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3AUGUST 2022 WWW.BUSINESSLEXINGTON.COM PVAStatistics The latest statistics on local residential properties PAGE 4 EconomicAnalysis A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky PAGE 5 GrammarGourmet I Should Have Wrote That Better PAGE 5 BizIQ Key Indicators Show Growth, Resiliency in Lexington’s Urban Core PAGE 6 IndependentBusiness River Hill Ranch broadens the agritourism landscape PAGE 8 CraveWorthy Culinary walking tour o ers guests a taste of Lexington PAGE 10 QuickBites Several high-proﬁle restaurant closings, openings highlight the summer season PAGE 11 BizList Commercial Real Estate Management Companies PAGE 18 Residential Real Estate Companies PAGE 19 Construction Companies PAGE 20 Who’sWho Employment updates and notable achievements from around the Bluegrass PAGE 22 BusinessLexington Chuck Creacy PUBLISHER chuck@bizlex.com Chris Eddie PUBLISHER chris@bizlex.com Tom Wilmes EDITOR tomw@bizlex.com Drew Purcell ART DIRECTOR drew@bizlex.com Rena Baer COPY EDITOR Sharon Metz BIZLISTS EDITOR sharon.metz66@gmail.com Donna Hodsdon ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER donna@bizlex.com ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Alex Martin alex@smileypete.com Amy Eddie amy@bizlex.com Ann Staton ann@bizlex.com (859) advertise@smileypete.comwww.smileypete.com266-6537info@smileypete.com CONTENTS Real Estate’s New Normal Is ButAnythingTypical Rising interest rates add wrinkle to competitiveresidentialmarket PAGE 16 PHOTO FURNISHED On Sound Footing: Thoroughbred Engineering expands to o er full-service solutions for commercial developments PAGE 14 Q&A with Barney Miller: From radios to smarthome aheadprospersthird-generationtechnology,companybyalwayslooking PAGE 21 Designing Her Own Niche: Liz Toombs, founder of PDR housesspecializesInteriors,insorority PAGE 12 Real Estate Outlook: Low marketLexington’scontinuestronginventory,demandtodrivehousing PAGE 17 SMILEY PETE PUBLISHING BLX_Aug22_24.indd 3 7/18/22 3:20 PM

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GrammarGourmet By Neil Chethik EconomicAnalysis A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky. For more on CBER, visit www.cber.uky.edu. Recent Data July 2022 Payroll emp. ManufacturingMSA****Employment Durable Goods (KY) **** Manufacturing: Lexington-Fayette MSA Total ManufacturingPayrollUnemploymentEmployees****RateMSA****Employment,USPayrollEmployment US Unemployment Rate, US Consumer Price Index, Southern Region Consumer Price Index, US Producer Price Index, US Index of Leading Indicators** Fed’s Index of Industrial Production** 3-Month Treasury Yield*** 10-Year Treasury Yield*** Real GDP (millions $) 1st 2021Qtr. MSA: Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area; (p) =preliminary; NA =not available * Source: http://www.conference-board.org ** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/ *** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/data.htm **** Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve — https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ Note: In some cases 1 mo. and 1 yr. changes are based on revised data from previous mo./yr. GDP is reported in current dollars. Change1-Month Change1-YearChange1-Year1.58%-0.16%0.79%0.19%-0.40%1.61%1.40%1.50%0.00%0.23%0.25%0.00%-0.52%-2.04%0.18% 10.64%1.61%2.13%5.81%N/A16.25%9.10%9.80%-2.30%4.14%4.31%-0.90%-3.14%-1.85%3.30%278,200 May 153,600 May 27,849 May 3.10% 151,980,000May June 12,797,000 June 3.60% $24,382,6832.99%2.18%105.7118.3252.5296.311287.427JuneJuneJuneMayMayMayJuly11July11 5AUGUST 2022 WWW.BUSINESSLEXINGTON.COM Member FDIC Choosing a banking partner for your business has never been more important. At Central Bank, we’re right here – with local, personalized service and solutions like remote deposit capture and online banking to help move your business forward. We’ve been helping businesses since 1946. Let us know how we can help yours now. 859-253-6222 • centralbank.com 12 Lexington Locations THINK LOCAL. GROW LOCAL. BANK LOCAL. Change1-Month

I Should Have Wrote That Better If there is one tense in the English language that causes more grammar smashups than any other, it’s the past conditional. You use the past conditional to describe what you would have done di erently if circum stances had been di erent. For example: Had the weather been good, I would have Aspainted.withthis sentence, most of the time when we use the past conditional tense, the verb at the end of the sentence (the past participle) is the same as the verb’s simple past tense. Painted is the simple past tense of paint; it’s also the past participle. The challenge comes when, in a sentence employing the past conditional tense, we use one of approximately 80 common ir regular verbs, including begin, catch, drink, drive, ﬂy, give, hide, ride, run, tear, wear and write. If you’re going to use one of these in past conditional, you have to know that the past participle isn’t the same as the simple past tense. For example, you don’t say, “Had the horse shown up, I would have rode” (simple past tense). Instead, you say, “... I would have ridden” (past participle). You don’t say, “Had she been richer, she would have gave” (simple past tense). Instead, you say, “... she would have given” (past participle).

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BY TERRY SWEENEY PRESIDENT/CEO, DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON PARTNERSHIP Downtown Lexington Partnership (DLP) hosted its fourth-annual State of Downtown report, presented by Republic Bank, on June 29 at LexLive in downtown Lexington. The event was at tended by more than 150 downtown stakehold ers, real estate and economic development professionals, council members and other community leaders. The data presented showed that down town made a strong comeback in 2021 compared to the previous year. While still not reaching pre-pandemic levels, there was a surge in most market segments. Economic indicators showed strong growth in the customer base, including the return of o ce workers, visitors, students and people attending events. The commercial real estate market showed strong sales, a stable o ce market, increased property values in the urban core, a net growth in street-level merchants and a strong pipeline of projects that will continue to transform downtown. Mobility and transit benchmarks also rose across the board. Most impressively, eScooter trips tripled in one year. While public transit ridership and on-street and o -street park ing occupancies also increased, they did not return to pre-pandemic levels. Finally, living and quality-of-life bench marks were highlighted by strong home sales and rental markets driven by the critical mass of attractive amenities and neighborhoods. Here are several highlights from the report. Customer base Lexington’s downtown hosted 59,000 con vention delegates in 2021, up 28,000 or 110 percent from the pandemic-plagued 2020. Similarly, ticketed and gated hospitality and cultural attractions increased 47 percent to nearly 900,000. In addition, DLP and other organizations hosted 168 event days, attracting 314,000 people, a 58 percent in crease compared to 2020. Finally, downtown recorded 5.7 million visits, up 63 percent from 2020.

Commercial real estate Downtown’s commercial real estate mar ket continued to rebound and grow in 2021 as the pandemic receded. Twenty-six new street-level merchants, bars, hospitality and food-service businesses opened in 2021, with a net gain of seven new businesses in one year and a total of 54 new businesses since 2017. The total value of real estate in the urban core grew by 4.4 percent to more than $502 million and has increased by more than $96 million, or 23.6 percent, since 2015. In addi tion, the pipeline of new projects underway or announced increased to $1.5 billion, while more than $2.4 billion have been completed since 2015. Finally, the downtown o ce leas ing market remained stable and recorded an overall vacancy rate of 11.67 percent. Mobility and transit Downtown’s mobility and transit bench marks surged in 2021. EScooters led the way with 220,000 trips in 2021 — three times the number of trips in 2020 and doubling in 2019, the year eScooters first entered the Lexington market.According to walkscore.com, downtown’s walk score increased slightly from 91 to 93, earning a rating of “a walker’s paradise.” A cy cling score of 83 also earned a rating of “very bikeable.”Lextran ridership increased 5 percent in 2021 to 77,000. Still, ridership remains signifi cantly lower than pre-pandemic levels while parking meter occupancy increased 3 percent from 2020, signaling a gradual increase in transient parking activity as the pandemic began to subside. Living and quality of life Post-pandemic trends indicate that more working adults choose to live where there is a high quality of life. Accordingly, downtown Lexington should continue to attract people to live here because of its density of qualityof-life amenities. For this reason, there continues to be strong demand in the for-sale and rental markets. The top 50 residential sales totaled $43.6 million, an average of $872,000. The total sales were significantly higher than $29 mil lion the previous year. Downtown continued to have a strong rental market composing 3,965 market-rate apartments, a ordable housing apartments and student housing. Each apartment seg ment recorded high occupancy rates equal ing or exceeding 95 percent, even as new developments came online in the past 24 months.

