Fern Creek Square - Retail Strip Center For Lease, High Visibility

Fern Creek Retail Strip Center – High-Visibility Bardstown Rd

This commercial lease offering is Fern Creek Square, a 32,950 SF retail strip center along busy Bardstown Road in the Fern Creek submarket of Louisville, Kentucky. With multiple suites for lease, monument and building signage, and strong traffic at a signalized intersection, the property is ideal for retailers, medical/healthcare users, and service operators seeking a high-visibility suburban location. The center’s mix of available suite sizes and competitive lease rates supports a range of tenant strategies and business models.

Property and space highlights
Fern Creek Square offers three ground-floor retail/healthcare suites, all currently vacant and available on net leases with expenses of approximately $5 per SF. Suite options include:

• 5711–5713 (Former Great Grins): 3,550 SF end-cap with drive-thru potential at $15/SF/year
• 5723–5725 (Former Car Stuff): 4,500 SF showroom space at $14.50/SF/year
• 5729 (Former Vinyl Warehouse): 2,880 SF showroom space at $12.50/SF/year

The building is single-story (Class B) with 12-foot ceiling heights and a total of 10,930 SF currently available, allowing tenants to right-size their footprint or potentially combine suites for larger concepts. Recent upgrades include a new roof at 5729 and resurfaced, re-striped parking, helping reduce near-term capital needs and supporting a clean, professional presentation for customers.

End cap and drive-thru potential – 5711–5713 Bardstown Rd
The 3,550 SF suite at 5711–5713 Bardstown Rd is an end-cap unit with excellent corner visibility, significant frontage, and access, making it a strong candidate for tenants seeking both exposure and drive-thru capability. Its position at the end of the strip, adjacency to parking, and proximity to the signalized intersection support high customer throughput for concepts such as quick-service restaurant, coffee, pharmacy, medical, or pick-up–oriented retail (subject to tenant buildout and approvals). The combination of end-cap visibility, potential drive-thru integration, and signage opportunities creates a powerful branding platform for anchor-type or destination tenants.

Lease terms
Fern Creek Square is offered on net leases with asking rates ranging from $12.50 to $15.00 per SF per year plus approximately $5.00 per SF in CAM/expenses. This structure gives tenants direct control over their utility expenses and predictable operating costs, while also benefiting from shared parking, signage, and common-area maintenance (CAM).

Location and demand drivers – Fern Creek, Louisville KY
Located at 5729 Bardstown Rd in the Fern Creek submarket, the center sits at a signalized intersection with excellent ingress/egress and exposure to strong daily traffic along one of Southeast Louisville’s most active retail corridors. Surrounding national and regional brands include PPG Paints, Norton Children’s Medical Group, H&R Block, and Papa John’s, reinforcing the property as part of an established, high-demand neighborhood shopping node. The site is served by city water and sewer, LG&E power, and fiber internet options from Spectrum/AT&T, supporting a wide range of retail, office, and healthcare operations.

Ideal and permitted uses
Current and secondary use types include retail and healthcare, with additional compatibility for strip center/showroom concepts, cannabis dispensary, day care facility, mixed-use, restaurant, street retail, and tavern/bar/nightclub (subject to zoning and licensing). Practical tenant profiles include:

• Medical, wellness, therapy, urgent care, or dental clinic
• CPA, legal, insurance, real estate, or other professional offices
• Specialty retail, boutique shops, hobby/crafts, pet supply, or nutrition/gourmet food
• Fitness, martial arts, yoga, esports/gaming, community or educational uses
• Service businesses such as printing, shipping/mailbox centers, embroidery, or electronics repair

Fern Creek Square combines high-visibility Bardstown Road frontage, multiple suite sizes (2,880–4,500 SF), competitive net lease rates, and robust co-tenancy in a proven suburban Louisville retail hub. With on-building and monument signage, strong traffic, recent capital improvements, and flexible use potential—including an end-cap with drive-thru potential at 5711–5713—it represents an attractive opportunity for both expanding operators and investors targeting stable suburban strip center assets. Contact EXP Realty’s listing broker with questions or to schedule a tour of Fern Creek Square.

Fern Creek Square retail strip center on Bardstown Rd in Louisville KY with 2,880–4,500 SF suites, end-cap at 5711–5713 with drive-thru potential, and high-visibility tenant opportunity.