A 44-acre tract of land in the rapidly expanding Polo Club Boulevard and Hamburg area will soon become a large, mixed-use development that will likely include hotels, restaurants, retail and apartments.
Cowgill Inc., a longtime Lexington developer, broke ground on the new development this week.
The site is near Interstate 75 and Interstate 64, and is adjacent to the University of Kentucky HealthCare’s new campus. UK Healthcare announced in 2022 it was going to purchase acres from Cowgill to build a new campus near Winchester Road. A timeline for construction of the new UK Healthcare campus has not been announced.
The new development, Hamburg East, will also serve patients, staff and visitors to the new Baptist Health Lexington Hamburg campus . Part of that campus, which is near the new development also on Polo Club Bouevard, will open in the spring.
Joe Brumley, vice president of acquisitions for Cowgill Inc., said construction will begin immediately on site preparation that includes grading, installing electricity and other utility lines.