Downtown’s future In the short term, downtown’s growth should continue, though how quickly depends on the continued return of o ce workers, a return to normal consumer spending habits and how public safety is maintained. Looking further ahead, recently completed large-scale projects like City Center and Central Bank Center — as well as future projects like the Manchester Hotel in the Distillery District and the proposed $350 million Lincoln Webb development on High Street — will continue to driveWorkforcegrowth.housing projects and incu bator and co-working spaces will enhance downtown’s entrepreneurial environment and inclusiveness, while projects like Town Branch Commons and Trail and Town Branch Park will connect our downtown and leverage these public and private investments to create a vibrant urban core. To read the entire State of Downtown Report, visit downtownlex.com.

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Twenty-six new street-level merchants, bars, hospitality and food-service businesses opened in 2021, with a net gain of seven new businesses in one year and a total of 54 new businesses since 2017. Terry Sweeney has more than 25 years of downtown revitalization experience. He has served as president/ CEO of the nonprofit Downtown Lexington Partnership since 2018. In July, Sweeney announced he would be moving from the organization to assist his wife in caring for her ill parents in Indiana. “Besides new programs and vision for the organization, I am proud of how we provided much-needed financial support for downtown businesses during the pandemic,” Sweeney said. “I am also proud to leave the organization in a better financial position with a strong balance sheet. Most of all, I am thankful for the sup port of our passionate and dedicated board and sta .”

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At one point, River Hill Ranch had more than 120 alpacas on the farm. Her active-duty orders from the Air Force over the past ﬁve years made keeping a herd that size challenging. Now there are 17. “We are looking to grow the herd again,” she said. A baby alpaca named Molly was born in May. Originally from California, outside San Diego, Maynard left at age 17 for Colorado to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy. She was commissioned into the Air Force and the O ce of Special Investigations, a federal law enforcement and counterintelligence agency for the military branch. During her training in Georgia at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, she met her husband, who is from Clark County. “After we had our daughter, we wanted to be more rooted, not moving every one to three years,” she said. “My family was spread to the wind already. It made sense to make Kentucky our home.”

Today, her husband and kids are all members of the farm family, helping in the business and getting lots of exercise and fresh air on the hilly property. For example, they move an electric fence every three to five days to rotate pastures. The words “wool” and “summer” don’t come to mind as a pair, but alpaca wool is a moisture-wicking material and can help regulate body temperature. “I’m wearing alpaca socks all the time, even hiking throughout the summer,” Maynard said. Maynard hires contractors for seasonal work at the Lexington Farmers Market booth, for camp counselors in the summer and for the agritourism side of the business. The farm o ers tours Thursday through Sunday and yoga on Saturday mornings. For kids, Maynard started a ranch camp in 2018 that has grown each year, with two week-long sessions in June and two in July. The final day camp session this summer had 46 kids signed up. She attributes a fair amount of her success to “becoming a supportive part of the community and finding areas where we can lift each other instead of being in direct competition,” she said. In October, Maynard and a few of her friends who also own businesses held an all-day retreat. It went over so well they are scheduling two for this year, one for the September harvest moon and another in the fall. Artfully Yours mobile art studio will be on-site, as will vinyasa yoga instructor Cara Thomas and massage therapist Shedara Gibson. The retreats were born out of the mindset of working together. “We admire each other; we all do amazing work,” Maynard said. “We talked about how we can join forces and make it even more magical than it already is.” She is planning an open house for the public on Dec. 10 to celebrate River Hill Ranch’s 10th anniversary. Said Maynard: “I would like this event to bring together and showcase all the people and businesses that have enabled us to thrive.”

BY KATHIE STAMPS CONTRIBUTING WRITER I n northern Madison County, just across the Kentucky River from Fayette County, a former military turned farm family is busy with agritourism, retail and e-commerce, venue rentals, summer day camps for kids, and yoga classes for adults — and alpacas. Owner Alvina Maynard purchased 32 acres in 2011. She was new in town and wasn’t looking to compete with neighboring farmers, especially without an agricultural background and no established roots in the community. “I looked for things that were di erent, so I could have a niche that others hadn’t necessarily establishedSheyet.”had seen alpacas being ranched for livestock in Peru and Bolivia. She chose to be an alpaca farmer, raising them for meat and leather products and shearing their wool for clothing. River Hill Ranch opened on Christmas Day 2012. “This is a super-supportive state to be in as a business owner in agriculture,” Maynard said. “People tend to seek out smallAlpacasbusinesses.”havebeen classified as livestock since the 2008 farm bill. Maynard works with several manufacturers that take the raw alpaca wool and make finished products, including shoe inserts, socks, long underwear, sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves and fleece-lined mittens. River Hill Ranch sells products on the property in their gift shop and online store. Maynard also sells alpaca products on the weekends from mid-August through midDecember at the Lexington Farmers Market. “It is not cheap to care for the animals, give them a haircut, pay for manufacturing and shipping both ways,” she says. “There’s not a lot of room for wholesale markup.”

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T hough I love trying new restaurants and culinary o erings, I’d never been on an actual food tour before, so I was happy to experience a new walking food tour in downtown Lexington with Bites of the ErinBluegrass.Goins, the organizer and owner of the tour, has an outgoing, e ervescent personal ity. She said she’s always loved entertain ing and planning excursions for family and friends. She and her husband, Greg, also enjoy going on food-themed tours during their travels, including in Nashville, San Diego, and Montreal.Looking for a new career move, she launched her own tour in Lexington. She began researching local history and eating at downtown restaurants, mulling the best way to create a cohesive experience that told a great story — and showcased some fantastic food. “Right away, I knew that Ouita Michel was very important to our food scene,” Goins said. Zim’s Café, part of the Ouita Michel Family of Restaurants, was the ﬁrst to sign on for the tour. The café is also in the same building as the Lexington Visitors Center, the tour’s starting point. Goins said VisitLEX was very supportive in helping her launch the tour. She soon signed up other locations within walking distance that represent Lexington’s diverse culinary scene, including Agave & Rye, The Southern Deli & Tavern, Salt & Vinegar in Ethereal Brewing Public House, and The Grove. She’s also talking with other restaurants and says the tour is already grow ing faster than she imagined. Groups of 10 to 12 people embark on the three-hour tour every Friday afternoon, enjoying food at ﬁve stops, and on Saturdays, when four plates and three beverage pairings are o ered.

