<body><div>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Demolition preparation for the Mid City Mall in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood is expected to begin next month as developers move ahead with plans for the Mid City Market.The project will include a 55,000-square-foot Publix grocery store, retail spaces surrounding a central parking lot and is expected to open in the spring of 2028.On Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the Highlands-Shelby Park Library will be constructed on a city-owned parcel of the new retail space.Renderings released for the project show the future market replacing the mall, which has been part of the Highlands for decades. <img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2Aeb53_1GzZ9B0P00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Aeb53_1GzZ9B0P00" width="1280" height="720" >The city said current tenants of the mall have all moved out, and a sign reading “Notice of intent to demolish” is posted on the locked front doors.The library will be built between the new grocery store and Beechwood Avenue.“It’s going to have its own public park right as its front yard,” Greenberg said. “Most people don't realize that there is a park on the street right here, and that we are going to improve that park as part of the library's front yard,” Greenberg said.Construction fencing is expected to go up in December.“And you'll actually see this structure behind me coming down hopefully by the second or third week of January at the latest,” said Jesse Shannon, president and CIO of Branch Properties.Businesses next to the mall, including Heinie Brothers and Raising Cane’s, will remain open during construction.City leaders plan to hold two public feedback sessions Dec. 17 about the library project.“This is a neighborhood library, and that means the neighborhood needs to have a voice in what comes next,” Mayor Greenberg said in a release Wednesday. “We have a great opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art library that serves families, students and neighbors for years to come, and we want the community to help its future.” An afternoon session is scheduled from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Douglass Community Center and an evening session at Highland Community Ministries will take place between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.</div></body>

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Demolition preparation for the Mid City Mall in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood is expected to begin next month as developers move ahead with plans for the Mid City Market. The project will include a 55,000-square-foot Publix grocery store, retail spaces surrounding a central parking lot and...

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Mid City Mall demolition prep to begin next month

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