Ribbon Cut on Central Lofts

Evansville IN

14 April, 2022

12:50 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN April 14, 2022 A historic, century-old building has been transformed into loft apartments in Downtown Evansville. Officials cut a ribbon, opening Central Lofts in the former home of the YMCA on 5th St. Developer Jon Anderson of Indianapolis led the renovation of the five-story structure. He said many residents have already moved in to the income-based apartments: "62 apartments behind us, last I heard 26 have already been leased. So, a really great response to this project since we opened three weeks ago." Before the ribbon was cut, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke touted the building's new purpose: "This was designed by Clifford Shopbell and completed in 1914. It served our community for nearly 100 years. But today it really has a nice new purpose and that is safe, secure housing for people who are income-challenged." The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority awarded the Promise Zone project more $1.1 million in tax credits. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.