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A beverage-themed tour is also in the planning phase, Goins said, and she has plenty more ideas on tap, including singlesonly tours, a progressive dinner and a holidaythemed outing. “It’s really fun to think of these new ways to combine things that we celebrate with the love of our city and its food scene,” she said. Participants spend 20 to 30 minutes at each location, with Goins providing details on the restaurants and interesting historical tidbits that convey Lexington’s local flavor. Goins can also recommend places to see and things to do while people are in town. On the tour I attended, some of our dining compan ions were from France, and she said others have attended from California and other states, along with numerous locals. And, of course, there’s the food. At Zim’s Café, we had a small plate of barbecue on a hoecake with a side of slaw. The Southern Deli & Tavern served up locally sourced cheeseburger sliders with beer cheese and a fried onion petal with a side of zesty fried pickles and dipping sauce. Agave & Rye’s macaroni and cheese beignet, served alongside a mini cup of syrup for dipping, was a hit with our group. A virgin margarita shot featured a tropical, edible “buzz button” flower garnish. When nibbled, it gives the tongue an astringent, almost electric feel and temporarily alters taste sen sations. That was quite the experience, and our table was “abuzz” with reactions to the flower’s unusual e ects. At Salt & Vinegar, we had a thinly sliced piece of hanger steak atop mashed potatoes with a side of spaetzle primavera, and a soft pretzel bite with cheese dip. Chef/owner Greg Spaulding said his menu changes seasonally, as will the dishes served for tour participants. He chooses what to serve based on what’s proven popular with diners and anticipates the tour will encourage people to “Gettingreturn.people to walk through the front door is the hardest and most expensive part of operating a restaurant,” Spaulding said. “We are so confident in our food that we feel, once we get them in the door, our food will speak for itself, and our chances of getting them to be a return customer are pretty good.” Tours are held rain or shine, and Goins ex pects to o er them year-round. She also plans to hire a few guides but for now is leading the tours herself to forge relationships and grow the business organically. Our tour ended at The Grove, where we had fresh mixed berries and cream, and a skewered dried apricot stu ed with goat cheese and drizzled with honey and candied pecans. Ice water was served at our stops, and other beverages could be purchased if desired.Goins said the tour is her way of being a Lexington ambassador for visitors; and for locals, it’s a way to have a mini vacation in your own “Seeingtown.[Lexington] through a local’s lens makes it a lot di erent,” she said. “And it’s a double-win when you get to stop by restau rants and have small plates of food that are carefully curated.” For more information, visit bitesofthe bluegrass.com. FURNISHED Bites of the Bluegrass culinary walking tour features small plates downtown Salt & Vinegar in Ethereal Brewing Public House (pictured).

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BY SHANNON CLINTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER T his summer has been a rough one for some Lexington restaurants, as several — including an iconic drivein — announced they were closing theirAfterdoors.some conflicting online backand-forth between Parkette Drive-In’s management and property owners, multiple media outlets confirmed in late June that Parkette had served its last meals. The drive-in restaurant operated on New Circle Road for more than seven decades. Oscar Diggs opened in 2018 on North Limestone. In late June, owners announced that the fast-casual burger joint would permanently close. “This has been an extremely di cult decision for us. Oscar Diggs has continued to be successful through it all — pandemic, sta ng and the many issues — all beyond our control,” the post said. World of Beer, located in The Summit at Fritz Farm, has also closed. According to the bar and grill’s Facebook post in early July, “After five happy and memorable years, we’re sad to tell you that we will be closing permanently as of today. We will miss this beautiful community and all the wonderful people we’ve come to know here.” O cials with East Main Street speak easy Pour Decisions announced its closure in early July but hinted it may not be the final chapter, as an alternate location is be ing Thesought.Rickhouse Pub was listed as for sale in July, according to its Facebook page. Marbled Pig BBQ in Georgetown also announced in July it would be closing, citing personal family reasons. Not all news is gloom and doom in the food scene, however, as some newcomers opened. La Folie opened on the ground floor of The Woodlands on Main Street. Menu high lights include lobster bisque, filet mignon with foie gras, and beef bourguignon. The French eatery also o ers a variety of salads, appetizers and desserts. Zaki Mediterranean Restaurant has opened in the former Georgetown Cafe location at 891 Georgetown St., serving shawarma, kebab, gyros, soups, salads and appetizers.Versailles City Council’s Laura Dake announced in early July that the city of Versailles has purchased the former Kroger building at 525 Marsailles Road. A family entertainment complex, developed through a public-private partnership, will be located there and will include an indoor play ground, trampoline area, skating, miniature golf, a family restaurant and bar, and other activities.Onthe heels of its third anniversary in Lexington’s Distillery District, Wise Bird Cider Co. has launched a food truck called Little Fork. The food truck, located on the cider company’s patio, will partner with Black Soil KY to source meat and produce. Chefs Nick Zaluski and Micah Arvin will serve farm-to-table dishes, including shar ables like a hummus plate, seasonal sides, and large plates like a market harvest salad and patty Anothermelt.newly launched food truck, Gri n’s Kitchen, is a liated with the Gri n Gate Marriott Golf Resort and Spa. Menu items include tacos, BBQ, grilled cheese sandwiches and more. The Brown Barrel in Midway has relocated to the nearby former Darlin’ Jeans location, at 204 N. Gratz St. Owners cited more patio space, a larger bar area and more options for hosting private events as reasons for the move. Oasis Mediterranean Restaurant, a staple in Chevy Chase for more than 20 years, has been sold to a new owner. Java Jukebox Café and Eatery has opened at 640 W. Maxwell St. Owner and musician Lane Allen says he wanted to open the café “to give people quality co ee and diner-quality food, while being able to enjoy their favorite songs in a laid back, retro music-oriented environment.” Menu items include hot ham and cheese with Swiss, cinnamon raisin PB&J, tomato basil pesto grilled cheese, chai and iced lattes, and breakfast favorites like eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy. The operators of El Cid announced the opening of a new eatery at Triangle Park called Señor Chimi Juice and smoothie bar B’Juiced announced it has moved out of Greyline Station and would be reopening at a new location in August. Also vacating Greyline Station is Wilson’s Grocery. A social media post invited patrons to visit its Cramer Avenue location. Rick’s White Light Diner on Bridge Street in Frankfort, a local dining staple since 1943, is for sale but remains open. Owner and chef Rick Paul bought the diner at auction in 1991. Dave’s Blazin BBQ has opened at 751 Sloan Drive in Georgetown, with a menu that includes sandwiches, ribs, platters, BBQ tacos, nachos and more. The Creatures’ Cauldron Café, a co ee shop and sister location to Creatures of Whim, both on North Broadway in down town Lexington, opened in early July. In addition to beverages, the café serves baked goods from Martine’s Pastries. FURNISHED Rick’s White Light and chef, Rick Paul Chevy Chaser and Sept.

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Toombs enjoys mentoring college stu dents who want to get into the design profes sion. For over a decade, she has hired student workers for PDR Interiors. “They come here to learn from me, but I think I learn as much from them,” she said, “and it is so special to watch where they go after col lege and how their careers progress.”Collegiate life plays a central role in Toombs’ business, too. Roughly 90 percent of PDR’s business comes from the Greek housing community, mostly sorority houses, on campuses around the country. Toombs and her team, which includes full-time and part-time employees, work remotely on these collegiate projects, with one or two site visits along the way. “From there our niche market began to take shape and we have continued to build that client base.” O ering full-service interior decorat ing guidance, Toombs and her team help clients with their finish selections, fabric and furniture selections and sourcing, window treatment design and installation, and art and accessory sourcing and placement. They have designed spaces in more than 80 Greek chapter houses, including at the University of Kentucky. Toombs is a UK alum na. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority in the early 2000s, when she was a merchandising, apparel and textiles major, a program within the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. In addition to Greek housing, Toombs also works with residential clients. “During the pandemic we o ered virtual consultations for our residential clients, but most of them have chosen to go back to in-person meetings at this point,” she said. “Our clients stuck with us, and we had a steady flow of projects.”Before she was a business owner herself, Toombs didn’t fully appreciate the impor tance of doing business with a small, locally run company. Growing up, she often shopped at major retailers. “Now, I buy locally as much as I possibly can,” she said. “My company exists because of the support of others. I want to spread that goodwill and encouragement to fellow small businesses.” A long-time proponent of networking, volunteering and being involved in the com munity, Toombs has found businesspeople in Central Kentucky to be friendly and recep tive. “I love being a small-business owner in Lexington,” she said. “Most small business owners genuinely want to see other small businesses succeed. This city really gets the idea that in buying from small, locally run businesses you are supporting your neighbor and creating a city that is flourishing.”

