoosier projects, including the Target Center and Waterford Park South - both located along Veterans Parkway in Clarksville, Indiana. McCartin is also developing property at Taylor and Bluegrass Avenue in southern Louisville, a project that is anchored by a Thorntons. McCartin said he is in negotiations with potential tenants but that he was not at liberty to be specific about any likely leases. In the phone interview, McCartin said the retail business will probably be a discount chain department store. Three of them would have fast-food restaurants - all with drive-thrus - varying in size from 2,600 to 3,000 square feet of space. A fourth lot is shown with a service station, and the fifth with a 10,120-square-foot retail outlet.

He acknowledged, however, that his project might benefit from racetrack traffic.Ī site plan filed recently with the rezoning request shows the Taylor property divided into five lots. But McCartin said the track's plans are not related to his intent to develop the Taylor Boulevard site. Two apparently related adult operations, the Erotic Touch Boutique and the Win Place & Show Bar also are located in the same building, signs indicated.Ĭhurchill Downs has extensive ongoing improvements underway at the track. The property is owned by the Michigan-based MIC Ltd., according to Jefferson property valuation records. The woman said she didn't believe the business intended to close.

The man said he wasn't aware of the development plans. The operators of Deja Vu were not at the club on a quick visit Monday afternoon. A request left with employees for someone in management to call was not answered.Ī man and woman who identified themselves as employees declined to give their names. The council has the final verdict on the rezoning. McCartin said in an interview Monday that some existing structures on the site will be razed, if his request for new commercial zoning is granted by the commission and by Louisville Metro Council. is based in Prospect and has the land along Taylor under contract. ► Orphans come back to ‘The Home’ that took them in ► Paul: Steps to repeal ACA could come as early as Tuesday ► One woman killed, one man wounded in stabbing in Shively He is calling the project, at 3421 and 3343 Taylor Blvd., the Taylor Center. The developer said he doesn't know if the adult entertainment club, a fixture in Southern Louisville for decades near Taylor Boulevard and Longfield Avenue, will relocate or go out of business.ĭeveloper Gary McCartin, who has undertaken several significant projects in Southern Indiana, has applied to Louisville Metro Planning Commission to rezone a parcel along the east side of Taylor between Longfield and Oleanda avenues for the development. Deja Vu Showgirls men's club will have to find a new home or close if a developer follows through with plans to build a discount department store, fast food restaurants and a gas station on 2.5 acres about a mile from Churchill Downs.
