Crews are scheduled to start building homes and apartments in December at Clore Station, the $2.5 billion, roughly 500-acre development on the edge of Crestwood in Oldham County (via WDRB+WAVE). Developer Gant Jones told the station the plan calls for about 3,000 residential units, a mix of condos, townhomes and single-family homes, built out over about 30 years.
The first phase covers about 25 acres. Jones said it will mix several housing types with mixed-use commercial buildings and live-work buildings. An earlier WDRB+WAVE report put that first phase at 160 residential and commercial lots, said it should take about three years, and said the whole project could stretch past 10 phases.
The land sits off the KY 329 bypass, Veterans Memorial Parkway, near Exit 14 on I-71. The Clore family has owned it since 1808, according to WDRB+WAVE.
Jones filed the zoning case with the Oldham County Planning & Zoning Commission, docket PZ-23-024, which went to a public hearing on Nov. 28, 2023. The county agenda shows the request was a zoning map amendment and master plan to move the property from R-2, C-4 and CO-1 zoning to PND, a planned neighborhood development district, on land with addresses along Highway 329 and Dovefield Drive.
The commission voted 11-0 that night to recommend the zoning change, master plan maps and the project's own form-based code, The Oldham Era reported, sending the case to the Crestwood City Council for final approval. The paper also reported that each phase has to go back through the county's Technical Review Committee with a new traffic study, and road improvements tied to the development have to be addressed.
Some work is already happening. In July, The Oldham Era reported that Clore Station broke ground on its first phase earlier this year, and that the Oldham County Board of Education had accepted a 4.57-acre land donation for a new creative and performing arts center at Veterans Memorial Parkway and Dovefield Drive, inside the development. Under its agreement with the developer, CS Development, the school district will reimburse $460,171 toward utility infrastructure costs estimated at nearly $2.3 million, the paper reported.
Traffic is the big worry for people already living nearby. Jones acknowledged the project will add cars and said the area will get "either signal or roundabouts dictated by the state." He also said the I-71 exit is scheduled to change in the next few years, with eight lanes underneath and a new interchange. "As this starts to grow, the infrastructure responds," he said.
The state's paperwork is less settled. The Oldham Era reported in July that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet hadn't committed funding for proposed road improvements that include two new intersections and two traffic signals on Veterans Memorial Parkway. Separately, KYTC's project page for widening I-71 from four to six lanes between KY 329 and KY 393 lists right-of-way work in 2026 and 2027, utility relocations in 2027 and the start of roadway construction in 2027 or 2028, all subject to change and to funding in the next highway plan. That page doesn't describe a rebuild of the KY 329 interchange itself, and the WDRB+WAVE report doesn't say which state project Jones was referring to.
Neighbors told the station they're split. Eric Cecil, who has lived nearby for four years, said road changes have already brought a detour and mud, and he's not sure where stop signs or stoplights will end up. He's also concerned about how schools will handle new students. Stacy Elliott, a seven-year resident, misses the open field. "I can't stop it, but I hope it'll be nice, and hopefully it will raise the prices of our houses," she said.
Jones argued the location makes sense because of its interstate access and that building there "helps to reduce sprawl."
Why it matters for Contractors
A 3,000-unit buildout planned over 30 years is a long pipeline of work, and home construction on the first phase is set to begin in December. No outside builders have been named publicly, so the developer is the place to ask whether lots will go to multiple builders or stay in-house.
For small shops, the near-term work is likely in the trades: framing, finish carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and concrete on a 25-acre first phase with mixed housing types and live-work buildings. The form-based code means design rules will be tighter than in a typical subdivision, so expect detailed specs.
Keep an eye on the county's Technical Review Committee agendas as later phases come back for review, and on KYTC's I-71 schedule, since road work around Exit 14 could affect how crews and deliveries get in and out over the next few years.