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BY KATHIE STAMPS CONTRIBUTING WRITER L iz Toombs founded PDR Interiors in 2009. Initially known as Polka Dots & Rosebuds Interiors, a name inspired by a fabric pattern, she found herself more often using the initials PDR and soon rebranded.Shewas just a couple of years out of college and was thinking of how much fun it would be to get paid to decorate people’s spaces. “And it is fun, but I also take my re sponsibility seriously,” she said.

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Once a commercial developer has selected a site, Thoroughbred Engineering can not only help prepare it for development but also handle everything from the geophysical investigation and geotechnical engineering to overseeing the planning, architectural design, transportation engineering, landscap ing, storm-water design and other aspects of development before handing the project over to its construction partners. In 2017, the company was instrumental in helping AppHarvest with the site design and permitting for its first facility in Morehead, Kentucky. When issues arose with the original Pike County site, Thoroughbred was there to help the company find a solution for its flag ship tomato-growing facility.

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Experts with Thoroughbred Engineering use technology to perform soil testing. The ﬁrm o ers site-selection assistance, and can help assess the potential of sub-prime locations for development.

Thoroughbred Engineering worked with AppHarvest to locate its 53-acre greenhouse facility on a reclaimed strip-mining site in Morehead, Kentucky.

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“Constructing a 53-acre glass greenhouse is problematic under the best conditions, but doing it on reclaimed strip mine property is especially complicated,” Hack said. Since then, AppHarvest, which uses the Dutch method of mass production of indoor-grown produce, has become a key client of Thoroughbreds. Thoroughbred also collaborated with Dutch engineers to develop facilities for AppHarvest in order to grow specific crops like tomatoes, leafy greens and cucumbers. The engineering firm has since helped AppHarvest with site selection, site design and permitting for the company’s other sites in Somerset, Richmond and Berea. “That engineering came out of the Nether lands,” Hale said. “We took metric code docu ments, European documents, and transferred them into U.S. and Kentucky code documents. As the structural engineer of record, it was just something we had to do.” Currently, the firm has several projects underway in Lexington, including two hotels — a Hampton Inn in Brannon Crossing and a Tru by Hilton in Hamburg. What’s important to the firm, Hack said, is not only being a good corporate citizen by contributing to the community but also being a client-centric organization that provides its employees with the opportunity to have a meaningful impact where they live and work. The firm is looking at opportunities in Lexington, as well as opportunities in the growing Shelbyville market, where their slate of services can be best used. In some ways, the company will go back to its roots, supporting the area around a major automotive manufac turing“Weproject.areactively looking at the high-growth areas in Kentucky and elsewhere where we can be of service to our clients,” Hack said. “One of those high-growth areas is Eliza bethtown and Hardin County, in the wake of the Ford SK Blue Oval Battery Campus that was recently announced,” he said. Related projects may include developing new neighbor hoods, retail and other amenities to support the growing community. Said Hack: “We’re deeply rooted in major industrial developement.”

T horoughbred Engineering has been engineering solutions for Central Kentucky commercial developments for nearly a decade. And the company is growing. Two recent acquisitions will help expand Thoroughbred into a full-service en gineering firm, assisting with everything from site selection to construction. Started in 1986 by founder Brent Combs, the firm was developed initially to fuel the needs of the Toyota plant in Georgetown. Over the years, the company became involved in designing most of the residential subdivi sions in Scott County. In 2014, Combs sold the firm to Darrin Croucher, one of its current principal partners. With only three employees, Croucher set out to develop a company that would bring mul tiple engineering disciplines under one roof. Since then, the company has grown to more than 80 employees in three locations throughout the region. In 2021, Thoroughbred acquired Hargett Construction, one of Central Kentucky’s oldest general contracting companies. Then, in 2022, it acquired Pyramid Structural Engineers and brought on Mo Seraji, one of the area’s most highly regarded structural engineers.Theidea, said Thoroughbred Engineering partner Jonathan Hale, is to be a one-stop shop for nearly all the engineering solutions commercial developers need to take a project from concept to completion. Because of the firm’s engineering back ground, it’s able to help commercial develop ers succeed even before the project begins, said John-Mark Hack, chief strategy o cer. Using technologies like drones and electrical resistivity imaging, Thoroughbred can assess sites for their suitability for development and even help remediate subprime sites for new development, Hack said. “We have specific tools, technology and expertise that support our delivery of the information our clients need to make the best decisions about their projects,” he said. “Some of those technologies and expertise enable us to con sider sites that may not, on the surface, appear to be prime sites for develop ment. But, through the integration of technically sound engineering and the utilization of technologies and expertise, we can help facilitate financial feasibil ity where there may not have been without apply ing those tools.” Said Hale: “When we’re able to engage with [a developer] before he buys a property, when he’s engaged in negotiations, we’re able to give him the leverage of our data to help him get the right price for the site and make the project feasible.”

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While active listings in Lexington have more than doubled in the past several months — to more than 300 as of mid-July — the available inventory is still inadequate to keep pace with growing demand.

“The reality is, we’re not building enough homes nationally, and we’re not building enough homes locally to keep up with demand. We have a lot of folks who want to enter home ownership, and we just don’t have enough homes to accommodate JUSTINthem.”LANDON, CEO OF LBAR

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BY LIZ CAREY CONTRIBUTING WRITER Experts say that far from the supercompetitive real estate market of the past two years, the market in Central Kentucky this year is thriving but less aggressive.Realestate agents, and o cials with the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors (LBAR), say the housing market remains tight but that rising interest rates and consumer uncertainty are causing changes in the residential market.Rusty Underwood, the incoming president of LBAR, said the typical buyer experience in Cen tral Kentucky is anything but “Ifordinary.you’dasked me [about the typical buyer experience] in 2019, I would have such a great answer for you, but there is no normal right now,” Underwood said. “If I had to give you my sentiments on how things feel right now, I’d say that we’re entering a niche that’s slightly less competi tive for Whilebuyers.”themarket remains competitive, he said, it’s much less com petitive than it was during 2020 and 2021 when interest rates were low. But to say the market has had a huge shift, Justin Landon, CEO of LBAR, said, would be an overstatement.“In2020and 2021 … many people saw histori cally low interest rates and rising prices as a good time to move or invest in real estate,” Landon said. As we look into 2022, although rising in terest rates have impacted some of the buyer pool and we’re still short of inventory, the market remains relatively strong, although not quite at 2020 and 2021 levels.” Both men said a sur plus of demand has kept housing prices high, even as demand wanes slightly. Rick Queen, vice president of Turf Town Properties, said the mar ket remains active. “I haven’t seen or ex perienced any slowdown in buyer’s interest,” Queen said. “I think buyers tend to take a little more time now in making deci sions than they maybe did two months ago.” Queen said inventory levels remain high, with more than 300 active listings as of midJuly. In comparison, he said, three to four months ago, there were between 100 and 125 listings.Queen said that, previously, the low inven tory was a catalyst that sparked increased pricing, as well as the rising costs of new construction. With interest rates at 3 percent, buyers also had the flexibility to o er more for houses or increase their budget. But higher prices seem to be subsiding thanks to rising interest“Rightrates.now, we’re in a place where interest rates are probably more in the 5.5 to 6 percent range on a 30-year fixed mortgage,” he said. “That factor comes into play with buyers looking for houses. It’s also a factor … in the price points that most buyers are looking at. When you have 3 percent loan versus a 6 percent loan rate, it certainly changes where you would want to be as far as a price point for your monthly payment or overall what you want to Queenborrow.”saidother factors, like corporations buying housing for rental income, seem to be subsiding.“Wehave not had as many corporate purchases of single-family homes as other mid-sized to large cities have had,” he said. “We had a lot of corporate purchases of apartment buildings and a significant amount of investment from out-of-state investors purchasing apartments. But as far as smaller investors purchasing homes for Airbnbs, we have noticed that several have sold their Airbnb homes strictly because of the increase in value. And we’re seeing them being sold to folks who are turning them into single-family residences.”

