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 LEXINGTON

Stellar Coffee Enters Lexington Market

Java junkies now have a new spot to satisfy their cravings with the entry of Stellar Coffee into the Lexington market.

The Charleston, West Virginia company is among the first tenants to open shop at the newly-constructed Brighton Place Shoppes, located near the Todds Road/Man O’ War intersection. The cafe occupies an end location in the center, enabling Stellar Coffee to provide drive-through service for their on-the-go customers.

The full-service European-style cafe caters to a professional, sophisticated clientele, offering a variety of coffees, espresso, cappuccino and coffee-based beverages in addition to all-fruit smoothies for the health-conscious. Or for those willing to throw caution to the wind, owners John Saville and Dave Durbin promise a tempting selection of "sinfully decadent" desserts. Also available are fresh pastries (courtesy of Phil Dunn’s CookShop) and tantalizing scones and muffins baked daily on the premises.

Saville and Durbin are currently scouting other properties in the Central Kentucky area for future expansion, but consider the Brighton Place location a prime one.

"Brighton Place gives us the suburban regulars as well as traffic from Hamburg Pavilion and other nearby shopping spots," says Saville.

LEXINGTON

Cinema Grill Provides a New Perspective

A new concept in theaters has come to the Central Kentucky market in the form of the Lexington Cinema Grill.

Occupying the space that once housed the Lexington Mall theater, the Lexington Cinema Grill offers movie buffs the opportunity to view intermediate run films (those that are about a month into their release) while noshing on pizza, sandwiches or other assorted appetizer fare.

Cinema Grill owners Ronnie and Joyce Deskins have renovated the space to accommodate tiered platforms that hold tables and swivel chairs. Each of the two theaters will seat approximately 110 customers.

Though the cinema grill concept is new to Lexington, it’s well-established in markets such as Cincinnati, Raleigh and Atlanta (where the company is headquartered) and has been met with a warm response in those communities.

LOUISVILLE

Center Building to Undergo $1 Million Renovation

Downtown Louisville’s Center Building has been acquired by Bandy•Carroll•Hellige Advertising and Public Relations Network, which plan to renovate the building to house the advertising and public relations companies.

Susan Bandy, Mark Carroll and Tim Hellige, owners of the two agencies, plan to completely refurbish the building and move in sometime during the first quarter of 2000. The Center Building is located on Muhammad Ali Boulevard between Third and Fourth Streets in the heart of downtown Louisville. Bandy, Carroll and Hellige plan to spend more than $1 million on the renovation of the 30,000-square-foot space. When complete, the two agencies will occupy half of the the building, with the balance being leased.

"This building allows us to establish our own identity while at the same time controlling our own destiny in terms of meeting the growing needs of the agency," noted Hellige.

In the eight years since the three partners purchased the former Bon Advertising firm (renaming it Bandy•Carroll•Hellige Advertising), the company has expanded outside of Louisville as well, opening a full-service advertising agency in Indianapolis and a satellite office in South Bend, Indiana. In 1995, the partners launched the Public Relations Network, a wholly-owned but separate company with offices in Louisville, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis and South Bend. The companies currently employ a staff of more than 50 and anticipate the combined capitalized billings for the two firms to amount to more than $30 million for 1998.