Story Highlights

  • Louisville officials will meet Tuesday to review a developer’s request to demolish Mid City Mall and replace it with five new buildings as part of the proposed Mid City Market project.
  • Plans include a potential Publix grocery store, additional greenspace, more pedestrian walkways and about 25% fewer parking spaces, while the library would remain and relocate within the development.
  • Several businesses have already closed or moved amid the mall’s uncertain future, including Baxter Avenue Theatres, Back Door Bar, Nearly New Shop and Ramen House Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville officials will hold a meeting Tuesday to discuss plans to demolish Mid City Mall.

The meeting agenda for the Bardstown Road/Baxter Avenue Committee shows the developer made a request to tear down the building and replace it with five new buildings.

The Heine Brothers Coffee and Raising Cane's in the same lot aren't expected to be impacted.

The committee meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, at the old jail building on West Liberty Street.

The Mid City Market project will likely feature a Publix grocery store and five retail buildings but no residential building, according to our partners at Louisville Business First. Plans also include more greenspace and an increase in pedestrian walkways through a 25% reduction in parking, which is more than 100 spaces. The library inside the Mid City Mall is also expected to stay and be moved to a building on the Beechwood Avenue side of the new development.

The Mid City Mall has been for sale since November 2024. The site is currently owned by the Bardstown Road Investment Co. and the David A. Metts Irrevocable Term Trust. It is assessed for tax purposes at $11.4 million. 

Several businesses within Mid City Mall have already closed or moved. Ramen House Louisville moved to a location on Spring Street. The Nearly New Shop closed in September. The iconic Back Door Bar closed in May 2024, after the passing of longtime owner John Dant. Baxter Avenue Theatres closed at the end of 2025, citing the uncertain future of Mid City Mall.

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