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The future of the Central Kentucky real estate market, Landon said, looks to continue in the same direction, especially with limited supply and growing demand. “Trying to look forward is always chal lenging, but I think, certainly in the next 12 to 24 months, supply will remain constrained,” Landon said. “In the next ﬁve years, I don’t see any more supply coming online. Millennials are entering the market at a rate that we’ve never seen before and Generation Z is coming in right behind. The reality is, we’re not build ing enough homes nationally, and we’re not building enough homes locally to keep up with demand. We have a lot of folks who want to enter home ownership, and we just don’t have enough homes to accommodate them.” BL

Still, Underwood said, real estate is an asset that, in most cases, continues to increase in value.“When I moved to Lexington in 2018, real estate price increases were 8 percent yearover-year. Coming from Texas, I thought that was unsustainably high, but ever since then it’s just gone up 12 percent, 14 percent and 15 per cent year-over-year,” Underwood said. “Sellers listing their homes for sale expect those price increases. Growth is slowing down a tick … but overall pricing is still historically high.”

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Real Estate’s New Normal Is Anything But Typical

It’s questionable whether we are still building any single-family detached starterRegardinghomes.a ordability, higher density, attached housing such as townhouses, condos and duplexes can be a solid option for firsttime homebuyers. Townhouses, historically, have been a less-expensive path to home ownership than a traditional house, and that remains true today. The median sale price for townhouses over the past 12 months was $181,000, up 9 percent from $166,000 yearover-year and still almost 30 percent less than the $260,000 median sale price for a detached house in ConsideringLexington.our housing shortage, not just in Lexington but almost everywhere, and considering the city’s strategic plan for meet ing housing demand by increasing density through urban infill rather than expanding the urban service boundary, why aren’t more townhouses being built? While there are likely many reasons, chief among them are out-of-date stereotypes about higher density, lower price point housing options moving into an existing neighborhood. Communities, specifically neighborhood associations, have mounted strong resistance to every proposed townhouse development in recent memory.

Overcoming neighborhood objections often comes at a significant cost to a developer and ultimately is passed along to the con sumer. These battles are usually over zoning changes, but in one recent case, the neigh borhood went on the o ensive and pushed through a historic overlay, preventing the development of a few higher-end townhouses on a major corridor — precisely where the city’s comprehensive plan identifies the need for increased density. This added complexity makes townhouse infill development less attractive to develop ers and has resulted in higher price points for the relatively few townhomes eventually built. Over the past two years, the median sale price for a newly constructed townhouse is $371,000 — roughly the same as for a newly built single-family detached house. Like many cities, Lexington has seen an influx of out-of-state real estate investments. Over the past two years, these buyers have spent more than $130 million on singlefamily residential properties (not including apartments) and more than $40 million on farmland — more than double that of similar investments over the previous two years. We are in a seller’s market, and many real estate investors have sold properties at a significant profit. The downside to these profits for the investor is the potential capital gains tax. However, a tax shelter known as a 1031 exchange allows the seller to immedi ately reinvest the profits in similar real estate and defer the capital gains tax until a future sale or even defer it to the investors’ eventual heirs. Money from 1031 exchanges has long been a factor in the commercial property market but is a more recent phenomenon in the farm Whatmarket.doesall this mean for homeowners? If you are considering taking advantage of the seller’s market to make a profit on your house, there’s probably never been a better opportu nity. After the sale, however, you then become a buyer in a seller’s market. The competition among potential homebuyers is very sti , including bidding wars, above-ask sale prices and properties selling sight-unseen in hours. If you are not selling your home, this probably means increased property tax as sessments. Homes are usually, but not always, reassessed for tax purposes every four years. Given the current trends, an average 30 per cent increase in four years is more common than not. BL 2021 2022

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Low inventory, strong demand continue to drive Lexington’s housing market O’NEILL BusinessLexington BUSINESS FEATURES • LEADS • BIZLISTS • NEW HIRES & PROMOTIONS • AND MORE READ IT. PROFIT. REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK April Median Sale Price $150,000$170,000$190,000$210,000$230,000$250,000$270,000 2017 2018 2019 2020

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If you are considering taking advantage of the seller’s market to make a profit on your house, there’s probably never been a better opportunity. After the sale, however, you then become a buyer in a seller’s market. The competition among potential homebuyers is very sti , including bidding wars, above-ask sale prices and properties selling sight-unseen in hours. BY DAVID O’NEILL FAYETTE COUNTY PROPERTY VALUATION ADMINISTRATOR For the past several years, I’ve contributed a review and analysis of local real estate sale trends gleaned from the PVA statis tical database. Some years the trend has been merely a continuation of the prior year. Some years it was mostly about recovering from a recession or a pandemic or decipher ing whether the market was in a “bubble” or not. All the above best describes where we are in 2022 and marks our tenth year of uninter rupted yearly increases in home prices. The market continues to be very active despite recent interest rate hikes. Let’s first clear up a common misconcep tion — that the dramatic increase in home prices has happened only in the past two years since, or perhaps even because of the pandemic. A snapshot of the median sale price in April of each year since 2017 (at right) tells a di erent story. The period between April 2017 and April 2020, pre-pandemic, saw median sale prices increase $28,000, or 15 percent. Between April 2020 and April 2022, post-pan demic median sale prices increased $42,000, or 19Thepercent.increase was sharper over the past two years, but the gains are not a recent phenome non. They have risen consistently since the re covery from the recession began in 2012, when the median sale price was $146,000, compared to $260,000 today. That’s an increase of nearly 80 percent in 10 years. Housing prices are about supply and demand. Limited availability of land and labor have conspired to limit the supply of new houses coming online each year, and low interest rates have helped support an already strong demand. The number of new homes built has hovered near 500 per year, with slight fluctuations over the past decade. In the calendar year 2021, the median sale price for a newly constructed house was almost $370,000 — more than $100,000 higher than for existing stock. Over the past 12 months, fewer than 400 newly built houses resulted in a sale. (Note: This number doesn’t include those custombuilt for an owner that never reached the open market.) Of those 400 newly built homes, only 10 sold for less than $200,000, none of which were marketed for sale to the public. Most of those 10 were built by Habitat for Humanity or Lexington Community Land Trust and sold to their clients based on income or other restrictions, and the remaining three were built for investors as rental properties. In terms of price, the bottom quartile of newly built homes sold in the range of $200,000 to $300,000. In previous years, this market segment would have been marketed as “starter homes.”

