$200M SouthShore officially opens

Residents and Newport officials got a look inside the new 17-story SouthShore condominium tower last week during a ceremonial ribbon cutting and grand opening.

Capital Investment Group is building the $200 million project along Riverboat Row, just off of KY-8 and east of the Daniel Carter Beard (Big Mac) Bridge.

The ceremony included a tour of several model units, the 3,000-square-foot Shore Club, an exercise facility, a pool and hot tub, and walking trails and gardens.

According to ______, 42 of the 65 units have sold.

A second tower is planned, with construction starting when 90 percent of the units in the first tower are sold.

Recently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved an 800-foot-long, 100-slip marina to be co-operated by SouthShore and BB Riverboats.

Construction on the marina is expected in spring or summer of 2009.

Writer: Kevin LeMaster
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Photography by Scott Beseler