Aug 28 Local News Retail Unlikely for Fourth Street Borders Location Five retail spaces in Louisville once occupied by Borders and Waldenbooks stores will be sold at auction next month. But one former Borders store isn’t changing hands. The branch at Fourth Street Live is still owned by the Baltimore-based Cordish Companies. Cordish holds the lease and will decide what fills the space next. Mayor’s spokesman Chris […] By Gabe Bullard Aug 28 Local News Retail Unlikely for Fourth Street Borders Location Gabe Bullard
Jul 18 Local News Remaining Two Louisville Borders Stores Expected to Close as Company Liquidates After 40-years in business, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based bookseller Borders plans to liquidate. The company once operated four bookstores in Louisville, but the branches on 4th Street and South Hurstbourne were closed weeks after the company filed for Chapter 11 in February. The stores at Shelbyville Road Plaza and on Bardstown Road were to remain […] By Gabe Bullard Jul 18 Local News Remaining Two Louisville Borders Stores Expected to Close as Company Liquidates Gabe Bullard
Mar 18 Local News Shelbyville Road Borders to Stay Open Nothing has changed with the two stores previously set to close–on Hustrborne and in 4th Street Live. There is one other Borders in Louisville, in the Gardiner Lane Shopping Center. By Gabe Bullard Mar 18 Local News Shelbyville Road Borders to Stay Open Gabe Bullard
Mar 18 Local News Third Borders Closing in Louisville Earlier, Borders planned to close two of the four Louisville stores—one on 4th Street Live and another on South Hurstborne. Now, the Shelbyville Road Plaza store is closing, leaving one remaining Borders in Louisville, on Bardstown Road. By Gabe Bullard Mar 18 Local News Third Borders Closing in Louisville Gabe Bullard
Feb 18 Local News Borders Gift Cards Can Be Spent Elsewhere In Louisville Two of the four Borders stores in Louisville are closing. WFPL checked in with local independent bookseller Carmichael's for a reaction to the news earlier this week. Manager Kelly Estep says the closures are a blow to book industry as a whole, and while sales at Carmichael's have been steady, it's not clear what effect Borders's bankruptcy may have on smaller shops. One possible effect, though, is an increase in Borders gift cards being redeemed at Carmichael's. By Gabe Bullard Feb 18 Local News Borders Gift Cards Can Be Spent Elsewhere In Louisville Gabe Bullard
Feb 16 Local News Possible Effect Of Borders Closures On Independent Booksellers Unclear The Borders stores on 4th Street and Hurstbourne Parkway are among 200 stores closing across the country as Borders goes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Kelly Estep manages Carmichael's in Louisville. She says it's not clear what effect the closures will have on independent shops. By Sheila Ash Feb 16 Local News Possible Effect Of Borders Closures On Independent Booksellers Unclear Sheila Ash
Feb 16 Local News Fischer To Discuss 4th Street Borders Closure With Cordish Mayor's spokesperson Chris Poynter says the city must now work on filling the soon-to-be empty retail spaces, particularly the one on 4th Street, which anchors 4th Street Live. "It's unfortunate that we're losing an anchor tenant, but businesses have come and gone all the time at 4th Street Live, so we're pretty confident the Cordish Company with their national experience and their retail experience can find a viable use for that space if indeed the Borders closes," he says. By Gabe Bullard Feb 16 Local News Fischer To Discuss 4th Street Borders Closure With Cordish Gabe Bullard
Jul 15 Local News Borders Named To PSC A gubernatorial appointment means the Republican-controlled Kentucky Senate now has one less Republican. By Gabe Bullard Jul 15 Local News Borders Named To PSC Gabe Bullard