CBRE, Inc. 6060 Dutchmans Lane, Ste. 100 Louisville, KY 40505 (502) cbre.com429-6700

Switzer Development 811 Corporate Drive, Ste. 303 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) switzerdev.com223-5353

Greer Companies 100 W. Main St., Ste. 600 Lexington, KY 40588 (859) greercompanies.com269-1966

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CRM Companies 145 Rose Lexington,St.KY 40507 (859) crmco.com225-3680

Schrader Commercial Properties 444 E. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 (859) schradercommercial.com288-5008 BC Wood Properties 321 Henry St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) bcwoodproperties.com335-9663 Silvestri Real Estate 444 E. Main St., Ste. 102 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) kensilvestri.com263-2300

Turner Development 2464 Fortune Drive, Ste. 100 Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 977-0820

The Gibson Company 1050 Monarch St., Ste. 200 Lexington, KY 40513 (859) thegibsoncompany.com224-8833

CommercialHaymaker/BeanReal Estate 3120 Wall St., Ste. 300 Lexington, KY 40513 (859) haymakerbean.com296-9696

The Webb Companies 250 W. Main St., Ste. 3000 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) thewebbcompanies.com253-0000

SVN Stone Commercial Real Estate 270 S. svnlex.com(859)Lexington,LimestoneKY40507264-0888

NAI Isaac 771 Corporate Drive, Ste. 500 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) naiisaac.com224-2000

Coleman Group, LLC 710 E. Main St., Ste. 130 Lexington, KY 40502 (859) colemangroup.net255-8855

Langley Properties Company 300 W. Vine St., Ste. 2200 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) langleyproperty.com253-2255

Anderson Communities 1255 Providence Place Pkwy. Lexington, KY 40511 (859) andersoncommunities.com231-0099

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19AUGUST 2022 WWW.BUSINESSLEXINGTON.COM Residential Real Estate Companies Lexington real estate firms ranked by sales volume Jan-Dec. 2021 Sales Volume from Jan. to Dec. 2021Rank TopCharge/Broker-in-PrincipalOcialSaleAveragePrice Source: Business Lexington questionnaire, LBA and firms’ websites. Ranking based on total number of volume residential sold from January to December 2021. Cut o in volume was $16,900,000. Key: WND=Would Not Disclose Company Name WebsitePhoneAddressBluegrass InternationalSotheby’sRealty 1999 Richmond Road, Ste. 400 Lexington, KY 40502 (859) bgsir.com268-0099 The Brokerage 505 Wellington Way Lexington, KY 40503 (859) thebrokerageky.com230-4597 Rector Hayden Realty 1099 Duval St. #250 Lexington, KY 40515 (859) rhr.com276-4811 Milestone Realty Consultants 3609 Walden Drive Lexington, KY 40517 (877) milestoneky.com741-3126 Keller GreaterWilliamsLexington 2700 Old Rosebud Road, Ste. 250 Lexington, KY 40509 (859) Facebook.com/kwgreaterlex721-2121 United Real Estate 424 Lewis Hargett Circle, Ste. 120 Lexington, KY 40503 (513) unitedrealestatelexingtonky.com206-0790 Keller Williams Bluegrass Realty 2424 Harrodsburg Road, #101 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) lexington.kw.com321-8999 Lifstyl Real Estate 114 Pasadena Drive, Lexington, KY 40503 (859) lifstyl.com278-7501 RE/MAX Creative Realty 2808 Palumbo Drive Lexington, KY 40509 (859) remax.com422-2000 $58,978,481$69,596,550$72,034,678$77,079,704$102,798,213$103,862,301$122,967,305$134,927,436$160,008,8041 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MuellerJaniceEliDowningMyrnaHodgesMargieSullivanDonnaWNDShaGregReinholdBeckyBackFisterHaddad$266,871$289,986$292,230$284,427$303,240$305,029$286,637$325,126$446,329 Sales Volume/ Jan.–Dec.TransactionsTotal2020Rank TopCharge/Broker-in-PrincipalOcialSaleAveragePrice Company Name WebsitePhoneAddressBerkshire Hathaway de Movellan Properties 171 Prosperous Place Lexington, KY 40509 (859) demovellan.com266-0451 RE/MAX Elite Lexington 203 Ruccio Way Lexington, KY 40503 (859) eliterealtylexington.com245-1165 ERA Select Real Estate 444 Lewis Hargett Circle, #275 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) eraselect.com296-1525 Turf Town Properties 124 Kentucky Ave. Lexington, KY 40502 (859) turftown.com268-4663 The Agency 860 Corporate Drive, Ste. 103 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) agencyky.com699-4663 Keller Williams Legacy Group 2700 Rosebud Road, Ste. 250 Lexington, KY 40509 (859) kwlegacyrealty.com533-9427 Coldwell Banker McMahan 2350 Regency Road, Ste. C Lexington, KY 40503 859) coldwellbanker.com266-1800 Bluegrass Home Group 2357 Huguenard Drive, Ste. 200 Lexington, KY 40503 (859) bluegrasshomegroup.com209-6292 Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Cypress 270 S. bhgcypress.com(859)Lexington,LimestoneKY40508977-0000 $16,976,526$17,545,600$19,101,896$21,089,303$24,795,423$38,277,930$39,844,109$42,751,355$55,885,26310 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WhalenKennyProfiJonathonNisbetKelleyYvetteAllnuttAaronHillBuchananGregGoochKristyDeMovellanAnthonyParkerKellytt$271,624$247,121$274,847$273,887$261,004$461,180$282,582$275,815$393,558 Please email questions regarding our BizLists to Sharon Metz at sharon.metz66@gmail.com.BizList FOR THE BEST PRICE AND SERVICE MAKE A1 PORTABLES YOUR GO TO FOR: • RESTROOMS - OFFICE AND STORAGE • CONTAINERS - FENCE & BARRICADE RENTAL SPECIAL EVENT & STORAGE SERVICES House needs repairs WeTooBehindRelocationDivorceInheritanceonpaymentmuchtorepairbuypropertiesin any condition. Contact us now for a fair o er. Shannon 859.433.6706Foster We buy homes for cash... fast kaizeninvestmentsgroup.com bizlex.combizlex.combizlex.combizlex.combizlex.combizlex.combizlex.com BLX_Aug22_24.indd 19 7/18/22 3:20 PM

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Paul Miller Mazda, Bluegrass Care Navigators, Southern Soul Distillery, Lafayette High School Softball Field House, FedEx Ground in Chavies, KY Trilogy Health Services, Meijer, Forcht Bank, PNC Bank, Lexington Housing Authority, Brannon Crossing Town Branch Park, Lexington Catholic High School addition/renovation, St. Peter Claver Catholic Church – addition/ renovation, First Presbyterian Church, Greenbrier Golf and Country Club New Lifestyle Center, Centre College –Stevenson/Vinson and Cooper/Ganﬁeld Residence Hall renovation – Danville, Wrigley Media Group Phase II Studios, Commonwealth Eye Surgery Center renovation, and more... Bu alo Trace, Nucor LEED buildings, TQL renovations, Windstream, Pure Cycle HamptonTechnologiesInn and Suites at Brannon Crossing, Nicholasville, KY; Hilton Tru at Hamburg, Lexington, KY; Spec Industrial Warehouse, Elizabethtown, KY Gallery on website Central Bank Center expansion, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center operating room renovation, Kentucky State Capitol renovation, University of Kentucky parking structure, Berea College technology building Custom home and remodeling projects in Fayette and adjoining counties Tuscany custom homes, 2020 Tour of Homes, 2020 Winner Best New Home UniversityDesign of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, St. Elizabeth Cancer Care Center Northern Kentucky University Health Innovation Center, 4th Street Live!

