Fluer De Lis on Main: This is your parent's loft living
In my opinion the Fluer De Lis on Main development represents part of what is wrong with Louisville and the country. Real estate as investment over a place to live. After touring it, I feel more strongly about saying that; they are meant to lure the suburban dwellers back to the city, only Louisville hasn't gone through a great suburban migration. People can comfortably live in their Crescent Hill or Prospect home, and commute in to the city for work, their favorite play or sports event. There's very few affordable AND cool living spaces downtown. Also, most of the spaces are not for the young mobile professional. There are not many places for the boomerang professional to try out Louisville without buying into living here. Louisville needs more swanky downtown rentals in order to make moving here easier for the convincibles. Sorry, I digressed from the loft review, I'll resume.
Fluer De Lis on Main has great communal spaces. It has a kitchenette, a room with a fireplace, courtyards and balcony space. The location is excellent. The entire development is best of class. It's so expensive, it only works as an investment.
On my rating matrix it rated: 9 (an aggregate of Cost, Community and Interior score). The standard interiors are 'baby boomer,' and they are expensive. They are investments, not meant to be lived in. They have great meeting spaces in the development, that's what pulls the score up over the cost and interiors.
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324 East Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1285
324 East Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1285
