Humana Consolidates Headquarters, Vacates Downtown Louisville Tower

Humana, the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in Kentucky, is planning to vacate its iconic headquarters building in downtown Louisville and consolidate its employees in the Waterside-Clocktower campus on the east side of downtown. The decision to vacate the Humana Tower comes after the company's significant reduction in its hometown footprint over the last five years. The move is primarily driven by the need for more space, with the company's east side buildings offering 40% more square footage than the tower. Humana has also filed a lawsuit against the firms involved in the tower's construction, citing "latent defects" discovered in 2019. The company expects to realize cost savings by vacating the tower and is working with the city to determine its future use.