BACK Construction 965 Contract St. Lexington, KY 40505 (859) BACKconstruction.com225-2225 Brett Construction Co. 354 Waller Ave., Ste. 200 Lexington, KY 40504 (859) brettcon.com255-7901 Churchill McGee, LLC 1315 W. Main St., Ste. C Lexington, KY 40508 (859) churchillmcgee.com389-6976

and roof repair, window and door Institution/commercialreplacements building, specialized industrial construction, infrastructure/heavy Institution/commercialconstruction building Institution/commercial building, specialized industrial restaurant,pharmaceutical,construction,DataResidentialCustomconstructionindustrialInstitution/commercialgarages,bathrooms,Residential:specializedInstitutional,constructionindustrialInstitution/commercialconstructionconstruction,infrastructure/heavybuilding,specializedconstruction,infrastructure/heavycommercial,industrialconstructionwhole-homeremodeling,kitchens,basements,additions,porches,residentialhandicapaccessibilitybuilding,specializedconstruction,infrastructure/heavyhomeconstructionandremodelingcenter,healthcare,infrastructure/heavyinstitution/commercialbuilding,residential/hospitality,retail/sports

Top O cial/OwnerRank Founders / Year Established in KY

(CEO), Dennis Johnson (Head Estimator) J. Patrick McGee David(Partner)Dean (President), Je England (VP of BillOperations)Quenemoen (CEO), James Davis (President) Daniel (President),ValentineOwned by JimmyThoroughbredMcKinney (President), Mark A. Hill (VP) Chris AreaDavidOperationsTim(BusinessJessicaRegionalBrianVictoria(Partner,GregPartner,PeoplesPresident)PadgettVP)RosokMooney(VPandGeneralManager),FitzwilsonManager),Allison(VPandManager),Opalka(KentuckyManager) Lexington, KY/ Lexington,1981 KY/ Lexington,1982 KY/ Lexington,2003 KY/ Lexington,2002 KY/ Lexington,1976 KY/ Lexington,1937 KY/ Cincinnati,2003 OH/ Lexington,1990 KY/ Lexington,1984 KY/ 1903LocallyNewL2012Headquarters:YorkCity,NY/established: Source: Listed are the construction companies that responded to our Questionnaire. There were others but did not respond to our extended deadlines. These companies are not ranked but listed in alphabetical order. Key: NR=No Ranking; VP=Vice President Get business news when it breaks. Sign up for Business Lexington’s Weekly Wire at www.bizlex.com. BusinessLexington’s WeeklyWire 20 AUGUST 2022 WWW.BUSINESSLEXINGTON.COM BLX_Aug22_24.indd 20 7/18/22 3:20 PM

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Messer Construction Co. 854 W. Main St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) messer.com231-8199 Padgett Construction, Inc. 1501 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40503 (859) padgettconst.com276-1200 Premier Home Builders, LLC 2512 Carducci St. Lexington, KY 40509 (859) premierhbky.com552.8761 Turner Construction Company 510 Race Cincinnati,St.OH 45202 (859) turnerconstruction.com721-4224

Kyle Whalen (Owner, CEO), Rob Hundley (Owner, COO)

Hargett Construction A Thoroughbred Company 239 N. hargettcorporation.com(859)Lexington,BroadwayKY40507268-3350

Residential/remodeling, residential remodeling: architectural & design, handyman services, rooﬁng

J&R Construction 633 W. Main St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) jrcsi.com225-0162

Dean Builds, Inc. 109 Mercer Court Lexington, KY 40511 (859) deanbuilds.com269.1385 Denham-Blythe Co., Inc. 100 Trade Lexington,St.KY 40511 (859) denhamblythe.com608-3950

Please email questions regarding our BizLists to Sharon Metz at sharon.metz66@gmail.com.BizList Construction Companies Local residential, commercial and remodeling companies listed alphabetically Aug. 2022 Company Name WebsitePhoneAddress Major Construction Types: List: Residential (New/Remodeled), Institution/Commercial, Specialized Industrial Construction, Infrastructure/Heavy Construction and more Recent Projects

Numerous residential remodeling projects in Fayette and surrounding counties.

Brett Setzer

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What are some commercial projects you’ve undertaken? We just did a whole setup for Rubicon, a business in City Center. We did a boardroom and huddle spaces in di erent o ces. We’ve done about 15 confer ence rooms for Alltech. We’ve done work for Valvoline and the University of Kentucky, restaurants, veterinary clinics — just about any type of business you can imagine. How did the pandemic a ect your business? I believe the pandemic helped our business. The home theater business in general took a big spike up. Unfortunately, soon thereafter we started seeing back-order problems. We’re encouraging people to order electronics, appliances, furniture and whatever items as far in advance as possible. A whole industry has emerged of groups of dealers exchanging needed products. What advice do you have for young business owners getting started? Don’t start a business if you’re scared of work. Make sure you’re very organized. If you have employees, make sure they have good job descriptions and they know exactly what they’re supposed to do. Make sure you’ve got a relationship with a ﬁnancial institution. You can’t run a company on a credit card, so you need some kind of backing. Make sure you understand accounting numbers or have someone review that with you monthly. You have to pay attention to where your marketing dollars are spent and what works best. We just did a six-month-long marketing campaign with TV spots, billboards, radio and social media. That’s all great, but really, do-ityourself local marketing — guerrilla market ing — is also very e ective. Civic engagement, networking and relationship building are also important. The Building Institute of Central Kentucky has been a good for us. We recently hosted a Commerce Lexington group [a networking event celebrating Barney Miller’s 100th Anniversary], which was a great crowd to have here.

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Barney Miller

What does the future hold for Barney Millers? I’m 61. My lottery ticket hasn’t quite hit yet, so I’m holding o for a bit on retir ing. My stepson, Brent Miller, just started working for us full time. He will be the fourth generation to work here. BL

From radios to smart-home technology, third-generation company prospers by always looking ahead

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Barney Miller’s, a fixture in downtown Lexington since 1922, is celebrat ing its 100th anniversary. The store, founded by Barney Miller of yester year, is now being run by the founder’s grand son and namesake, Barney Miller. The busi ness has continually changed with the times and — from radios to integrated electronic systems — kept abreast of the technological curve. Business Lexington spoke with Miller to get the big picture of this deep-rooted Lex ington company. How did Barney Miller’s get its start in downtown Lexington? My grandfather — the first Barney Miller — was from New Hampshire. He came down to Kentucky and met and married my grandmother, who was from Shelbyville. My grandfather asked his stepfather what was going on in auto parts in Lexington. As the story goes, when my greatgrandfather scouted out Lexington there was literally a horse race happening down Main Street. That was about 1919 or 1920. There were maybe one or two car dealers in town at thatInpoint. June of 1922, my grandfather opened an auto parts business on Main Street. Within a few years, cars started coming with the parts and accessories he was selling. He changed strategies and got into early radios. We believe we sold the first car radio in Ken tucky. He started a trend of being an early adopter.In1939 we moved a couple doors down Main Street to the building we’re currently in. Upstairs was Congress Bowling Lanes. The stairs going up to our warehouse have Con gress Bowling Lanes hand-painted on them. My dad, Harry Miller, was born the same year the store opened. He went to the University of Kentucky and started working mornings at Barney Miller’s. The family went to the 1939-1940 World’s Fair [themed ‘The World of Tomorrow’ and held in New York City] and saw a very early demonstration of a television. We sold the first TV in Kentucky — to Calumet Farm. Through the years we’ve done all kinds of di erent things. At one point we were probably the only place in Lexington that sold records. We had listening booths where customers could play records. My grandfather passed away in 1965. My father in 1999. They were great guys who left a legacy of customer service, early adoption and civic mindedness. I became president of the company in the early ’80s. Where is the company’s focus today? Things are moving at light speed now, as far as technology is concerned. We do a lot to edu cate ourselves about the current and future markets. About 30 years ago we got started in home systems, before the term ‘home theater’ was coined. We don’t sell computers, but we sell pretty much everything else, including networks, audio/video equipment, furniture — from seating to racks and stands for equipment — lighting controls, motorized shades, HVAC controls, cameras and alarm systems. After installation comes the work of making sure everything works and is programmed to the customer’s liking. We have a roughly 7,000-square-foot show room with six home theater vignettes. One room has a 133-inch screen and an incredible sound system. We’ve got a conference room upstairs. We also have a bit of retail presence still — people can come in and buy an amplifier, a stereo system or a Sonos wireless speaker system — but about 95 percent of our sales are equipment and systems installed by us. How do these systems work? For a good-night scene, for example, you can push a button on your phone, iPad or a keypad and it makes sure the garage door is down, it arms the alarm system, it turns o TVs and lights around the house and prepares the house for sleep. And then there’s an entertainment but ton, which can adjust window shades, turn on lights to preset levels for the kitchen, dining room, family room and the deck area. It can turn TVs on to ESPN without sound but with music programmed to play. We want to make sure you have just one remote for any TV. We want you to have just one app on your phone with which you can view your security cameras, adjust your thermostat, change your music, turn on your fireplace or ceiling fans, just about anything you can imagine.

