The Lexington Financial Center, locally known as "Fifth Third" or the "Big Blue Building", is a , 410 ft (125 m) 31-floor high-rise in

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

. It is located between Vine Street and Main Street at South Mill Street. Its exterior features blue tinted glass that has become an identifying symbol for the downtown."Lexington Financial Center." Emporis. 19 October 200

It is the tallest building in Kentucky outside Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville. It was originally proposed as a 26-story skyscraper in 1984 across from the Vine Center and replaced the failed project, the Galleria. The Lexington Financial Center was to be four stories and several linear feet taller than the then-tallest

Kincaid Towers The Kincaid Towers is a 22-floor high-rise in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located along Vine Street between Broadway and Mill Street. Its exterior is polished buff concrete with blue tinted glass, with terraces on the 5th, 10th, 14th, and 21st floo ...

. It was projected that $32 million in private funds would be secured. $7.5 million in state aid was announced by then-Governor

Martha Layne Collins Martha Layne Collins (née Hall; born December 7, 1936) is an American former businesswoman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky; she was elected as the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987, the first woman to hold the office and ...

towards the construction of a six-level parking structure that would serve

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and the Lexington Financial Center. Construction was completed in 1987. Upon completion, it housed the Webb Company, the Bank of Lexington, Sherman, Carter, Barnhart Architects and a law firm. Today, it houses the

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among other financial institutions, including Kentucky Employers' Mutual InsuranceKentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance 250 W. Main St., Ste. 900 Lexington, KY 40507 https://www.kemi.com/

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Skyscraper office buildings in Lexington, Kentucky Office buildings completed in 1987 {{Kentucky-struct-stub

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