Former site of EMW clinic sold to developer planning 27-story hotel in downtown Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The former site of the EMW Women's Surgical Center in downtown Louisville has been sold. 

A 27-story hotel project is planned for a prominent corner in downtown Louisville, complete with a grand ballroom, rooftop pool and street-level restaurant. NuLu-based Zyyo confirmed in July its plans to build the tower at 2nd and Market streets, taking over the site of the former EMW Women's Surgical Center next to the Kentucky International Convention Center. The project is called One Forty West, Zyyo founder and CEO Nick Campisano said Tuesday.

The two sites in downtown Louisville were sold for $4,066,667.

The project calls for an upscale 300-room hotel with a 6,000-square-foot rooftop bar and a pool. A 7,500-square-foot restaurant is planned for the first floor, and more than 12,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space is planned on the second floor. Right across the street on West Market, Zyyo is in the process of completing the new new six-story Canopy by Hilton hotel, a $60 million project that will have 168 rooms and be done later this year.

The groundbreaking for One Forty West is scheduled for 2026. The project set to open in 2028.