On Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced that the historic National Candy Co. Frank A. Menne factory, a long vacant warehouse, was acquired by the Housing Partnership Inc. to be redeveloped into a $34 million mixed-use development. “This is prime example of a partnership in which the public and private sectors work together to develop an innovative project that will benefit the community,” said Andrew Hawes, president of HPI.Partners in the project include Louisville Metro Government and OneWest, a nonprofit community development organization focused on driving commercial development growth in Louisville, west of Ninth street. “This historic building has been a visible commercial marker of the Ninth Street divide and represented blight,” said the mayor. Now after 30 years this old building will make a new statement! “I commend HPI’s investment, which will bring this property back to the commercial vibrancy it once was for west Louisville and will attract additional investments along West Broadway.”This purchase is in addition to the $1 billion in investments also taking place in west Louisville by Passport Health and the YMCA.To get input and ideas from local residents, investors are holding community meetings. The times and locations for the meetings are TBA.

On Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced that the historic National Candy Co. Frank A. Menne factory, a long vacant warehouse, was acquired by the Housing Partnership Inc. to be redeveloped into a $34 million mixed-use development.

“This is prime example of a partnership in which the public and private sectors work together to develop an innovative project that will benefit the community,” said Andrew Hawes, president of HPI.


Partners in the project include Louisville Metro Government and OneWest, a nonprofit community development organization focused on driving commercial development growth in Louisville, west of Ninth street.

“This historic building has been a visible commercial marker of the Ninth Street divide and represented blight,” said the mayor. Now after 30 years this old building will make a new statement!

“I commend HPI’s investment, which will bring this property back to the commercial vibrancy it once was for west Louisville and will attract additional investments along West Broadway.”

This purchase is in addition to the $1 billion in investments also taking place in west Louisville by Passport Health and the YMCA.

To get input and ideas from local residents, investors are holding community meetings. The times and locations for the meetings are TBA.