While walking through downtown Lexington, you may have noticed that the empty building on the corner of Main and Broadway looks different. Some of the windows are boarded up and entrances are blocked up with chain link fencing.
On one of the windows, a banner has a logo and URL. This website was not extremely helpful, having only two sentences of platitudes about a new “dining, shopping, and gathering” concept for the space. The side also includes a rendering of the renovated building, showing the brick facade painted white and new windows without the green tint that exists now. The render also shows example businesses that could populate the building, all of which seem to be bars or higher end retail. Do we need more bars in downtown Lexington? We already have so many of them. The retail might be promising. But given how the Square is faring across the street, I’m not entirely convinced this project will be successful. I’m just glad that it’s not just being turned into more parking or something (as Cincinnati is planning on doing to some riverfront property near downtown).The project website (https://www.325westmain.com/) claims that the building will be open by fall of 2025, around when Gatton Park a couple blocks away will be open to the public.
This story may be updated as more information becomes available.
