The Innovation Launchpad Business Incubator is open for business in downtown Morehead, KY. The Incubator nurtures ideas for small businesses, helps them grow and then launches them to success. The renovated space, designed by MSE, was a partnership involving Morehead State University’s Booth Entrepreneurship Center, Morehead-Rowan County Economic Development Council, City of Morehead, Rowan County Fiscal Court and the KY Cabinet for Economic Development.

Construction has started on South Main Street in Nicholasville, KY for the new Amcor 350,000 SF warehouse and distribution center. One of Nicholasville’s largest employers, Amcor is consolidating its scattered warehouse and distribution operations into one central facility. MSE assisted the Jessamine Joint Economic Development Authority with locating and planning a site for this facility including working with Amcor’s consultants to gain P&Z approval of a development plan for the project.

Work is progressing quickly on the sewer extension at the Fourstar Regional Business Park. The project, on Southernstar Way is a sewer extension to the Park’s “Build Ready”, state certified site. The Fourstar Park, located at the Henderson-Webster County line on US 41 is owned by the Northwest Kentucky Regional Industrial Authority. Designed by MSE of Kentucky, construction of the sewer extension project is approximately 50% complete and expected to be finished by the end of November 2015.

SKRECC received PSC approval to construct a new office headquarters (designed by MSE).

The Bluegrass Crossings Business Centre located in Ohio County, KY is the fifth to be certified under KY’s new Build-Ready program by the KY Cabinet for Economic Development. With a Build-Ready site, much of the work – other than actual construction – has already been completed. That includes having community control of the land to be developed, preparing a building pad (prepared ground/soil/environmental studies), conducting preliminary design work, including project costs and construction timeframes, obtaining approved site plan permits and having necessary utility and transportation infrastructure in place. Communities that meet the minimum standards for each requirement of the Build-Ready program will drastically reduce the time it takes a company to select a site, construct a new building and begin operations. By expediting this timeline and putting companies in operation faster, communities will make their sites more attractive to companies and site selectors. MSE is responsible for the master planning, building pad site design, utility design and road design for this regional business park.

The South KY RECC is planning to build a new headquarters in Somerset, KY. The facility will be located at the former Sumerset Houseboats property. The new headquarters will contain a newly constructed 37,000 two-story office building. A portion of the current Sumerset Houseboats building will be converted into warehouse, storage, operations, maintenance and covered parking areas. MSE has been procured to provide architecture and engineering service for this project. It is currently at the PSC for approval.