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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

What Should Go Here? Avondale's 'Erector Set'

Construction of this building stopped when the developer went bankrupt.

The bare steel girders stick out on Avondale Estates' main drag as a visible reminder of big dreams that collapsed. Finders Keepers consignment shop planned to move into the first floor of the building started at Maple Street and East College Avenue, with two residential units built on the second floor. But work halted when Florida-based developer Century Retail filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Locals call the unfinished building "the Erector Set," a reference to the metallic construction toys. The building was just one small piece of Century's plan to remake the face of Avondale Estates. Plans called for the redevelopment of four blocks to include housing and Avondale Marketplace, a 375,000-square-foot mixed-use development anchored by a …

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Finders Keepers Consignment Stores, What Should Go Here? The old Ruby Tuesday, What Should Go Here? Old Fenner Dunlop Property, and 6 more ›

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10:32 am on Monday, August 27, 2012

How 'bout adding a gun range too and I think you'd have a winner   more ›

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Avondale Estates Making Changes, Rieker Says

The mayor gives his yearly state of the city speech.

Changes are afoot in Avondale Estates, Mayor Ed Rieker said Monday night in his state of the city speech. The most noticeable changes involve real estate. Rieker said court action may soon change the status of Century Retail property encumbered by bankruptcy. That company planned to redevelop a section of town before the economy killed the project, leaving as a reminder the skeletal frame of a two-story building on East College Avenue. Rieker said the pending annexation of commercial property along College Avenue between Maple Street and Sams Crossing means a new western gateway into the city can be formed. The annexation bills received final legislative approval Monday and now only need the governor's signature. "We must take care to …

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Update: Senate OKs Bills; Avondale-Decatur Annexation Appears Certain, Former Duck Mill to be Torn Down, The Museum School, and 4 more ›

kensington palace

11:03 am on Thursday, March 29, 2012

AE citizens trying to cross Covington to get to AE City Hall and AE businesses are risking their lives because impatient drivers with the fast food mentality don't stop for pedestrian traffic. Crossing at legal crosswalks is dangerous because the "No Turn On Red" signs are ignored. It's all about the driver who speeds just to get nowhere. David can change his route to avoid the "bottlenecks in …   more ›

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