Humana is one of Louisville’s largest employers and has two downtown corporate sites. The move would take workers out of the Humana Tower on 500 W. Main Street, and shift them to the company’s Waterside and Clocktower buildings located a few blocks east.
The health insurer said in a press release Monday that the relocation would create a central building for all local workers, amid “reduced daily utilization” of offices across the country.
“After a thoughtful review, we have decided to consolidate Humana’s downtown Louisville campus footprint and improve the on-site experience for our employees,” the company said in the release.
Spokesperson Mark Taylor said in an email that the Humana Tower is around 651,000 square feet, and that about a quarter of the company’s 10,000 local employees are in the office on any given day.
He added that Humana is not implementing a return-to-work policy, but did not say whether the decision to relocate workers was done to preserve jobs.
The health insurer and city officials are discussing what the current headquarters building will become. Kevin Trager, a spokesperson for Mayor Craig Greenberg, said in a statement that the relocation is “an opportunity for future growth.”