# Newport Civicplus #RFP 2026-MON-2

Newport seeks development partners for two downtown mixed-use redevelopment sites

**Posted:** October 09, 2026
**Respond By:** November 20, 2026
**Identifier:** RFP 2026-MON-2
**NAICS:** 237210, 236220, 236118, 531190

The City of Newport, Kentucky, is seeking development partners for two downtown property redevelopment opportunities, which may be proposed separately or as a coordinated project.
- **Government buyer:** City of Newport, Kentucky, through the Office of the City Manager; Brian Steffen is identified as Assistant City Manager. The respondent form is associated with the Office of the City Clerk.
- **Solicitations and sites:**
  - **RFP 2026-MON-2:** Purchase and redevelopment of five City-owned parcels totaling about 0.415 acres at 609–615 Monmouth Street and 612–616 Dayton Street.
  - **RFP 2026-MON-1:** Purchase and redevelopment of four City-owned parcels totaling about 0.405 acres at 620, 622, 626 and 628 Monmouth Street.
  - Respondents may submit for either site or propose a coordinated development covering both.
- **Development objectives:** The City seeks feasible, substantial mixed-use development with active, publicly oriented ground-floor uses, meaningful upper-floor density, high-quality architecture and streetscapes, and parking subordinate to the development.
  - For RFP 2026-MON-2, proposals should address adaptive reuse and restoration of the historic façades at 609 and 613 Monmouth Street, incorporation of the former Brass Ass neon signage, infill at 615 Monmouth Street, and a designed Dayton Street frontage.
  - For RFP 2026-MON-1, proposals may retain or remove existing buildings, subject to applicable historic-district review.
- **Proposal content:** Respondents should provide a purchase and financial proposal, concept design, parking plan, development schedule, and team qualifications. Proposals for RFP 2026-MON-1 should also address environmental due diligence and potential mitigation, financing, and any requested public participation.
- **Evaluation and requirements:** The City considers feasibility, investment, design, density, economic and public benefits, and price; purchase price is not the sole selection factor. Zoning, historic-district review, and applicable approvals apply.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers, OEMs, or commercial vendors are named. The opportunity is for development partners, not specified products.
- **Period:** This is a property disposition and development-partner selection, not a fixed-term service or subscription contract. Respondents propose project schedules; development-agreement and conveyance consideration is targeted for the second quarter of 2027.

### Description

The City of Newport invites qualified development teams to submit proposals to purchase and redevelop a City-owned assemblage of five contiguous parcels at 609–615 Monmouth Street and 612–616 Dayton Street in downtown Newport. The approximately 0.415-acre site includes historic street-level façades and neon signage; the City seeks creative adaptive reuse and sensitive redevelopment that preserves and incorporates these features while allowing substantial new development above and behind them. Proposals will be evaluated on overall feasibility, investment, design quality, preservation, active street-level use, long-term taxable value, and public benefit, rather than solely on purchase price. Proposals are due November 20, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern.

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