EMPLOYMENT NEWS AND AWARDS IN OUR COMMUNITY

Danielle McPeak, DNP, APRN, has joined CHI Saint Joseph Medi cal Group – Behavioral Health in Lexington-FayetteLexington.

AsburyKudosUniversity has launched a new Master of Arts in Communica tion degree specializing in practical strategic and global communication best practices.

Nathan Zamarron has been recognized with the 2021-22 Commerce Lexington Distinguished Leader Award. Commerce Lexing ton also celebrated the following 2021-22 class of Leadership Lex ington graduates: NajwaAbu-Taha Crank and Boom Craft Ice Cream; Natalie Appel, Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass; Keleigh Arnett, PNC Bank; Rania Belmadani, Lex ington-Fayette Urban County Gov ernment; Eden Bennett, Lexington Public Library; Allie Beto, McBrayer PLLC; Emily Biggins, Morgan Stanley; Kara Covert, Transylvania University; Rachel Elam, Larry E. Botts & Associates; David Farrar, Kentucky American Water; Cam Freeman, Central Bank & Trust Co.; Alex Garcia, O ce of the Kentucky Attorney General; Sarah Geegan, University of Kentucky Public Rela tions; Amy Green, Fayette County Public Schools Board of Education; Daenayia Hudson, Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP; Opa Johnson, Sokari & Company, LLC; Seth Lockard Lexington Fire Department; Lindsay Mattingly, Fayette County Public Schools; Stinson Miller, WesBanco Bank; Tressa Neal, University of Kentucky; Jackie Newman, Lex ington Police Department; Hunter Porter, BC Wood Properties; Dean Roethemeier, Keeneland; Jen nifer Rose, UK HealthCare; Martin Schafer FCPS Chief of Police; Dylan Schneider, MCM CPAs & Advisors; Shericka Smith, Fay ette County Public Schools; Terry Snow, LG&E & KU; Kim Thuringer Lexmark International; Thomas Travis, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP; Katie Williams, United Way of the Bluegrass; Kristie Woodrum Commerce Lexington Inc.; Lin Wu Lexmark International; and Nathan Zamarron, LexArts.

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Patrick Brennan Johnson has joined the ﬁrm of Bowman Branco, LLP, as an associate attorney engag ing in the general practice of law. ABC 36 News has named TV jour nalist and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, native Paxton Boyd as new main anchor for WTVQ ABC 36.

The Lexington Philharmonic has appointed Mélisse Brunet as its new music director. Brunet is the orches tra’s ﬁfth music director and the ﬁrst woman to hold the position.

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46 Solutions has promoted Richard Manning to systems administra tor, and hired Douglas Hocker as a project manager.

Donald Neel John Parker and Marcie Timmerman have joined the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s community advisory council to further its mission of addressing the unmet health needs of Kentuckians.

Heaven Hill Distillery celebrated the succession of its third generation of family leadership with the appoint ment of Kate Latts and Allan Latts as co-presidents. Current president Max L. Shapira will be assuming the new role of executive chairman.

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC recently merged with Indianapolis-based law ﬁrm Katz Korin Cunningham. IT services and cybersecurity provider, NetGain Technologies, announced the acquisition of EasyIT, an established IT support and services company in Columbus, Ohio. Kathy Artiles, general manager of the Residence Inn Lexington South/ Hamburg Place, has been awarded the Marriott Select Brand Service Excellence Award. For a second consecutive year, Forbes has named Commonwealth Credit Union as the Best-In-State Credit Union in Kentucky by Forbes. Marketing director Sheila Kenney has announced her retirement after a 21-year career with the Central Bank Center. BL D. HAGAN WILSON LOEFFLER RAZORPRICEOWEN BORDENMCGUFFIN BROWNTIMMERMAN J. HAGAN DAVIS MOYA A. LATTS SHAPIRAK. LATTSSWEENEY BRUNETWETHERBY MANNINGTHURSTON HOCKER CARPENTER CZARAPATASCARBOROUGH ZAMARRON

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Downtown Lexington Partnership president/CEO Terry Sweeney has resigned to assist his wife in caring for her ill parents in Indiana.

The Thoroughbred Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America named Kentucky Community and Technical College System president Paul Czarapata Communicator of the LexArts’Year.

The Lexington Forum has elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC, attorney Robin McGu n to its board of Landrumdirectors. & Shouse, LLP, welcomed new associates Atia Brown and Jessica Hagan, as well as new director of administration Desirae CliHaganWilson has been named mar ket president of LifePoint’s Central Kentucky Facilities and CEO of Georgetown Community Hospital. Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, has welcomed attorneys Joshua J. Owen as a partner in the firm’s torts and insurance practice group, Rebecca C. Price to the energy and utilities Law practice group, Madeleine B. “Maddie” Loe er to the health care law and medical malpractice defense prac tice group, and William D. Razor to the firm’s government and munici pal law practice group. Destinations International, the world’s largest resource for of ficial destination organizations and convention and visitors bureaus, announced Gathan Borden as the organization’s senior vice president for marketing and communications. Judge Lindsay Hughes Thurston and banker Lawrence Wetherby III have been elected to the Camp Horsin’ Around board of directors. The camp is a nonprofit organiza tion that provides an outdoor ad venture for children whose health is compromised or have special needs.

The Wild Health Genomes have agreed to terms with former Major League Baseball stars Khris Davis and Gabriel Moya

Thoroughbred Engineering, a Lexington-based design, engineer ing, and construction ﬁrm, has announced the addition of Lexing ton architect Aaron Bivens, AIA, as a principal and the director of architecture. Lin Hillis, SPHR, has been named vice president of talent, inclu sion and workforce culture at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

Eastern Kentucky University presi dent David McFaddin has selected Amy Scarborough to join EKU as its chief government, community and corporate relations o cer. Old National Bank has hired Allen Carpenter to serve as Banking Center Manager at its 110 W. Vine St. location.

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New Hires & Promotions

County Board of Health announced the retirement of commissioner of health Joel StephanieMcCulloughHoward, APRN, has joined CHI Saint Joseph Health – Cancer Care Center at Blazer Parkway in medical oncology. Stites & Harbison, PLLC, attorney Chrisandrea Turner has been named chair-elect of the Kentucky Bar Association’s bankruptcy section. The Lexington o ce of Stites & Har bison, PLLC also welcomed attorney Gentry C. Collins to the ﬁrm.

JOIN THE GOODGIVING CHALLENGE! Nonprofit organizations in Central and Appalachia Kentucky are invited to join our region’s biggest online fundraising event: the GoodGiving Challenge! Thanks to our generous donors and sponsors, the GoodGiving Challenge has raised $17 million for our hard-working nonprofits since its inception in 2011! Registration is open through September 30 for the 2022 GoodGiving Challenge. Sign up online at BGgives.org. bgcf.org 499 East High Street • Suite 112 • Lexington, KY 40507 / 859.225.3343 EASY. FUN. FUNDRAISING. BLX_Aug22_24.indd 23 7/18/22 3:20 PM

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