Courier Journal - July 5, 2001, By Chris Poynter
A Louisville development company plans to build a 502 unit apartment complex in eastern Jefferson County, near the Eastpoint office and distribution center and the Ford truck plant.
The complex – to be called The Paddock at Eastpoint will cover 33 acres and will be among the largest apartment developments in the area.
Plans for the complex were filed recently with the Jefferson County Planning Commission, which must approve the development.
Scott Hagan of Hagan Seay Properties, the company proposing the complex, said the apartments will attract people who work in the area.
“There are a lot of high-end residential homes in Anchorage, Crestwood and Pewee Valley, but minimal affordable housing in the area,” Hagan said.
Hagan said he hasn’t yet determined the rental rates for the apartments.
Construction is schedule to begin next spring and be completed in 2004. Half of the apartments will be two stories and the other half will be three stories. About a third of the units will have garages, Hagan said.
The Paddock will be gated.
Plans also call for the complex to have a concierge, valet dry cleaning and housekeeping services among others.
It also will have a furnished guest suite, which residents may rent for families or friends who need overnight accommodations.
The complex was designed by John Guest of Beeler, Guest & Owens Architects of Dallas.
Connie Ewing, a spokeswoman for the planning commission, said The Paddock, if approved, will be the largest apartment complex in the area.
It will be located just off the Snyder Freeway at Factory Lane, on the former Golf World Driving Range.
“The location of the property is roughly equal distance between Eastpoint and the Ford truck plant, so it makes for a good location for a residential community,” Hagan said.
Eastpoint is a 600 – acre office and distribution center that is expected to employ 17,000 workers.
The area has been heavily developed in the last several years.
Frank Flint, who lives across from the proposed site, moved to the area four years ago and has watched vacant land transform into subdivisions and apartment complexes.
Flint said he has no problem with the development. And, he said, the growing number of residents hasn’t created traffic problems.
“It’s almost inevitable that this would grow,” he said, standing on his front porch yesterday afternoon and surveying the neighborhood. “The hot property is in the East End.”