use of automated external defibrillators or a E D S now heading to northern Kentucky.

The Covington central riverfront is a 23 acre site, which was formerly home to the IRS.

Now the city is transforming the area and to a new community.

Covington officials took residents on a quote, Hard hat tour of the site last week.

Our Emily Sisk was there and she has the latest.

>> We're not referring to it as a project or as a development.

Instead, we are bringing back a neighborhood.

>> In the 1960's that neighborhood completely changed when the federal government's IRS building was constructed.

The IRS was once the largest employer in the city.

But after consolidating offices across the country it close the Covington branch in 2019.

Now the city has bought back the property and has big plans for the area.

>> This is a very major development in northern Kentucky.

It's part of as I believe they call it that million dollar mile or 5 million Dollar mile.

>> It is in fact, part of the 5 billion Iowa stretches across Kenton and Campbell counties covington's economic development director Tom was so the riverfront area is separated by blocks with many different contributing builders.

>> And authentic neighborhood in Covington is not developed by one developer.

It's not designed by one architect is not built by one builder.

>> The city plans to turn the area into a mixed use business districts and community was single-family homes, hotels, apartments, office space, a park and more.

They're also hoping to become the new home for to graduate school programs.

>> It's been kind of announced that the Chase Law School and the UK Med School are interested in locating in this neighborhood as well.

>> The neighborhood will also have a connection to another bustling northern Kentucky City, Newport.

>> The top of it will form a land bridge that will connect this neighborhood with the top of the levee.

And that's something the Covington has never happened.

>> Break construction, which is based in northern Kentucky has been working on phase one of the neighborhood for the last year.

They've laid sewer, gas, electric and water lines to ensure the next phase can go off without a hitch.

>> It's going to transform the downtown area.

You're going to have these independent lots start getting structures in place, targeting houses and commercial buildings really transform more than what he's already done with the hundreds some 1000 yards that we have moved in tons and tons of concrete and asphalt Haven port.

>> After a few years of planning and preparation West explained when buildings will start popping up.

>> By the end of summer, early part of fall, folks will start to see the buildings being built here.

And that's going to bring gotten a whole nother level of excitement to have had the opportunity to work on a master plan for something so large and so transformational in a city that I deeply love and have loved for for many decades.

That's that's a dream come true.

But then to be able to see that plan being implemented is the ultimate.

>> For Kentucky edition, I'm Emily Sisk.

>> Thank you, Emily.

The city is investing more than 100 million dollars in the site.

The total cost is expected to be at least 300 Million.

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